Two years after the international smash Shock Value comes Shock Value 2. After various rumours about who would be featuring, the final guest is a slight let down. Miley Cyrus? Katy Perry? Drake? All blatantly trying to capitalise off the IT hype they generate. What happened to Beyonce, Lady Gaga and even, dare I say it, Rihanna?

Anyway, here it is.

Good tracks:

Carry Out.

Tomorrow In a Bottle (It is too long. I thought the end was near, but then another two minutes dragged on).

Say Something.

Morning After Dark.

Can You Feel It (Featuring the amazingly talented Esthero).

Ease Off the Liquor.

Undertow (A nice mellow track, plus more of Esthero’s lovely voice).

Long Way Down.

Marchin’ On.

The One I Love.

Average tracks:

Meet in the Middle (It would have been bad, but Brandy’s portion of the song lifted it from boredom).

Lose Control (Drags on, but is catchy).

We Belong to the Music (It started well, but then dragged on and on without building up to anything whatsoever).

Bad tracks:

If We Ever Meet Again (Another song that starts well but ends up dragging on forever through repetition. Katy Perry should have adapted to Timbaland, not the other way around).

Symphony (Nice, but the beat needed to change at some point, not continuous).

Notable guests:

Again, we have Keri Hilson and Justin Timberlake. However, newcomers like Brandy and Esthero make up for Timbaland revisiting the same ole same old territory. Drake, the current bandwagon. For tweens, there is Miley Cyrus and Jojo. For American Idol fans, there is Daughtry.

Singles or album? Get the album, if you can bear the dud songs in the first half.

A summary: the world’s obsession with making money. All our lives we strive to earn more and more, scared that one day we will lose everything. We see famous people living the good life, making us jealous and more depressed over our lives. We don’t discover our true selves because we’re too busy with dollar signs in our eyes. We exist but we don’t live.

To be honest, lately I’ve been almost obsessed with money. I can’t bring myself to buy/do anything that’s not cheap, even if I really want to, because I imagine my bank account dropping. I see celebrities chilling on the beach a few times a year, partying like there’s no tomorrow, and buying anything in the world without looking at the price tag, and feel sad that I haven’t been on holiday for almost five years and rarely buy myself something.

Can we be ‘happy’ without being rich?

Why can’t people mind their own business?!

Last month Beyonce had to postpone her concert in Malaysia, AGAIN, because Muslim protests about her skimpy clothes and routines. Instead of not attending the concert, a group of people decided to make the decision for others that she shouldn’t perform.

Then there were rumours that Usher is gay. Instead of just buying his record and enjoying the music, a few felt the need to spread rumours about a talented young artist.

Speaking of music, Monica gets bashed from time to time because she’s not married to her children’s father. Instead of accepting that they won’t ever get married or will tie the knot when they see fit, people butt in and start lecturing on wedlock.

Even the average person is hassled by the nosy crowd. A mother can’t breastfeed her hungry baby without someone feeling embarrassed enough to ask her to put it away or leave. Instead of turning the other cheek, or accepting the natural act of feeding, they try and stop a hungry child from being fed.

The nosiness is even on an international scale. People love scolding countries like China over their leadership, and telling them how they should live. Instead of focusing on their own country and the constant cover-ups, they’re too busy looking elsewhere.

Why do people have ruin life for the rest of us?

‘Hater’ and ‘Gay’ are still popular with the masses, but lately a new word has popped up…Edgy.

Now everything that goes against the norm is edgy. Wearing black, going naked and darker music is now ‘edgy’, all thanks to Rihanna and the massive team behind her. For years rockers and other artists have donned dark clothing and music, yet when Rihanna does it it’s suddenly completely unique and ‘edgy’.

Besides wearing horns, to stir Tiffany Evans’ accusations of the devilish side of the music industry, Rihanna is doing nothing we haven’t seen before. However, this is new for her.

Most of the album photoshoot features Rihanna topless…Why? Is being naked edgy? Apparently, which is why Rihanna recently admitted that she walks around her house in the nude. All of this in an attempt to make her ‘edgy’. I understand that we need mature, but why does maturing always have to involve stripping off?

I just don’t get it…What was the point in removing Rihanna’s nude photos if she meant to feature topless pictures months later? Plus, I remember her saying that her mother would kill her if she ever went nude…We’ll see soon enough.

18+ only. Rihanna album booklet pictures

Why can’t women have a child at 50yrs old? Or 60yrs old? Or 70yrs old?

Whenever a 45+yr old celebrity mother gives birth, they get pounced on. People call them selfish and/or say they’re defying nature, even if they conceived the child naturally. Instead of focusing on younger parents (12-30) who don’t care for their children, older mothers are attacked for their choice.

Does it really matter how old a mother is if she cares for her baby? Why is her being retired an issue?

Then you look at fathers who keep producing wrinkly sperm into their 80s. People take a quick look at their young wives, and all is well. Just because men don’t go through menopause, they get a pass. They can have children until they die, but the women must stop when they get a few grey hairs.

Is this fair?