poll Better pop-rap collab: The Monster vs Timber vs Dark Horse

[umich]

 

These three hits had a monopoly over the Hot 100 summit for eleven consecutive weeks in late 2013 to early 2014:

 

Eminem feat. Rihanna - "The Monster" (4 weeks)

Pitbull feat. Kesha - "Timber" (3 weeks)

Katy Perry feat. Juicy J - "Dark Horse" (4 weeks)

 

Which of these hits do you prefer?

[Rihinvention]

Juicy J felt like an after-thought on Dark Horse.
 

Whilst Pitbull and Kesha are retrospectively revered, at the time, people would judge you for saying you liked them.

 

Eminem and Rihanna have always been shamelessly cool, and it has the markings of a pure collaboration. It's Eminem's song, and hits spitting fire, but Rihanna's pop hook is what you remember.

 

I would say for that reason that 'The Monster' is the best proper pop-rap collab, even though it's my least favourite song of the 3.

 

Dark Horse was just a featured rap verse and Timber's country-dance vibe made it feel like a guilty pleasure bc you knew kids were listening to it too.

[Reginald]

Timber was a novel bop at the time, before the country-pop schtick was overdone by literally everyone. Dark Horse was great, too. 

[heckinglovato]

The Monster by Gabbie Hanna

[PopKills]

Dark God

[A Million Lights]

Dark Horse is top tier

Timber is cool

 

Never really liked The Monster tbh. It's just not as good as Love The Way You Lie and Numb

[ChooseyLover]

Timber sounds like a real collaboration. Nobody really cared about Juicy J.

[Princess Aurora]

Dark Horse

 

[monster_enriquer]

Timber 

[xfreshkidxx]

Timber by far

[Dark Miracles]

Hot take: Timber deserved a grammy

[Josh]

The Monster > Timber > Dark Horse

 

[YourFavoriteWeapon]

All of them are great but The Monster is my favorite.

[UnusualBoy]

Dark Horse easily.

[Maroonx]

Timber + The Monster ofc x

[Brooklyn Baby]

Dark Horse is the best song here. Also Juicy J's verse eats idc 

 

[JackOfHearts]

For me it's definitely Timber. Funnest collab, doesn't take itself so seriously as the other two, it's just a bop. As someone else said, Juicy J feels like an afterthought on Dark Horse, and Eminem with Rihanna have better collabs than The Monster.