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
1h 1m
Amy Winehouse: The Price of Fame
2m
The Missy Elliott Hall of Fame
55s
Rogelio Shows His Acting Prowess In 'The Dark Military'
4m
Rico Nasty Shares Her First Time In the Studio & Meeting Rihanna
58m
Fame Kills: Tupac
46m
Listen and Learn
41m
Fame Kills: Prince
41m
Fame Kills: Princess Diana
50m
Fame Kills: Whitney Houston
46m
Fame Kills: George Michael
1h 2m
The Beatles: In the Life
20m
All In The Family
1h 43m
Out in the Ring
44m
Chaos In The Cage
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
20m
Plenty Of Fish In The Street
20m
Love In The Time Of Pandademic
2m
Brunch In The Castro: Deleted Scene
8m
Quando Rondo Takes A Lie Detector Test: Which is Better "Life B4 Fame" or "QPac"?
20m
The First Time, In A Long Time
21m
Don't Swear In Front of The Song
1m
Grimes Explains the Characters in Flesh Without Blood
2m
Keeping Your Girls The Girls In Check: G-Thing
41m
Inside the MMA: Fear and Loathing in La Jaula
6m
Comedians React to Unbelievably Strange Laws in the US
2m
King Keraun Falls Into a Sunken Place While in the Woods
3m
Dwayne Johnson and The Blue Devils Break It Down In Hawaii
18m
What The Hell Are We? Are We Living In A Simulation?
1m
Clash of the Corps Drummers Step Up and Show Out in Rhythm
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. 2: Optimism
1m
A Day In the Life of Wilmer Valderrama's Puppet Ep. 3: Inner Thoughts
2m
Got to Be in it To Win it: America's Obsession with the Lottery
1m
A Day In the Life of Wilmer Valderrama's Puppet Ep. 1: Hollow Man
1h 45m
The River and the Wall
12m
The Abuela and the Furious
41m
Moving In
45m
Punching In
43m
Triple the Pleasure, Triple the Fun
1m
The Blue Devils Bring The Parade
41m
Inside the MMA: Release the Kraken
20m
The Hustle
44m
The Decision
45m
The Reunion
21m
The Pilot
The 212
1h 21m
The Feels
1h 30m
The Luau
1h 33m
The Runway
1h 34m
The Citizen
23m
The Motorcycle
The Canvas
1h 20m
The FP
1h 27m
The Exchange
41m
Inside the MMA: Best of the Year
15m
The Abuela Test for Leaving the Nest
21m
All the Focus is on the Diamonds
1m
T-Pain's School of Business: Artiphon- The All In One Musical Device | Season 1 Look Back |
5m
Higher Brothers Take a Lie Detector Test: Do the Best Rappers In China Come From Chengdu?
1h 5m
Leitis in Waiting
1h 11m
Christmas in Carolina
21m
Invest In Sex
20m
Rae in LA
22m
Back In Time
21m
Poetry in Falsetto
21m
Trouble In Paradise
20m
Get In Formation
44m
Lawyer In Lust
21m
Lost In Paradise
22m
Drama In Paradise
24m
Up in Smoke
22m
Hot In Hollywood
2m
The Hilarious Reality of the American Rat Race
41m
Facing the Music
16m
The Abuela Trap
24m
Who's the Boss?
46m
Making the Cut
20m
Missy: The Icon
1h 23m
The Prison Within
21m
Meet The Family
42m
Assume the Position
44m
The Winner Is…
22m
Behind The Snow
21m
Rock the Bells
1h 22m
The Right Girls
1h 36m
The All-Americans
41m
Pushing the Limits
1h 17m
Shoot The Hero
23m
The Great Director
48m
