An sake shi a ranar 30 ga Agusta, 2005 a Amurka ta hanyar Def Jam Recordings. Kafin ya sanya hannu tare da Def Jam, Rihanna ya gano ta mai rikodin rikodin Evan Rogers a Barbados, wanda ya taimaka wa Rihanna rikodin kaset na demo don aikawa zuwa wasu kamfanonin rikodin. Jay-Z, tsohon babban jami'in zartarwa (Shugaba) da shugaban Def Jam, Jay Brown ya ba shi Rihanna ta demo, A & R a Def Jam, kuma ya gayyace ta zuwa gwaji don lakabin bayan ya ji abin da ya zama ta farko, "Pon de Replay".
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