YES, he had his own voice pre-recorded, NO he wasn't lip synching

[mark414]

he was RAPPING LIVE with his own recording as a background

that's how he records ALL HIS ALBUMS

we heard the recording, and we heard his voice live as well.

in the studio, he'll have as many as 5 or 6 layers of his own voice

usually there's a minimum of 3, one of him whispering the lines, one of him just regular rapping, and one of him shouting

now it's not like he does all 3 or 5 or whatever for every song, and some songs only have 1 layer, but he employs them in different places in different songs in different ways and it really makes a noticeable difference, it makes the delivery more powerful

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posting this in here as well because many in the lounge probably didn't see it over in GD

[Dukakis88]

1. I've seen concert footage of Missy Elliott where she does the same thing.

And you hear both live at the same time -- her live rapping is rougher but more passionate, while the recorded track is exactly like the album version, so it's kind of a weird effect.

I personally prefer 100% live music, but I guess there is a precedent for this, and am just glad Em did this song on national TV.

[snoochie]

2. Lip synching is when you're not singing, you're just mouthing the words

Therefore, he was not lip synching. I don't get how anyone didn't notice the difference between the sound of his voice as he was rapping live and the recorded track. It seemed extremely obvious to me.

[Melodybe]

5. Me too, but I guess some kinda feel like it is cheating.

He still just told Bush to go fuck himself on live TV, you can't have bigger balls than that.

I love him!

[MercutioATC]

3. So he shows up on stage, why???

I mean, if everything is already recorded, couldn't we just listen to it without him there?

[mark414]

4. did you read what i wrote?

it's for added effect

how thick is your skull?

[MercutioATC]

8. So he shows up for "added effect"?

Or he just plays the studio tracks at live performances for "added effect"?

Please clarify.

[charlie]

9. "Shows up for added effect"

Shit, that's funny :)

Tour 2004, now with 38% more Eminem!

[Maiden England]

6. I think we'll have to agree to disagree on this one

I'm not an 'afficionado' I'm a regular viewer like most everyone else watching, and it looked shite to me. Deal with it. I won't drink this kool aid thanks.
I do think he is a very talented lyricist and rapper. I think his message is valuable and strong. I just think he is a crap lip syncer and 'spinning' a message doesn't work on me, which is what I feel you are doing. I'm not arguing that he may be trying to layer tracks, thats fair enough, but it looked like a terrible attempt at syncing. Especially the part where he took the mic away from his mouth and the voice kept going. I had it on TiVO so I could replay it and in all fairness, I couldn't hear a difference to prove he was layering his voice. But thats my impression and I'm entitled to it as I'm a free thinking librul!
Your post has a very 'Bush won all 3 debates feel to it'.

edited to make my point less ambiguous

[mark414]

7. i never said there wasn't a recording

read what i wrote again

[snoochie]

10. I recorded the show and I'm just now getting to hear the second song

He turned down the volume on the backing vocals for that performance.

I don't care, he's talented, he's getting the anti-bush message out to his fans about bush and voting... IMO this guy RULES!

And he's HOT... I think some people on here are a little jealous. ;)

[rockydem]

11. exactly

A rapper is not singing - there's no need to lip synch...