After his last big hook up with Lily Allen for single 'Just Be Good To Green,' Prof Green pulls another big name out of the hat for his latest offering 'Monster' in the form of Example. The darker sounding single is immensely catchy and introduces his fans to a deeper level of the rapper.
This sinister side of Green is apparent throughout the track, a side to which it feels as though he has been leading us up to since his debut 'I Need You Tonight.' After that more innocent and retro sound, Green leads the way to a less comfortable area with lines like "I'll give you everything you'll ever need, and I'll find a way to turn you into a monster..." accompanied by Frankenstein's Laboratory style sound effects just audible in the backing track.
The spasmodic techno sounds throughout the single increase the sense of Green being all over the place, but coupled with his cheeky chappy vocals the track is irresistible. An issue with this track however, is that it holds no staying power. Whilst Green mentions current celebs such as the Sugababes and Peter Andre, and even goes to an extreme, picking out Pixie Lott's current milk campaign, in a couple of years people will be forgetting their impact.
Although Green points out the dangers of dating him, showing that he's a bit of a bad boy, its put across in a loveable and attractive way that will ensure he has women falling at his feet for the foreseeable future. Example on the other hand is barely noticeable on the track, simply popping up in the chorus, (See if you can spot him popping up in the video...) although he does add to it and it's a coup for Green to secure yet another hot collaboration.
This track again easily merges pop and rap and should ride high in the charts next week. It's interesting to see Professor Green delving further into his character on this track and delivers a little more than the the commercial based tracks we've heard so far.
8/10 - Spice
