译Pitchfork评Rihanna 2010年单曲“What's My Name” [ft. Drake]（呼喊我的名）
翻译：thesweetescape
The definitive moment on Rihanna's underrated Rated R ended up being the dancehall-flavored pop hit "Rude Boy", a song that had more in common with Rihanna's big-room-at-the-club bangers than the rest of Rated R's less radio-ready deep cuts. "Rude Boy" did more to exorcise the ghost of Chris Brown from Rihanna's career than any of Rated R's dark ballads.
低谷力作《Rated R》的经典时刻是流行舞曲热单“Rude Boy”，一首娜味十足的夜店神曲，与专辑里其他非热单潜质的深度歌曲截然不同。与《Rated R》其他暗黑的抒情曲相比，“Rude Boy”无疑是Rihanna驱除Chris Brown家暴阴影的劲曲。
On "What's My Name", from upcoming album Loud, Rihanna doesn't have to tell us how desirable she is-- it is a given. What she really wants is a man up to the challenge of impressing her, and she's not afraid if that makes you feel emasculated (from "Rude Boy"'s "Can you get it up?/ Is you big enough?" to "What's My Name""s "Knows how to make me want it... I really wanna see if you can go downtown with a girl like me"). There is never any doubt in her delivery that Rihanna really might as well be the only girl in the world.
在即将发行的专辑《Loud》中的歌曲"What's My Name"中，Rihanna无需告诉我们她多红——这当然毋庸置疑。她真正想要的是一个让她刮目相看的男人，也不担心自己是否会让对方感到压迫（从“Rude Boy”的歌词"Can you get it up?/ Is you big enough?" t到"What's My Name"中的Knows how to make me want it(知道你怎样会让我沉迷于你)... I really wanna see if you can go downtown with a girl like me"(能和别的像我的女人交往这么久)）在Rihanna的演绎中她仿佛真的是世界上唯一的女孩。
Drake's verse is serviceable but coasts on the dregs of his signature summer hits. He's mostly doing drawn-out Auto-Tuned ends of phrases and wordplay that both his mentor Lil Wayne and Young Money labelmate/fictional spouse Nicki Minaj do much better, including a "square root of 69" joke that would get groaned at in any middle school math class.
Drake的唱段还行，但总感到一股他夏日代表作的韵律。他在每句歌词最后都会使用延长的Auto-Tune音效和双关词含义，在双关语方面上，他的伯乐Lil Wayne和Young Money同厂牌艺人/荧幕搭档Nicki Minaj都比他强得多，歌词"square root of 69" （69的平方根是8点多）一个会在数学课堂上冷场的笑话。
"Rude Boy" marked a transition, from the hyper-catchy but ultimately faceless 1980s-sampling pop tunes Rihanna made her name on, to music befitting a genuine pop star with a real personality of her own. She hardly invented sexually aggressive female R&B (see: Adina Howard, TLC, Vanity 6, et al.) but she has led the modern radio revival. When Rihanna channels her Caribbean influences, she transforms into the dancehall queen it turns out she was all along.
"Rude Boy"标志转型，从凭借无比抓耳但无个性的80年代风歌曲走红全球，到今天做出个性十足的流行歌曲。她几乎没尝试过展现女性极致魅惑的R&B歌曲 (如: Adina Howard, TLC, Vanity 6, et al.) 但她却使现代电台重新引领潮流。当Rihanna展现加勒比韵律时，她便摇身一变为舞曲女王，事实证明她终究是永远的舞曲女王。
[from Loud; out 11/16/10 via Island/Def Jam]
