Def Jam, Rihanna’s label, has announced that they’ve teamed up with Amazon to sell her brand new album, “Rated R,” for the grand total of…$0.99.

We understand she’s on a whirlwind of promos, but it seems that no amount of interviews, racy photo shoots, and controversial quotes (“I grab boobies all the time; I’m obsessed,” “If you don’t send your boyfriend naked pictures, I feel bad for him,” and “I want good food and good sex for Christmas“) can distract us from the fact that she put out not one, not two, but three so-so singles.

Get Rihanna’s new album Rated R on Amazon.com for only 99 cents, this week only!

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Need a little pickmeup? Maybe an antioxidant boost? Why not get both at the same time?

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xoxo,

Gift Gal

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Video games have officially gone off the deep end. “RapeLay,” a new computer game, allows its players to follow women on the street and expose private parts with a gust of wind.

But that’s not the sick part.

Your video game character can actually sexually assault any of the female characters in the game. And, though they’re allowed to fight back, the player will always succeed in raping them. The worst is perhaps the family rape, in which the main character can sexually assault a mother and, upon succession, move on to her two virgin daughters.

Though this game was released in 2006, it has since gained recognition (for its utter sickness) and has been banned by Amazon. Not surprising. Would YOU buy this for your kids?

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