Lello wrote:and ltwyl is the biggest sell-out song ever
I won't even contest your other points. I don't agree with them but, they're not worth arguing for now but, this is so untrue.
Ask yourself why he used Rihanna...
Do you seriously think it's a coincidence that the song is about domestic violence and she was perhaps the most public victim of that in recent times (Chris Brown)?...
That collaboration was artistically motivated. Like performing at the Grammys, 2001, with Elton John. He's not a sell-out for creating a paradox. Just like performing with the most openly gay homophobic performer on Earth in front of GLAAD protestors wasn't a sell-out...
In-fact it's the opposite of sell-out. It's the opposite of the easy route. It's creating an uncomfortable contradiction in his music, forcing listeners to consider the content and emphasizing a taboo subject through art. And the execution of "Love the Way You Lie" was brutal and honest too...
Do you also think using a pop star (Dido) on "Stan" was sell-out? Don't you think it's because it creates a soft haunting chorus against his furious, dark rapping...
You can't say it's a sell-out song because you dislike Rihanna or the song. You have to justify that statement. He used to diss manufactured pop star boy bands to separate himself from them. Rihanna may not be Sinatra but she's not N-Sync either and again, the choice to use her was so obviously to create that uncomfortable pairing...
As for Pink, she's nothing like N-Sync or manufactured pop. She's Punk in her attitude, as is that song. Again, she's not the Sex Pistols, she's almost mock pop punk but, she has attitude, she's not a fabrication of the pop world. She's still an artist who he may very well like.
He still said exactly what he wanted on Recovery however he wanted, he still pushed boundaries and crafted it with intense passion and skill. So, you can dislike it, but you can't call music - with those qualities, or Eminem music or lyrics with those qualities - sell-out. That doesn't fit.
I'm so excited!
it only makes sense that they actually release it as a single! took them long enough, haha 
