MTV.com News — 'It's really colorful, really energetic,' singer says.By Jayson Rodriguez Rihanna in "Rude Boy" Photo: Def Jam Rihanna is returning to her Caribbean roots on her latest single from Rated R, "Rude Boy." The Barbados-born singer's ear... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — When Diplo noticed a striking similarity between the videos for Rihanna's "Rude Boys" and M.I.A.'s "Boyz", he went ahead and mashed the songs together, creating a double-time Riri/Maya's blend. Now Bristol's TC takes a shot, blasting "Rude Boys" with... more info

Stereogum — If you weren't at last night's Cold Cave set in Los Angeles, you might have to wait awhile. The darkwave synthpop project and BTW centering around Wes Eisold canceled the remainder of their US dates, resuming their tour in the UK in March. Apparen... more info

White Folks Get Crunk — I have been waiting to hear some sick remixes of this jam. Finally a few that do the trick. I think I like the Luny P remix more. Pretty dope bass/bmore feeling mix. However there seems to be one steal drum in there that is way out of place  in th... more info

Rolling Stone — Want a surefire hit single? Here’s a tip: put the word “boy” in the title. Take for instance the new video for Rihanna’s “Rude Boy,” which as Rolling Stone noted bites M.I.A.’s “Boyz.” It doesn’t just work for song titles; look wh... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Yesterday, Diplo took to his Twitter to point out the obvious similarities between Rihanna's new "Rude Boy" video and M.I.A.'s "Boyz" video. But the similarities don't end with the videos, which Diplo made all the more obvious when he posted somethin... more info

Perez Hilton — Sade may have been M.I.A. for close to a decade, but her fans sure know where to find her! According to one-day sales reports, her new album Soldier of Love will debut at the top spot next week totaling between 400-425 thousand copied sold. It could... more info

Pop Bytes — hey hey! i'm still loving rihanna 's latest album rated R (which made my top picks of 2009) one of the best upbeat tracks is rude boy - watch the just released music video below! overall i do like it but she's definitely got her eye on what M.I.A... more info

Rolling Stone — The video for Rihanna’s third Rated R single “Rude Boy” has debuted on Vevo, and yes, it looks like an M.I.A. video. That’s the buzz on the Internet, and there’s no denying that RiRi heavily borrowed some of Kala’s style for the clip, whi... more info

Perez Hilton — Check out the just-released video for her latest, single, Rude Boy, above. The vid reminds us a lot of M.I.A. - and that's not a bad thing. And the song has kinda grown on us too! What do U think of the clip??? more info