Song of the Day - Disturbia - Rihanna

I can't think of a better name for the place we're living in right now.  Happy Wednesday!

Hump Day Song of the Day - This Is What You Came For - Calvin Harris, Rihanna

I hadn't heard this jam in a long time and then boom, out of nowhere, it came on the radio last night.  All of a sudden I was rocking out for the first time in I can't remember.  I'm thinking we're desperately needing something from both of these artists, perhaps another collaboration?  Music is definitely missing the two of these artists lately.  Here's Calvin and RiRi...

Summer Jams Song of the Day - Don't Stop the Music - Rihanna

It's Sunday of Labor Day Weekend, which is party central over at Cherry Grove where me and my friends are headed to celebrate the end of summer and my guy's birthday. Happy Birthday Vincent!  Let's dance...

Summer Jams Song of the Day - This Is What You Came For - Calvin Harris, Rihanna

Here's a hot summer jam from two great artists who we haven't heard from in awhile.  Here's to hearing from both soon, and here's This Is What You Came For...

Summer Jams Song of the Day - This Is What You Came For - Calvin Harris, Rihanna

After a brief, unfortunate pause yesterday, summer jams returns with a fun summer jam from the always good together Calvin Harris and Rihanna.  Here's This Is What You Came For...

Song of the Day - Work - Rihanna, Drake

Ugh, it's been a long, but short, wonderful summer and it is time to go make that paper and work work work work work....Here's Rihanna and Drake...

Hump Day Song of the Day S&M - Rihanna

Na na na na na, come on!

Ooh, I love me some Rihanna!  Her dance-oriented songs are all among my favorite anthems, especially this one.  S&M is the perfect Hump Day song, so click play and get down!

Flashback Friday Song of the Day - We Found Love - Rihanna, Calvin Harris

It's Friday bitches!  Memorial Day Weekend...finally!  Can't think of any better song to get this party started with.  Oh yeah, a hopeless place...

Flashback Friday Song of the Day - Umbrella - Rihanna, with Jay Z

Since it feels like it's been like the first week of 40 days and 40 nights of rain, I figured that we could all use a nice umbrella today.  Here's a Ri-Ri classic...

Hump Day Song of the Day - Pose (Eva Shaw Mix) - Rihanna

To me, Hump Day is all about sexy.  Yeah, it's called such because of the fact that it is the middle day of the week and it's a hump we all wanna get over, but yeah, the connotations are obvious.  That being said, the one thing Ms. RiRi did not lose on her Anti album was her knack for sexy songs.  She's had some slow, sexy, saucy ones before, like Red Lipstick, Skin, Watch n Learn, etc., and here's a bonus track from Anti whose Eva Shaw Mix is downright sexy as heck.  Check out Pose...

Hump Day Song of the Day - S&M - Rihanna

I was looking for a sexy song to post for Hump Day and I got to this one.  Ooh, I miss the old, dancealicious RiRi.  Enjoy and have a great Wednesday!

New Music Fridays: August 4th, 2017 - Five Hot, Fresh Tracks for You

Hello and welcome back to John's Music World New Music Fridays. It's kind of a slow week this week for hot new tracks, but nevertheless there are some great new tunes to get excited about.  Check it out...

More Mess - Kungs, featuring Olly Murs & Coely

You may or may not remember this artist from his utterly awesome tune This Girl, but he is back with another great single.  More Mess is a fast and frenzied up tempo gem, quite different from the previously mentioned track, but great stuff nonetheless.  Check out More Mess...

Wild Thoughts - DJ Khaled, featuring Rihanna & Bryson Tiller

DJ Khaled has been pumping out lots of great, smooth dance tracks of late, and he's worked with some of the hottest artists in the business today.  His latest, featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller, samples Carlos Santana and is as smooth as dance tracks go.  Check out Wild Thoughts...

That's a Man Maury - Manila Luzon, featuring Willam

Former Rupaul's Drag Race star Manila Luzon brings out a humorously fun track and video dedicated to those famous segments on The Maury Show.  Check out That's a Man Maury...

Ruler - Rainer, featuring Maéday

Here's a bass-heavy dance track that reminds me a lot of Disclosure.  Check it out...

Same Girl - Mark Johns

Here's a sultry new track by singer Mark Johns.  The tune was produced by Skrillex and is smooth as ice and as fiery as well, fire.  Check out Same Girl...

Well, compared to last week, this week's new entries into the music world are not as plentiful (I only bookmarked 8..a small number for me!), but these five are sure to be in my listening playlist for a long time to come.  Stay tuned for more new music on John's Music World.

Song of the Day - Selfish - HNDRXX, feat. Rihanna

Here's a recent discovery that I made on Spotify, which I'm surprised hasn't made its way over to radio.  The tune is a debut single for rapper HNDRX with a little help from superstar Rihanna. The song is vintage RiRi, melancholic and rhythmic all at the same time, and I'm loving it.  Check out Selfish...

Song of the Day - Stay - Rihanna, with Mikky Ekko

Song of the Day - Same Ol' Mistakes - Rihanna

Here's a very chill song off of Rihanna's latest, Anti.  I tell ya, I haven't really loved the album too much since its release, but a few of the songs have grown on me, like this one.  The tune is pretty complex and melancholy and perfect for some background music whilst having guests...one of those songs that'll unexpectedly work its way into your brain.  Check out Same Ol' Mistakes...

Song of the Day - Diamonds - Rihanna

It's funny, one of my favorite artists to listen to when I'm sad is Rihanna.  Though she's more well-known as a dance artist, she's pretty adept at the melancholic, thoughtful song, too.  I've got a playlist in my iTunes of sad songs, and even though this one isn't really sad at all, it's very contemplative. Love, love love it...

Song of the Day - Sledgehammer - Rihanna

If you haven't heard by now, Rihanna just dropped a new song and video the other day. Sledgehammer is a dramatic power ballad, co-written with Sia and Jesse Shatkin, featured on the soundtrack to the upcoming Star Trek Beyond movie.  The song is surely one of the singer's best in recent memory, so check it out...

Song of the Day - We Found Love - Rihanna, with Calvin Harris

Yellow diamonds in the light

Now we're standing side by side

As your shadow crosses mine

What it takes to come alive

There's just always been something about this song!  I don't think I've ever heard it come on the radio or my iPod and pushed it forward.  Anyway, for whatever reason I woke up with it in my head this morning and I just had to post it.  Enjoy and Happy Thursday!

Song of the Day - Love on the Brain - Rihanna

Rihanna's newest album, Anti, has been out now for several months already and I can count on one hand the number of times I've listened to it.  Simply put, it is by far my least favorite album so far from the Barbadian songstress.  However, when I saw her perform this song on the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday night, I remembered that there was one song from the record that I liked and this was it.  Love On the Brain sounds completely like a vintage 50's/60's torch song, and I can picture teenagers slow dancing to it at a sock hop somewhere.  Yes, Anti, the album, is surely an appropriate title for this album, and this type of tune is totally anti-Rihanna, but it works.  Check it out...

Song of the Day - This Is What You Came For - Calvin Harris, featuring Rihanna

Did you know that Calvin Harris and Rihanna had a new collaboration out?  No worries if you don't, because it's only been out a couple of weeks.  This Is What You Came For is the third collaboration between these two superstars in the dance music genre, following the monster hit We Found Love and the lesser Where Have You Been, and if I had to rank this one, I'd put it somewhere in between the two.  That's not saying too much either, because I don't think many songs can compare to that wonderful hook and sound of We Found Love,  That being said, This Is What You Came For is a very nice track, catchy and rhythmic and I am sure it will work well on dance floors everywhere.  Check it out...