Despite an incredible surge in downloads and airplay, Eminem's "Love the Way You Lie" was not able to topple Katy Perry's "California Gurls" from its perch atop the Billboard Hot 100. Slim Shady and collaborator Rihanna will have to settle for another week in second place. Recovery remains the top album in the country by leaps and bounds, and with no high-profile albums dropping this week, Eminem is sure to remain at the top of the chart for at least another seven days, further extending his incredible run this summer.
If Mr. Mathers wants to keep the momentum going, perhaps he should release "No Love" his team-up with Lil Wayne from Recovery, as his next single, as the SWAGBIRD Newsroom blog readers have declared it his greatest collaboration. "No Love" took the top spot easily with nearly 42 percent of the vote. The songs behind it shook out in a fascinating fashion, as The Eminem Show's "'Till I Collapse" (a tag-team with Nate Dogg) came in second with 25 percent. "Guilty Conscience" came in third with 12 percent, while "B---- Please II" finished just behind it with nine percent. "Crack a Bottle," "Bad Meets Evil" and "Never Enough" brought up the rear.
As some of the commenters noted, most of Eminem's best collaborations aren't actually located on any of his albums ("Renegade," from Jay-Z's The Blueprint, and "Dead Wrong," from the Notorious B.I.G.'s Born Again, were both brought up), but for the sake of simplicity, the poll was limited to tracks that came from one of Em's six full-lengths. But if the doors were blown open, we'd have to nominate "Go to Sleep" (which he shares with DMX and Obie Trice on the soundtrack to the film "Cradle 2 the Grave"), "What's the Difference?" (from Dr. Dre's 2001), Akon's "Smack That" and the remix to "Forever" that features Drake, Em, Lil Wayne and Kanye West.
What are some of your other favorite Eminem collaborations? Let us know in the comments!
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