According to That Grape Juice, one of the producers of the album took to Twitter to vent about the delay and he’s pinning it on Travis Scott.
That Grape Juice writes:
Glass John claims he was enlisted to create cuts for the album after the singer learned of the success he had been enjoying with jams fronted by the likes of Pusha T, Chris Brown and Natalia Kills.
Alas, his creative journey with Rihanna has led him into a cold and confusing road because he says she is being used and misled by her current boyfriend Travis Scott who he says has killed the star’s confidence in her own creative judgement.
Highlights from John’s bean-spilling Twitter episode below:
There’s more.
Glass also claims that Scott has encouraged to remove radio-friendly singles from the album to make my way for Trap-inspired jams. Yes, after hearing a number named ‘Kiss It Better’ she’d penned with John and Jeff Bhasker, Travis is accused of asking her to scrap it because he felt- according to John- that the singer is no longer in need of hit singles.
Glass shared:
Roc nation keeps listening to Travis because they think he is a genius… I DONT ****ING SEE IT THO. He said “‘Kiss It Better’ sounds like the type of record that tops the charts, but f*** radio. That’s what we did on Yeezus.”
He also claimed that a version of the project was ready to be released on November 6th but was pulled back at the last minute.
This sh-t better not be true. If Rihanna is d-ckmatized by this D list rapper I may have to slap her my damn self. Besides she’s old enough to know you don’t let any man f-ck up your money and career. Ain’t no d-ck that damn good.
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This actually makes a lot of sense. Travis was the one who help produced Yeezus and wrote Kanye’s lyrics on that album and it was trash. Rihanna better wake up ASAP and fire him. Just cause he’s bae doesn’t mean he needs to be working on that album.
Come on Rihanna. Get back to what you do well. Make radio hits and release the album. Don’t let Travis talk you into trying to be someone you’re not just to please his own ego.
Exactly. She is letting herself and her fans down for some p–n. Fail.
I knew I didn’t like Travis for a reason. A-shole. We could have had an album by now!
Lol!! Exactly!!
You mean to tell me this beautiful and successful woman didn’t learn from the Chris Brown situation? You don’t bend over backwards for lesser thans. Yea, I said it. She has the better career, so why the hell does she need to listen to Travis? Do better Rih.
This is ridiculous. I didn’t think Rihanna would have this many problems putting out this album. And she really shouldn’t. She has a loyal fan base and she’s been successful for a hot minute. There is no reason this should be happening.
This is nothing but a big mess. But if one of the producers is tweeting this, that lets you know it’s even messier behind the scenes. Rihanna should kick Travis and Kanye off the project. It ain’t like Kanye has good taste anymore anyway. His last album was a letdown. He’s too busy trying to be a Kardashian anyway.
I’m starting to get worried for Rihanna. She’s going to keep pushing the album back until no one cares anymore. She needs to drop the album and move on. It this era flops, she can always do better in the next one.
Sounds like he told her she needs to be more than a singles artist and that was very bad advice. Rihanna’s hit singles help her sell her albums. Why would he look down on that? Kanye’s lack of good singles is why he struggled to sell Yeezus. His approach doesn’t work for an artist commercially.
I just need bae to get it together and drop this album. I mean damn I’ve been ready! I need to see black girls running the charts again. I ain’t seen that since Beyonce’s last album and that was two years ago! We need some damn melanin on Billboard!
terrible
He isn’t even popping like that though so why is she allowing him to advise her?
If this ain’t sad as hell! Where’s that annoying Rihanna stan who on here? She had the audacity to shade Ciara multiple times but ain’t no man keeping Ciara from releasing albums. And isn’t Travis opening up for Rihanna’s tour too? She’s a fool.
Her star is quickly fading. This whole era has been a mess. And the fact that she is even fu@king young ugly a$$ Tavis Scott is well……..
Her star is fading. This whole era has been a sloppy hot mess. I think she is on drugs. That’s the only explanation I can think of for her messing with beat face Travis Scott. Let’s see if my comments get posted this time LOL.
That producer is very unprofessional.