Nice Guy (song)

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"Nice Guy"
Song by Eminem and Jessie Reyez
from the album Kamikaze
ReleasedAugust 31, 2018 (2018-08-31)
Studio Effigy Studios (Detroit, MI)
Genre Industrial hip hop
Length2:30
Label Shady
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Kamikaze track listing

"Nice Guy" is a song by American rapper Eminem and Canadian singer Jessie Reyez from the former's tenth studio album Kamikaze , released on August 31, 2018, via Shady Records. Produced by Fred Ball and Symbolyc One with additional production by Eminem, recording sessions took place at Effigy Studios in Detroit. Despite never being released as a single, the song has managed to chart in several countries.

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Critical reception

Aja Romano of Vox wrote: "'Nice Guy' and 'Good Guy' both trade on the popular conception of the "nice guy" as an embodiment of the kind of entitled misogyny that leads to the violence we see in "Normal". It's not exactly groundbreaking, and as always, it's so difficult to uncouple Em's critique of misogyny from actual misogyny that it might as well be one and the same". [1] Craig Jenkins of Vulture.com wrote: "The methodical Jessie Reyez raps on "Nice Guy" nudge the marquee artist toward pointed story raps that revisit his old glory, when songs gripped with emotion and honesty, not just a barrage of internal rhymes. The melodic relationship raps on the back end of "Normal" pose the question of how much better this half of Eminem's decade could've gone had he poured himself into collaborations with guys like Drake and Future instead of writing their entire wing of rap off as heralds of some coming real hip-hop apocalypse". [2]

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [3] 48
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [4] 74
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [5] 53
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100) [6] 63
France (SNEP) [7] 168
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100) [8] 33
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [9] 82
US Billboard Hot 100 [10] 65
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [11] 31

Certifications

Certifications for "Nice Guy"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [12] Gold35,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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