In what way did Rihanna use the " cleopatra " style in her performance ?
The combination of dancehall and reggae genres on her debut album , " Music of the Sun " ( 2005 ) , was complemented by Kelefa Sanneh of " The New York Times " , who said , " Dancehall reggae sometimes seems like a furiously insular form of music , but ... Rihanna is only the latest singer to discover how versatile the genre 's spring - loaded electronic rhythms can be " .