Rihanna talks the right stuff

Constantly changing pop star Rihanna is back with an energetic, evolving new sound. The star's sixth album "Talk that Talk" delivers an eclectic taste of dance, R&B, reggae and pop music; all brought together with the singer's usually provocative lyrics and distinctive voice.

Each cut on the 11 track standard edition manages to create an individual feeling of its own, but overall come together nicely to present the sound of a complete album.

"Talk" is easily the songstress's most sexually- fueled album and is not for the faint- hearted listener. The imagery and situations created by some of the tracks are most definitely adult.

However, if you are a regular fan this new material is only an evolution of the singer's previous work.

Lead single "We Found Love" and the track "Where Have You Been" offers up the epic - sounding dub step and trance beats that are mainstream and radio-friendly at the moment.

While the recently released second single "You Da One" and "Cockiness (Love It)" give the island flavor and exoticism that call backs to Rihanna's earlier days.

The middle of the album gives fans a short, sexy interlude titled "Birthday Cake". The track is arguably the most sexually aggressive piece of work Rihanna has put on an album. Somehow the singer sexualizing the innocent child hood favorite of cake is off-putting at the first listen, but quickly turns into something inventive to hear.

"Drunk on Love" is a song with an intoxicating beat and a story of obsessive love, similar to her first single off the album. The contrast of innocent and dirty, destructive love seems to be an undercurrent to the entire work. All of those type of relationship experiences seem to fuel this album and propel it, making it more and more relatable.

The final track of the album sweetly named "Farewell" is the most lyrically beautiful song of all the tracks. Rihanna's only ballad has her belting out some powerful, emotional vocals that tell a story of two lovers growing apart. The song tells a valuable lesson of growing up while loving someone. 

This is definitely the album for any new listeners looking to happily join the Rihanna bandwagon. The tracks present a great sense of who the artist is and how she inspires her fans to be fearless and always authentically themselves in life, but especially in love.

"Talk that Talk" is nice; quick listen with a compact running time of 35 minutes for the standard version.

The Def Jam artist is showing major growth with the new album. The vocals are the strongest they have ever been in her career and sonically it sounds the most mature. The CD's greatest strength is despite the sassy, vulgarity of it the album still manages to keep a universal appeal that will be popular with many.

The 23 year old has another set of hits on her hands and the critics will say what they will, but Rihanna says talk that talk.