ROCKSTAR 101

On this angry track, Rihanna gives full vent to her emotions after her then boyfriend Chris Brown brutally assaulted her in February 2009. In an interview for Glamour Magazine, Rihanna touched how she poured the past eight months of pent-up emotions into the album. "I was involved in a lot of the writing," Rihanna said. "I put everything I've wanted to say for the past eight months into my music. The songs are really personal. It's rock and roll, but it's really hip-hop: If Lil Wayne and Kings of Leon like my album, then I'll feel good. I would not change anything about it. Even if people don't love it, I made exactly the piece of art that I wanted to make. It's super fearless - which is exactly how I feel right now. I am in a really good place."

This Dream-and-Stewart produced track features former Guns N' Roses axeman Slash on guitar. Tricky Stewart previously collaborated with Rihanna on her international hit Umbrella. He told Rap-Up.com that the record is "a superstar taking a step in a totally different direction. This album is different than her past works." Stewart elaborated, "This is Rihanna coming into her own and going from being a girl that has been singing big, huge hit records, and the artist is awake and alive and moving on this project. She knows exactly what she wants to say, she knows how she wants to feel. It was an amazing experience working with her and just really getting into her headspace of what she wanted to do."

Rated R is Rihanna's first album to bear a Parental Advisory label, and this track, which contains plenty of cuss words is one reason why it earned the sticker.