Skylar Grey feat. Eminem - C'mon Let Me Ride Coming December 12th

"On December 11th, Skylar Grey will release "C'Mon Let Me Ride," the lead single from her debut album Don't Look Down.
The playful pop tune, which Grey calls "an X-rated kids' song,"
features Eminem singing a famous refrain: the hook of Queen's "Bicycle
Race."

Grey tells Rolling Stone that idea of including the chorus
came from Eminem, who executive-produced the album. "That was an Eminem
move. The first time I heard his verse, he had added that part in as
well and it made me laugh, so we kept it," she says. She also opted to
keep his vocals instead of Mercury's originals. "I love hearing Marshall
change his voice like that and just, like, be a character, play a
character, so I thought that was funnier, personally."

The satirical song, a jab at "overly sexified music, media and the
girls who try and imitate it," may surprise many who are familiar with
Grey from her more modest days recording as Holly Brook and her Buried Sessions of Skylar Grey EP. She credits Eminem partially for that.

"I've learned from Em I can have more fun," she says. "He's very
sarcastic and makes me laugh all the time and there are parts of my
attitude I have in person but I've never shown in a song. I feel like he
showed me I don't have to be afraid to show that side." Previously,
Grey performed with Eminem and Dr. Dre at the 2011 Grammys and wrote
Eminem's smash single "Love the Way You Lie."

"I'm grateful and blessed to have [Eminem] on my side because not
only is he one of the biggest artists in the world, but I also really
trust his ears and sensibilities, which is a hard thing to find," she
explains. "Marshall can hear gold through the shittiest-sounding
recordings."

Eminem has faith in Grey, as well. "When I was working on Recovery,
I was introduced to Skylar by Alex Da Kid and I was blown away with her
talent as both a songwriter and vocalist," says the rapper in a press
release. "This album is really going to give her a chance to connect
with the fans who probably know her music but might not know her yet. I
think they will be as impressed as I am."

The title of Don't Look Down comes from the song "Tower," one of four holdovers from Invincible,
an album she originally intended to release as her debut under the
Skylar Grey moniker (it was ultimately scrapped). "I think a song that
can make it through the past year that I've had of writing new songs and
throwing ones away is worth having the album title named after," she
says.

"I put out [the single] 'Invisible' and I was feeling like I was so
busy promoting an album and a song and I felt like I hadn't finished my
album yet," she says. "So I kind of took a step back and had a
conversation with Jimmy [Iovine] and he was totally on my side. He said,
'Look, this is your first album; it has to be exactly what you want it
to be.' So we mutually agreed to slow down the whole process and let me
take my time finishing the songs until I felt like it was there."

Grey found her comfort zone again by collaborating with hit
songwriter J.R. Rotem. "He had invited me to come to the studio to sing
something for him and it was the first time we met," she says. "We
really hit it off and a couple of the best songs on the album ['Wear Me
Out' and 'Back From the Dead'] came from those sessions."

Don't Look Down, Grey says, explores the breadth of
her musical abilities. "I think the album is a bit more playful than
people are expecting, but 'C'Mon Let Me Ride' is about as far as I take
that," she says. "You get to see the full spectrum of my multiple
personalities. There's definitely a good balance between all the dark
stuff that I do; that's what everybody knows of me."



I really hope this song doesn't suck, but the fact that it's going to be a playful song makes me doubt that this will be any good. I'm hoping for the best, but Em has been at his absolute worst when it comes to features in the past two years.

It seems like it's gonna be a "don't take it too seriously" track lol.

Looks like shes showing more skin now..

King wrote:

Looks like shes showing more skin now..

When I first saw this picture, I said "DWAAMN!"

She looks fine as hell in this pic

whats with the hype? who cares about skyler greys song? lol she will never make it big

SdoubleT wrote:whats with the hype? who cares about skyler greys song? lol she will never make it big

Dude she already has hits and wrote "love the way you lie" which won millions along with other singles, shes just one of those successful artist people don't know by name.

Skyler Grey is dope. I rarely listen to non-rap albums but i'll be downloading hers.

King wrote:

SdoubleT wrote:whats with the hype? who cares about skyler greys song? lol she will never make it big

Dude she already has hits and wrote "love the way you lie" which won millions along with other singles, shes just one of those successful artist people don't know by name.

wrote love the way you lie? didnt know she was a rapper, didnt know eminem had r&b singers ghost writing his songs

SdoubleT wrote:

King wrote:

SdoubleT wrote:whats with the hype? who cares about skyler greys song? lol she will never make it big

Dude she already has hits and wrote "love the way you lie" which won millions along with other singles, shes just one of those successful artist people don't know by name.

wrote love the way you lie? didnt know she was a rapper, didnt know eminem had r&b singers ghost writing his songs

She didn't write the rap portions of the song.

Damnnnnn I always thought Skylar Grey was ugly but my opinion has now changed. And she is talented too.

SdoubleT wrote:whats with the hype? who cares about skyler greys song? lol she will never make it big

Well Eminem is in it, so people are obviously going to care. And I think shes pretty talented, & finally coming out of her shell.

I thought Skylar was black?

Skylar Grey is dope, and she's hot as fuck... what's not to like?

yeah so she wrote 15 words? wow. lol

SdoubleT wrote:yeah so she wrote 15 words? wow. lol

Those 15 words made a song one of the most successful singles of all time.

Buddie wrote:

SdoubleT wrote:yeah so she wrote 15 words? wow. lol

Those 15 words made a song one of the most successful singles of all time.

hmmm i tend to think rihanna and eminem on a track together mixed with a good beat made it the most succeessfull. but then i could be wrong. im sure if skyler sang it. it would have been near as great

Was a fan of her since Words I Never Said. Gotta love someone who sings hooks on real hip hop songs.
EDIT: you know what, on second thought fuck her for writing "Love The Way You Lie", not beause of the song but because it brought on a slew of annoying little kids all of a sudden calling themselves Em fans, and the only songs they know are the ones on Recovery.

Skylar sang it better than Rihanna IMO, obviously it would be more successful with Rihanna on the track for obvious reasons lol.