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Finally Here: Rihanna Releases Official NSFW ‘Pour It Up’ Video

By Leo | Published on: October 3, 2013 Comments (0)

After long delays over creative differences with directors, Rihanna’s much anticipated video for her single “Pour It Up” is finally here.

Rih had just posted a behind-the-scenes clip previewing the video and now the official version is here. The “Pour It Up” video is everything fans were expecting: strippers and dollars bills.

As reported by vibe.com:

“Let’s forget the fact that we’ve been waiting for this ‘Pour It Up’ video since Rihanna’s seventh studio album Unapologetic hit shelves last November. We’ll even pardon the creative differences the previous director and Rih had, which stalled the process, but finally, the raunchy, twerktastic clip is here.

“Rihanna reigns over her stripper kingdom while making it rain, all in R-rated fashion (literally) dripping in gaudy jewelry, bedazzled pasties and fur coats. She even makes a splash by having her pole dancers slap their butts to water on beat. ”

Rihanna definitely gets her “twerk” on in this video, and that’s not the Miley Cyrus style. Rihanna reaches back for her Caribbean roots to show people that she knows how to move her rear end.

According to mtv.com:

“And if you needed one more buzzworthy moment, she gives it to you. The video closes out with a close-up on the singer twerking in water while smoking a cigarette.”

Rihanna also delivered on her promise in the behind-the-scenes clip, as the “Pour It Up” video features girls twerking on water.

Check Rihanna’s “Pour It Up” video below.

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