Emily Mackay of NME commented about the vocals provided by Rihanna and Eminem in the song, stating that 'There’s great contrast in Part II of ‘Love The Way You Lie’.

Rihanna's vocal range in the song spans from the low note of F 3 to the high note of D 5. According to sheet music published at Musicnotes, the song is written in common time with a moderate tempo of 83 beats per minute and is written in the key of G minor. 'Love the Way You Lie (Part II)' is a mid-tempo song, which incorporates the musical genres of hip hop and R&B. The piano and drums version, which features Eminem, appears as the final song on the standard edition of Loud, while the piano version, which excludes Eminem's part in the song, appears as a bonus track on the iTunes edition of Loud. Problems playing this file? See media help. But I did and so it was on Rihanna's album, too.' The demo track by Grey, titled 'Love the Way You Lie (Part III)', is on her extended play The Buried Sessions of Skylar Grey, which was released on January 17, 2012. Grey said 'I wrote the demo initially for myself because I thought, ‘Oh, I have this big song, and now I have a little bit of a launching pad to put out my own stuff.' Grey continued to discuss how the song was ultimately included on Loud, saying 'As soon as Rihanna and her team heard my demo, they were like, ‘Oh we want it for Rihanna’s album,’ so I had to make the decision if I was going to let them have it or not. 'Love the Way You Lie' and 'Love the Way You Lie (Part II)' were based on a demo written and recorded in late 2009 by Grey. While the demo was only accompanied by a piano, Rihanna and her team added drums and later vocals from Eminem. She said when she first heard the original demo of the song in the studio with Eminem, sung by American singer-songwriter Skylar Grey, her reservations about recording it went away. There's no way you can outdo that, so why compete with it?'. I just felt like you couldn't beat the 'original'. In an interview for MTV, Rihanna initially stated she was against recording a sequel: 'When I first heard the idea about doing a part two, I was just completely against it. Following the release and commercial success of ' Love the Way You Lie' in 2010, Eminem wanted to record an alternative version with Rihanna as the lead vocalist, viewing aspects of a relationship from a female perspective, unlike the original, which featured Eminem as lead vocalist and was from a male perspective.

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