Gym Class Heroes - The Fighter

In today's music their are several names that you will see collaborating with
 everyone.  Rappers need singers to make their songs more poppy.  Singers need rappers to make their songs more exciting.  Nicki Minaj, Pitbull, and Rihanna are showing up on everyone's songs.  So what combo have we got this time, it's Gym Class Heroes with Ryan Tedder.

The song delivers pretty much exactly what you'd expect.  The typical playful rhymes of Travie McCoy mixed with Ryan Tedder singing a tender chorus.  We've already heard the rhymes are songs like "Stereo Hearts" and we've already heard the tender chorus on songs like "Rocketeer," so really we're not getting anything new.

It's still a nice song though.  The smooth vocals have a nice contrast with the gritty rap verses.  It's not a dance song, but it's still got a nice bounce to it in the verses.  And it's easy to the have the hook and chorus stuck in your head and humming it for the rest of the day.

Lyrically, it's something interesting.  It's got the message of keep on fighting, which in itself isn't too new, but it's delivered well.  It takes a much more aggressive approach then your typical uplifting song.  The speaker asks for pain and scars to make him a fighter. It's something a little more unique and makes the song a bit better overall.

So, the song itself is nothing too special.  We've heard the tune before so it's not likely to make too much of an impact.  But it's still a sound that people like and it's got good lyrics so the song should achieve some success with that.