Review: Rihanna's 'Unapologetic' shines light on past drama

Only four years after the singer Rihanna broke through with her magnetic hit “Umbrella,” the brand Rihanna has firmly established itself. The brand has quarterly deadlines to hit, profit margins to tally, employs highly skilled professionals to have meetings on the comings and goings of one of the world’s preeminent pop stars. And when the seductress from Barbados has a fresh product to launch, as she does with her new album “Unapologetic,” the machine runs in overdrive.

By Randall Roberts

November 16, 2012