Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Music of the Sun shine kundi na farko na ɗakin studio na mawaƙa na Barbadian Rihanna. An sake shi a ranar 30 ga Agusta, 2005 a Amurka ta hanyar Def Jam Recordings. Kafin sanya hannu tare da Def Jam, Rihanna ya gano ta mai shirya rikodin Evan Rogers a Barbados, wanda ya taimaka wa Rihanna rikodin kaset na demo don aikawa zuwa kamfanonin rikodin da yawa. Jay-Z, tsohon babban jami'in zartarwa (Shugaba) kuma shugaban Def Jam, Jay Brown, A & R a Def Jam, ya ba shi demo na Rihanna, kuma ya gayyace ta zuwa gwajin don lakabin bayan ya ji abin da ya zama ta farko, "Pon de Replay". Ta yi gwaji ga Jay-Z da L.A. Reid, tsohon Shugaba kuma shugaban kungiyar rikodin rikodin The Island Def Jam Music Group, kuma an sanya hannu a kan tabo don hana ta sanya hannu tare da wani rikodin rikodin.  Tambaya: Wace kamfani ce ta fitar da kundin farko na Rihanna a shekara ta 2005?
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