Tag Of the Day! Eminem Feat. Lil Wayne ‘No Love’
In the past few years scoring a Lil Wayne cameo appearance on your record has been a sure fire way of scoring a huge urban hit in the States. In 2009 alone the diminutive rapper appeared on around 79 notable singles: 20 of which made the Billboard charts. True to form Lil Wayne is currently guest staring on two of the hottest rap tracks around – namely Drake’s ‘Miss Me’ and Eminem’s ‘No Love’ – not bad for a man currently incarcerated in a New York jail.
Eminem’s ‘No Love’ is probably the more surprising of the two records. Following on from the success of the pair’s last hook up, ‘Drop The World’, ‘No Love’ continues a trend of sampling shoddy ‘90’s dance by basing the entire chorus around a sample from European one-hit wonder Haddaway. This use of a frankly ridiculous dance song is especially surprising considering Eminem used one of his biggest hits (‘Without Me’) to declare “Nobody listens to Techno!” Perhaps Em should have given that a try instead of filling his iPod with cheddar infused Dutch house?
Anyway, despite the slightly annoying chorus ‘No Love’ is still a solid rap track. Eminem and Lil Wayne are two of the most accomplished rhyme-smiths of their generation and their verses do not disappoint. The highlight is probably Eminem’s line, ‘Man get these whack suckers off stage, where the f**k is KanYe when you need him?!’ A strong indication that Eminem’s still not lost his touch for ripping on his contemporaries. Although the beats may not bang as hard as they did when he was working with Dr. Dre, Eminem’s lyrical dexterity remains as potent as ever. A fact that’s proved by the huge sales his latest album is now garnering.
