 The song heavily features bombastic tribal drums , and paranoia @-@ inducing strings that create a feeling of tension . The beat of " Monster " has been described as a " hyperventilating death rattle " by The Washington Post 's Chris Richards , commenting that the song was permeated with dark , urgent @-@ sounding moans . The chorus of the song has two separate meanings ; on the surface , it appears that West is bragging about his abilities as a rapper , while also making a comment on the media 's reception of him , with lines like " gossip , gossip , nigga just stop it , everybody knows I ’ m a muthafuckin ’ monster " . 
