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Recorded in one take while Rihanna was reportedly drinking Hennessy. The audio quality is intentionally lo-fi; you can hear the bottle clinking. She slurs, “This whiskey got me kinda crazy.” It is ugly, real, and brilliant.

ANTI (Deluxe) * Consideration. Rihanna, SZA. * James Joint. Rihanna. * Kiss It Better. Rihanna. * Work. Rihanna, Drake. * Desperad... Do you think Rihanna's Anti was her magnum opus? : r/rnb Rihanna - ANTI -Deluxe- -2016-Album-

ANTI did more than just shift Rihanna's musical trajectory; it redefined what a modern pop album could be. It gave artists permission to be messy, genre-fluid, and unproduced. A decade after its inception, ANTI remains Rihanna’s magnum opus—an uncompromising portrait of an artist stepping away from the hit machine to claim her autonomy. Recorded in one take while Rihanna was reportedly

: In 2025, ANTI became the first album by a Black female artist to spend 500 weeks on the Billboard 200. ANTI (Deluxe) * Consideration

: A brief, cinematic intro sampling Florence + The Machine.

Before ANTI arrived, anticipation had reached a fever pitch. Following the release of Unapologetic in 2012, Rihanna began a four-year hiatus—the longest break between releases in her career. In 2014, she made a pivotal move by ending her long-standing contract with Def Jam Recordings, the label that had launched her in 2005. Determined to have full creative control, she partnered with Roc Nation. The recording process, which stretched from late 2014 into January 2016, was marked by intense creative struggles and a desire to produce something that felt authentic rather than commercially safe.