![]() While Rihanna’s debut album Music of the Sun may fade into the back of her larger discography now, breakthrough hit “Pon De Replay” is something no Rihanna fan will soon forget. ANDREW UNTERBERGER?ĭebuts with “Pon de Replay” and Music of the Sun (2005) “Out the door after you sign this deal - or through this window.” Ri opted for the former, and one of the most successful artist-label partnerships of the century was born. “There’s only two ways out ,” Rihanna later remembered the rap legend telling her while waiting for their lawyers to draw up the contractual paperwork. ![]() She sang a Whitney Houston cover (“For the Love of You”) and two originals - one of which, “Pon de Replay,” convinced JAY of the teenage singer’s star potential. In early 2005, a then-16-year-old Rihanna traveled from Barbados to New York to audition for JAY-Z and Antonio “L.A.” Reid at Def Jam’s office.
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