Video Lust : Rihanna's 'Hard'

Leave it to Lust Icon Rihanna to take all the elements of military and make them couture. Before Beyoncé was roling in the dirt in high fashion, Rihanna took designer gowns to the mud and the battlefields with explosions all around.

"Hard" was the second single from Rihanna's fourth studio album, Rated R. The video premiered on MTV in December of 2009. Described as a cross between Janet Jackson's "Rhythm Nation" and Christina Aguielra's "Dirty", the video features Rihanna in a number of miliarty scenes; ordering troops while firing a machine gun, riding atop a tank in a Mickey Mouse-esqué helmet, stomping through the desert among field mines, and in an ammo storage center in a nude bustier with black electric tape X's on her breasts [my favorite scene].

Rihanna explains, "It's couture-military. Everything is surrounded by the whole idea of something military. We have tanks, we have troops, we've got helicopters, we've got explosions…tight gear, lots of cute outfits, lots of bullets. Crazy."

We wouldn't expect anything less. Lust with your eyes below and head over to LuStylist to get the look.

Video Lust : Rihanna's 'Rude Boy'

Lust Icon Rihanna released the Rude Boy video in February 2010. The single reached gold certification and is the most successful single from Rihanna's fourth platinum studio album Rated R. Rihanna seems to never disappoint and the rasta inspired video follows suit from the songs title which is taken from an old Jamaican slang term for lawless males. It also has artist references from Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, and Jean-Michel Basquiat. She gets down and dirty in over seven different outfits and performs various nineties dancehall moves from the bogle to the butterfly. Definitely a classic.

"A lot of my videos are really dark and edgy and tough. 'Rude Boy' is more playing along the lines from my roots." - Rihanna