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"Bad Guy" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Eminem, taken from his eighth studio album ''The Marshall Mathers LP 2'' (2013). The song, which is the album's intro, connects the second ''Marshall Mathers LP'' to the first, which was released in the year 2000. "Bad Guy" is also a sequel to Eminem's hit single "Stan", which appears on the aforementioned album. The song, produced by S1, M-Phazes, StreetRunner and Vinny Venditto, was written by the four alongside Eminem, S. Hacker, M. Aiell and Sarah Jaffe, the latter of which is featured singing the song's refrain. The song samples "Hocus Pokus", as performed by Walter Murphy and "Soana", written by Gian Piero Reverberi and Laura Giordano; as well as "Ode to Billie Joe", as performed by Lou Donaldson. "Bad Guy" was met with universal acclaim from music critics, with the most praise going towards the song's storytelling. It debuted at number 38 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, upon the album's release. == Background and theme == In "Bad Guy", Eminem plays the role of Matthew Mitchell, the little brother of the Eminem character portrayed in ''The Marshall Mathers LP'' single, "Stan". "Stan" recounts the story of a crazy fan named Stan, who kills himself, his girlfriend and their unborn child because Eminem was not responding to his letters, until it was too late. On "Bad Guy," Stan's brother Matthew is older now and wants revenge against Eminem. Eminem sees Matthew "skulking around his driveway with a knife and in a novelistic flourish, he details that Matthew's "mouth is full of saliva" as he circles the house." Matthew then kidnaps Eminem, throws him in the trunk of his car, and then drives around Detroit listening to ''The Marshall Mathers LP''. Just like in "Stan" Eminem raps the last verse in his perspective. Throughout the song he also makes references back to "Stan" and ''The Marshall Mathers LP''. Into the second part of the song, the production fades out and Eminem battles his alter-ego Slim Shady in his head. Eminem spoke on the song saying; "Making the "Bad Guy" record I felt like I want to make sure that I make something that ties in with ''The Marshall Mathers LP''. You know, the first one. And I wanted to make it make sense that if I’m gonna go down this road, this could be—be ready for what’s about to happen. So, it’s kinda like to me the song the way I was thinking when I wrote it was like, "What if this nightmare just happened that I decided to do this album and everything just started coming back on me?" Matthew came back, Stan’s little brother, and he came back to kill me. Just all this shit just started happening. So, it was kinda like "Bad Guy" to me is more like, technically to me, is more like an intro to the album, like, okay, this is what’s about to happen. Here it is. And then picking up from the "Criminal" skit where ''The Marshall Mathers LP'' left off. I don't know if anyone caught that, but that’s kind of where the continuation starts."〔 On this song, Eminem also said: "So one last time, I’m backmeaning Eminem would end his career. But, in 2015, on the song "Kings Never Die", Eminem said that people are urging him to retire, but being the king of rap, he won't. In 2014 he performed on many songs of ''SHADYXV'' and in 2015, he performed on two songs of the ''Southpaw'' soundtrack. Whether he will release his 9th studio album or not is unknown. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bad Guy (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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