Within the full span of Rihanna’s expansive collected discography, the entry marked S&M occupies a distinct, formally registered place as a sound rooted firmly in Kenya, categorized outside of standard industry genre frameworks to reflect its unique positioning relative to every other work in her catalogue. As a catalogue snapshot, this entry is designed to capture the exact core attributes that define S&M as a unique creative work, separating it from the rest of Rihanna’s output by centering the specific markers that set it apart, rather than folding it into generic groupings of work that might overlook its one-of-a-kind identity.