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One of them smells like roses and the incense of the gods; the other smells like man-sweat and a freshly smoked joint. One of them was plucked from Barbados and primed to be a star on urban radio until? ? oops!? ? pop superstardom interfered; the other has been bouncing around the music industry since the age of 16, finally breaking through at 30 years young. Neither of them, despite swirling rumors, has been making romantic visits to Shia LaBeouf on the set of Indiana Jones IV. Both of them, despite very different paths to success, had massive hits this year.

The story of Rihanna and Robin Thicke is very much the story of two songs: ? ? S Umbrella? ? ? and ? ? S Lost Without U,? ? ? two ubiquitous tunes that are more than just bubblegum. Deejays and veejays played both of them relentlessly, but we never got sugar sick. Rihanna says that when she first listened to the songwriter? ? !” s demo of ? ? S Umbrella,? ? ? she thought it sounded a little weird. ? ? S Then I got to the part that everybody loves,? ? ? she says, before singing the syllables of the summer: ? ? S Ella, ella, eh, eh, eh. I said, ? ? ? Oh, my God, I have to have this.? ? !” ? ? ? A couple of months and one Jay-Z guest verse later, and half the world was going through the exact same process: First, ? ? S This is weird.? ? ? Then, ? ? S Oh, my God! Ella, ella, eh, eh, eh!? ? ? And finally, ? ? S I have to have this song.? ? ?