Rihanna feat. Eminem - Numb (link inside)

[eminembound]

i wouldn't want him to waste his bars for verses like this.

me too but that doesn't mean it's okay that he makes a shitty verse.

[Whitefox]

I have a feeling that Eminem didnt even write his verse to this song. He just took something that was already recorded and mixed it.

He has a catalogue called "Verses for POP stars"

[TheGentlePlayer]

I wouldn't even want to hear some serious verse on track called "Numb" with Rihanna... i wouldn't want him to waste his bars for verses like this.

This could possibly be what was going through his head when he wrote and recorded it. He just needed something to keep his name out there, but he was working on something that's more important, so he just sent off a bullshit verse that he knew the pop fans would like because he doesn't want to waste any time unnecessarily.

I hope.

But wont a legend like him have so many great bars, and so much passion about rap that even a verse for Rihanna is classic? Or atleat very good.

[Shady-Yo]

shitty verse.

I didn't say that. For me: very good verse.

I have a feeling that Eminem didnt even write his verse to this song. He just took something that was already recorded and mixed it.

Nah... it's Eminem-style verse. Even If i have this verse only written, I'd recognize Eminem in it, because it's just his style.

[JamaicanPattlez]

@EMBase I just wonder why EM would even hop on a collab like this? It is not as bad as people are making it out to be but it is far from good. After the rear part it is pretty dope but I wish it was longer.

When I say it's good or bad, I'm talking just about his verse though.

No way am I or is I think anybody disputing the actual song, it's awful.

But I really don't hear that verse as awful; I think he's beginning to get his playful wit just about right, he's mixing silly (on face-value) sound effects / with sinister tones, where as on like Encore, he just made stupid noises, with stupid tones. But he's sounding mean, dark, he's got that attitude, the rhyming and flows are great, the delivery is razor sharp, and he's actually becoming genuinely funny again IMO. Like, the twat thing on "Loud Noises", I think that's funny and insulting as shit.

As to why he'd jump on this song, my guess is that him and Paul are intentionally making very short collaborations (to keep fans thirsting for more, especially after this long of no solo stuff), but on songs that are bound to have a big reach ie. Pink, Rihanna. As he's not compromising himself for these songs, but the actual songs are generic... so I think he's intentionally popping up on big pop songs, with experimental, and very short appearances so a lot of people hear it, and want more. And given that these collabs have come in such a successive row, with two big singles (50, Skylar) coming in Nov, then Dec; it all appears to be for calculated album build-up.

I also have a suspicion that Em may be aware of the criticism of pop on Recovery and so perhaps he's intentionally featuring on pop songs on OTHER albums so that he doesn't have to compromise for his next album aka; these songs are effectively acting AS singles, rather than him having to water anything down for his actual album singles. That's a bit of a hope, but I think it's plausible.

I'm thinking you're accurate with this. I've thought about it too. And he knows about the criticism most likely. Even if he doesn't read it first hand, he probably has Royce or Porter that might tell him something they heard that day about it or something.

[Whitefox]

shitty verse.

I didn't say that. For me: very good verse.

I have a feeling that Eminem didnt even write his verse to this song. He just took something that was already recorded and mixed it.

Nah... it's Eminem-style verse. Even If i have this verse only written, I'd recognize Eminem in it, because it's just his style.

nah, i mean he didnt write anything. he already have a bunch of verses that was written for such type of songs.

[James Deuce]

He's just trolling us.

[kalina.malina]

Rihanna voice can blow my mind. Before "Love the way you lie" I was Eminem fan, but now I think I am Rihanna fan

[Grove]

This better not be about this song.

[kokasov]

^That sounds like it could be a pretty negative remark though- does he mean what he heard was haunting, or hauntingly bad? lol

[EminemBase]

^That sounds like it could be a pretty negative remark though- does he mean what he heard was haunting, or hauntingly bad? lol

Negative? sounds positive as hell to me. He's saying the material is dark, fucked up, and it's effective. I love that.

[Berry]

I like the song & his verse. It's snarky & dangerous. It matches the attitude or mood of the song nicely.

It doesn't matter how much you dislike the song, His flow is pretty much undeniable. ( Its a good thing children)

[kokasov]

^That sounds like it could be a pretty negative remark though- does he mean what he heard was haunting, or hauntingly bad? lol

Negative? sounds positive as hell to me. He's saying the material is dark, fucked up, and it's effective. I love that.

No I get it- I was kidding around. It was in response to the "this better not be about this song" remark about the tweet.

[Sukot]

I think this could really help Eminem out on urban (R&B/hip hop) radio tbh. Eminem always does fine on pop and rhythmic radio (since he blew up at the end of the 90s), but he's nearly always struggled a lot on urban radio, he only has a few urban hits. But Rihanna is a big force on urban radio, so this could put him back on the map there if it's a single.

[dR3]

I don't think this one will be released as a single despite the fact that Eminem didn't swear in his "cameo".