"The Monster" is a song from American rapper
Eminem
Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known professionally as Eminem (; often stylized as EMINƎM), is an American rapper and record producer. He is credited with popularizing hip hop in middle America and is critically acclai ...
's album ''
The Marshall Mathers LP 2
''The Marshall Mathers LP 2'' is the eighth studio album by American rapper Eminem. It was released on November 5, 2013 by Aftermath Entertainment, Shady Records, and Interscope Records. The album is Eminem's last to have the involvement of inde ...
'' (2013) featuring a guest appearance from Barbadian singer
Rihanna
Robyn Rihanna Fenty ( ; born February 20, 1988) is a Barbadian singer, actress, and businesswoman. Born in Saint Michael and raised in Bridgetown, Barbados, Rihanna auditioned for American record producer Evan Rogers who invited her to the ...
. The song was written by Eminem, Rihanna,
Bebe Rexha
Bleta Rexha (; born August 30, 1989), known professionally as Bebe Rexha ( ), is an American pop singer and songwriter. After signing with Warner Records in 2013, Rexha received songwriting credits on Eminem's single " The Monster" (which later ...
,
Aalias
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,
Jon Bellion
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, Maki Athanasiou, and
Frequency
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, with the latter also handling production. Released on October 29, 2013, as the fourth single from the album, "The Monster" marks the fourth collaboration between Eminem and Rihanna, following "
Love the Way You Lie" (2010), its sequel "
Love the Way You Lie (Part II)
"Love the Way You Lie (Part II)" is a song by Barbadian singer Rihanna from her fifth studio album '' Loud'' (2010). It features American rapper Eminem, who wrote the song alongside Skylar Grey and the producer Alex da Kid. It is the sequel t ...
" (2010), and "
Numb" (2012), and is a hip-hop and pop song, with lyrics that describe Eminem pondering the negative effects of his
fame while Rihanna comes to grips with her inner demons.
Upon release, the song was met with positive reviews from
music critics
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, who compared the song to "Love the Way You Lie". "The Monster" has successfully charted worldwide, topping the charts in twelve countries including Australia, Canada, France, Ireland, New Zealand, Russia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States'
''Billboard'' Hot 100. It also marks Eminem's first number one on the US
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
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chart and has reached the top ten in Austria, Belgium, Italy and Spain.
Background and production
In 2010, Eminem and Rihanna released their first official collaboration titled "
Love the Way You Lie". The song received both critical and commercial success and topped the US
''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart for seven consecutive weeks. By the end of the year, 854,000 copies of the song were sold in the UK, making "Love the Way You Lie" the
country's biggest-selling song of 2010.
The same year, a sequel to the single, titled "
Love the Way You Lie (Part II)
"Love the Way You Lie (Part II)" is a song by Barbadian singer Rihanna from her fifth studio album '' Loud'' (2010). It features American rapper Eminem, who wrote the song alongside Skylar Grey and the producer Alex da Kid. It is the sequel t ...
" was released as part of Rihanna's fifth studio album ''
Loud''; it mainly views matters from the female protagonist perspective.
In November 2012, Eminem and Rihanna collaborated again on "
Numb", which was included on Rihanna's seventh album ''
Unapologetic
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''.
In November 2012, singer Bebe Rexha was at Stadium Red studio in
Harlem, New York
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working on material to be included in her debut album. During the sessions Rexha stated that she "was in a really dark place, a dark head space. Figuring out where you are in life and trying to make shit work for yourself—it gets to you. You get super down on yourself. I was just trying to get out of a depressed phase." At that moment, she wrote the hook for "The Monster"; in the moment she wrote it she knew that it was going to be a song performed by Eminem.
The singer further stated that she got the inspiration from the quote "about the monsters that are around us and that live inside of us"; additionally, Rexha was disappointed at being dropped from the
Island Def Jam
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record label.
The Senior Director of A&R for
Shady Records
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Shady has seen negative times when being part of the unsuccessful ...
,
Riggs Morales started looking for potential songs to be included on Eminem's eighth studio album. When the producer of "The Monster",
Frequency
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played the song for Morales he "freaked out" and asked for the verses to be stripped and
ProTools
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sessions to be sent to Eminem.
When Eminem heard the demo he then added his own verses and adjusted the instrumental portion(s) of the track. However, he left the background vocals sung by Rexha intact. On September 11, 2013, Rihanna wrote on her
Twitter
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account that she had recorded a "#monster" hook for one of her favorite artists.
On October 22, Eminem revealed the track listing for his eighth studio album, ''
The Marshall Mathers LP 2
''The Marshall Mathers LP 2'' is the eighth studio album by American rapper Eminem. It was released on November 5, 2013 by Aftermath Entertainment, Shady Records, and Interscope Records. The album is Eminem's last to have the involvement of inde ...
'', including "The Monster" on which Rihanna was credited as a featured artist. Shortly after premiering the song, Eminem spoke of working with Rihanna again to
MTV News
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: "The perception of the record, what it's saying, I thought it would be a good idea to have her on it because I think people look at us like we're both a little nuts. That's one of the things that I was telling her in making the record: I think that people look at us a little crazy."
Critical reception
The song was generally well received by critics. Writing for the ''
IBTimes
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'', Tarun Mazumdar reacted positively to it, praising its "memorable lines" and Rihanna's "soulful" vocals and rating it 3.5 out of 5.
Amy Sciaretto of ''PopCrush'' gave it the same rating and noted that "it's not nearly as powerful or affective as the previous partnership, but it's not supposed to be."
Allan Raible of
ABC News
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also enjoyed the song, calling it "a career highlight" and a "personal rhyme about his history."
About.com
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's Bill Lamb had similar thoughts, opining that Eminem's introspection "lends the song engaging power" while also praising Rihanna's vocals.
Idolator
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's Mike Wass noted that while it did not meet the standard of the duo's previous collaboration, the song was still "undeniably catchy and hook-filled enough for top 40 radio success."
Keith Murphy of ''
Vibe
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'' praised the lyrical content of the song but otherwise found the single lackluster.
Jim Farber of ''
The New York Daily News
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'' found it inferior to Eminem's previous single, "
Rap God
"Rap God" is a song by American rapper Eminem. The song premiered via YouTube on October 14, 2013, and was released in the United States on October 15, 2013, as the third single from Eminem's eighth studio album, ''The Marshall Mathers LP 2'' (2 ...
" and too similar to "
Love the Way You Lie", but appreciated that "at least Em gets off some good lines in the new song."
''
XXL'' positioned it at number 19 on their list of the best songs of 2013. ''Atlanta Black Star'' described the song as sounding "like an
old school rap
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song as it blends genres with Eminem's rap vocals,
rock guitars, and Rihanna's pop-style singing of the chorus."
Commercial performance
"The Monster" first entered the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 at number three, on November 6, 2013, marking Eminem's third best entry following "
Not Afraid
"Not Afraid" is a song by American rapper Eminem from his seventh studio album '' Recovery'' (2010). It was released as the album's lead single on April 27, 2010, by Interscope Records. "Not Afraid" was first revealed as a single b ...
" (number one, 2010) and "
Love the Way You Lie" also featuring Rihanna (number two, 2010). This ties "
Berzerk", which also debuted at number three on the Hot 100. The entry gave Rihanna her 25th top ten on the chart, equaling
Elvis Presley
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for the eighth-most top tens in the chart's history. This achievement also earned the singer the honor of being the fastest woman to accumulate the top ten tally (with eight years and four months since her first single), besting
Madonna
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by three months. Furthermore, the debut marked Rihanna's 45th overall chart entry, tying
Mariah Carey
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for the eighth most chart appearances amongst women.
The song concurrently opened at number one on the US
Digital Songs
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chart, with sales of 373,000. The feat marked Eminem's ninth chart topper, giving him the third-most leaders in the tally's history, behind
Katy Perry
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(9), and Rihanna, who increased her total to 13. The track also entered the US
Radio Songs chart at number 31, marking Eminem's second-best entry position following "
Just Lose It
"Just Lose It" is a song by American rapper Eminem from his fifth studio album, ''Encore'' (2004). It was released on September 28, 2004, as the lead single from ''Encore'', and was later included on his greatest hits compilation album, '' Cur ...
" (number 17, 2004). In the same issue, "The Monster" debuted atop the
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
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chart, marking Eminem's first number one on the chart of his career, and Rihanna's third. Furthermore, the song entered at number one on the US
Rap Songs
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chart, marking the sixth and fourth leaders for Eminem and Rihanna, respectively.
The song topped the Hot 100 in its sixth week on the chart, after previously spending four consecutive weeks at number two. The song's ascent to number one marked Rihanna's 13th US number one, tying her with Michael Jackson for the fourth most number ones in the chart's 55-year history. Additionally, Rihanna became the fastest solo artist to achieve 13 chart-toppers, surpassing the previous record held by Mariah Carey (seven-years, eight-month and 19 days), with only
the Beatles
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reaching 13 number ones more quickly. The song also rose to number one on the ''Billboard'' Radio Songs chart, marking Rihanna's twelfth and Eminem's third number one on the chart. Rihanna also passes Mariah Carey for the most number ones on the Radio Songs chart with the single's number one peak. For Eminem, he ties
Sean Combs
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and
Ludacris
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Born in Champaign, Illinois, Ludac ...
for the most Hot 100 number ones among rappers, with five each. The song has sold 3,844,000 digital copies in the US as of June 2015.
In Canada, the song debuted at number one on the
Canadian Hot 100
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, selling 54,000 downloads, making it Eminem's highest selling debut week in Canada for a single since his song "
Berzerk," which sold 50,000 downloads in its debut week.
In the United Kingdom, "The Monster" entered at number one on the
UK Singles Chart
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on November 3, 2013―for the week ending date November 9, 2013―selling 74,674 copies, despite being released on the previous Tuesday, and having a 48-hour disadvantage on the rest of the week's new singles. The song however, sold 96,059 copies the following week it dropped to number two, selling more copies than it did on the week it reached number one. The song marked Eminem and Rihanna's eighth number one single in that country of their careers respectively. It became Eminem's first single to top the chart as a lead artist since "
Like Toy Soldiers
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" in 2005. Eminem however was featured on
Akon
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's chart topping single "
Smack That
"Smack That" is a song by American singer and songwriter Akon featuring American rapper Eminem from the former's second studio album '' Konvicted'' (2006). Produced by the latter, it was written by the artists alongside Mike Strange and Luis Res ...
" in 2006.
As for Rihanna, the chart topper placed her with
Elvis Presley
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and
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in the chart's history, as just one of three acts to have scored seven number ones in Britain over seven consecutive years. The song was commercially successful around Europe, reaching the top of the charts in eight countries and entered the top 10 in every territory it charted in. In Asia and Oceania, the single was a huge hit reaching the top position in many countries, including Australia and Lebanon where it spent seven weeks at number one in "The Official Lebanese Top 20".
Music video
Released on December 16, 2013, the song's accompanying
music video
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, Eminem's third to be directed by the American filmmaker
Rich Lee
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, depicts Rihanna as Eminem's
therapist
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in a session, as previous videos from his career are shown and referenced including "
Mockingbird
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", "
My Name Is
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", "
Lose Yourself
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", "
3 a.m.", "
The Way I Am" and the
2001 Grammy Awards performance of "
Stan" with
Elton John
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. The video was well received and earned three nominations at the
2014 MTV Video Music Awards
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, in the categories for "
Best Male Video
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", "
Best Collaboration" and "
Best Direction". Eminem and Rihanna performed the song live at the
2014 MTV Movie Awards.
Awards and nominations
Cover versions
The Russian-American guitarist
Alex Feather Akimov, released a guitar cover of "The Monster", a recording that was recognized by Billboard.biz (Web Trends).
The Welsh band
the Beef Seeds recorded a bluegrass version of "The Monster" on their album ''Keepin' it Beefy'' (EP) (released January 27, 2014 on iTunes)
In November 2013,
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covered the song at
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's
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List of number-one singles of 2013 (Poland)
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Chart history
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List of number-one singles of 2014 (Poland)
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List of number-one singles of the 2010s (Sweden)
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Number-one singles
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