Umbrella woulda been just as massive without jays verse

Tho if you believe the conspiracies about Beyoncé being insecure and having other r&b stars blackballed behind the scenes then it becomes a different conversation

There would be no umbrella if not for Hov

Got offered to Britney Spears long before jay z ever touched it

Look who wrote it

His cowriting is for his verse lol song was written long before def jam got to it

I'm talking about Dream bro. Especially through that era

The-Dream?

didn't dream sign with def jam AFTER/due to the success of that song?

Yes absolutely

People downplay how popular Jay Z was in the 2000s but Umbrella took her to the next level

Great song too

Rihanna was always talented, but not every suit has your interests at heart. That's where the difference lies, and it's a big one. Hov helped out in making sure she flourishes and comes into her own

Umbrellas better without jays verse

nah partynextdoor

They always try to make it seem like he's some random nigga that got lucky and i'll never understand it

And then stan a bunch of artist hes directly involved in their come up

This website is full of dumbfucks

A bunch of kanye rihanna and cole fans acting like jay z is a nobody lol

One hit wonder SOS and unfaithful were huge as well she was already dropping hella hits before good girl gone bad

You just named songs off her 2nd album fam.

RIhanna was most definitely getting hit with the "one hit wonder" allegations after Music Of The Sun failed to make a dent outside of Pon De Replay.

A Girl Like Me was when Rihanna started to find her sound and it was a pre-cursor to GGGB.

Ahh I see what you re saying now you right

This whole thing of saying successful people actually didn’t need any help at the start is so dumb

No one gets where they get in life totally on their own. She’s super talented and probably would have been signed by someone else if not JayZ. But she definitely needed SOMEONE to give her an opportunity and he did. Hard to think he didn’t help her career a lot even beyond that with his status and connections too.

I thought tierra she was lost with Vanessa Marquez n Natasha Ramos

Tbf you can barely tell it’s a Rihanna song

That’s a bar

Good looks I was hoping people caught it. Like a triple at least