Listen: Eminem & Rihanna Dissect Fame's Dark Side in "The Monster"
FUSE TV - Listen: Eminem & Rihanna Dissect Fame's Dark Side in "The Monster"
Everyone remembers Eminem and Rihanna's mammoth 2010 collabo "Love the Way You Lie," that spent seven weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The duo reignite the magic with catchy collabo "The Monster," lifted off of Em's forthcoming Marshall Mathers LP 2.
Slim Shady talks of the sucky side effects of superstardom, spitting, "I wanted the fame / But not the cover of Newsweek...Wanted to receive attention for my music / Wanted to be left alone in public, excuse me." Rih relates superstardom to an enticing monster, "I'm friends with the monster / That's under my bed / Get along with the voices inside of my head / You're trying to save me, stop holding your breath."
But Em sees the good fame can bring, adding "I ain't here to save the f-cking children / But if one kid out of a hundred million / Who are going through a struggle, feels it and relates / That's great!"
Sonically, "The Monster" is bouncier than "Love the Way You Lie," especially with Rihanna's vocals over the chorus' glossy, rock-pop production, ending with a catchy hook section sung in her head voice.
Marshall Mathers LP 2 drops November 5. Read Fuse's complete guide to the album here.
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Eminem: Count Me In
1h 6m
Eminem AKA
41m
Rihanna: Rebirth
2m
The Missy Elliott Hall of Fame
1h 1m
Amy Winehouse: The Price of Fame
55s
Rogelio Shows His Acting Prowess In 'The Dark Military'
4m
Rico Nasty Shares Her First Time In the Studio & Meeting Rihanna
46m
Listen and Learn
58m
Fame Kills: Tupac
41m
Fame Kills: Prince
41m
Fame Kills: Princess Diana
46m
Fame Kills: George Michael
50m
Fame Kills: Whitney Houston
41m
Diddy: Monster’s Fall
1h 2m
The Beatles: In the Life
44m
Chaos In The Cage
20m
All In The Family
1h 43m
Out in the Ring
20m
Tension In The Tenderloin
8m
Ed Maverick Does ASMR with a Cactus, Talks Adjusting to Fame & More!
1m
The Ladies Play "Fill In The Blanks"
20m
Out With The Old, In With The New
56m
Cher: Life in the Spotlight
47m
In Through the Out Door
21m
Porn, The Ins and Outs
43m
In Search of the Elusive Orgasm
2m
Brunch In The Castro: Deleted Scene
20m
Plenty Of Fish In The Street
20m
Love In The Time Of Pandademic
8m
Quando Rondo Takes A Lie Detector Test: Which is Better "Life B4 Fame" or "QPac"?
20m
The First Time, In A Long Time
1m
Grimes Explains the Characters in Flesh Without Blood
21m
Don't Swear In Front of The Song
2m
Keeping Your Girls The Girls In Check: G-Thing
6m
Comedians React to Unbelievably Strange Laws in the US
41m
Inside the MMA: Fear and Loathing in La Jaula
18m
What The Hell Are We? Are We Living In A Simulation?
3m
Dwayne Johnson and The Blue Devils Break It Down In Hawaii
2m
King Keraun Falls Into a Sunken Place While in the Woods
1m
Clash of the Corps Drummers Step Up and Show Out in Rhythm
1m
A Day In the Life of Wilmer Valderrama's Puppet Ep. 2: Optimism
1m
What Does The Transcendent Star Look For In A Man: Dear Bambiana
1m
A Day In the Life of Wilmer Valderrama's Puppet Ep. 3: Inner Thoughts
1m
A Day In the Life of Wilmer Valderrama's Puppet Ep. 1: Hollow Man
2m
Got to Be in it To Win it: America's Obsession with the Lottery
12m
The Abuela and the Furious
1h 45m
The River and the Wall
41m
Moving In
45m
Punching In
41m
Inside the MMA: Release the Kraken
1m
The Blue Devils Bring The Parade
43m
Triple the Pleasure, Triple the Fun
1h 37m
The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir
The Canvas
1h 20m
The FP
1h 27m
The Exchange
20m
The Hustle
45m
The Reunion
44m
The Decision
21m
The Pilot
The 212
1h 33m
The Runway
1h 30m
The Luau
1h 21m
The Feels
1h 34m
The Citizen
23m
The Motorcycle
21m
All the Focus is on the Diamonds
15m
The Abuela Test for Leaving the Nest
41m
Inside the MMA: Best of the Year
5m
Higher Brothers Take a Lie Detector Test: Do the Best Rappers In China Come From Chengdu?
1m
T-Pain's School of Business: Artiphon- The All In One Musical Device | Season 1 Look Back |
1h 11m
Christmas in Carolina
1h 5m
Leitis in Waiting
20m
Rae in LA
21m
Invest In Sex
21m
Lost In Paradise
22m
Drama In Paradise
21m
Poetry in Falsetto
22m
Back In Time
21m
Trouble In Paradise
20m
Get In Formation
44m
Lawyer In Lust
24m
Up in Smoke
22m
Hot In Hollywood
2m
The Hilarious Reality of the American Rat Race
41m
Inside the MMA
1h 22m
Between the Shades
21m
Into The Woods
20m
Rich The Kid
20m
The Vest Guest
42m
The Sexuality Spectrum
1h 30m
Crossed the Line
20m
Facing The Truth
1h 7m
The Daphne Project
1h 17m
The Revolution Generation
20m
Making The Retrograde
21m
Enter the Metaverse
1h 22m
The Right Girls
44m
The Winner Is…
22m
