I like the video for Rihanna’s “Rude Boy” a lot! The song, er…maybe it will grow on me. But the visuals–the animal print, the tribal Caribbean-meets-African theme, the Grace Jones-esque fierceness = fiyah! I’m also lovin’ those fringe red, yellow and green hot pants. She was whining her waist an ting like it’s Carnival. Work it Ri Ri!
I want her to remake Chevelle Franklin’s “Dancehall Queen.” Flashback time!
I just found out that Grace Jones will be performing at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom on Thursday, and am bummed because my unemployed-self can’t afford to buy tickets willy-nilly. (Anyone wanna donate to a struggling journalist?) However,the least I can do is honor her legacy because she doesn’t get the props she deserves when it comes to her immense influence on pop-culture, especially hip-hop and soul music.
Her first name might be Grace, but she personifies fierce! Grace Jones has influenced hip-hop and many-a-diva from Rihanna to Patra to Lil’ Kim to Lady Ga Ga–from their senses of fashion to their attitudes.
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