Bad Meets Evil - Lighters

Remember last year when Eminem teamed up with major pop star, Rihanna, to create "Love the Way you Lie"? Or how about when Bruno Mars was lending his voice to rapper, B.o.B, for "Nothing on You"? Both songs were pretty big hits, so this leads to the conclusion that if Bruno Mars and Eminem teamed up it would be an even bigger hit. Also there's that other guy, Royce da 5'9, since he's also part of "Bad Meets Evil."

Rappers like Eminem have a reputation of being overall angry in their songs, but "Lighters" is a bit of different turn with a more sentimental emotional feeling to it. Of course you can still expect Eminem to rap with his usual intensity and foul language, but there's a different message behind this song. Bruno Mars sings the chorus and that's probably where most of the emotion comes from; as we've seen before, Bruno Mars, can make anything sound tender. He sets up the song with a very emotional verse, then we get rougher, but still emotional, verses from Eminem and Royce.

The lyrics for the most part have a lot of meaning in them; though for rap it's sometimes hard to tell if lyrics are just weird or have a deeper meaning. But like I said there's plenty of swearing in it, and if you're not into that the censored version is incredibly choppy. However, even without the censor the rapping is still a little choppy sounding, so maybe it's just the song itself.

This song combines many different strong emotions, similar to Diddy-Dirty Money's "Coming Home" with the tender chorus but more intense rap verses. All parts of the song continue the feeling of many dynamic feelings no matter whose verse it is. Bruno Mars has yet to fail to deliver a hit, and Eminem has proven to be capable of massive smash songs. And I'm sure Royce da 5'9 will help too. So overall I can see this song being a major hit.