Eminem

[Andre91]

It was really noticeable on one of the older songs where he had a bit of a higher pitched, nasal style, I knew then that it wasn't just the hype man.

He wasn't "miming" though, he was legitimately rapping over the backing track. Fine by me. As said, Stan was all him.

[evilduck]

I could definitely hear a backing track during some songs, maybe it was more noticeable at Reading. I wasn't impressed by his set anyway, the snippets of songs were all too short and he wasn't on stage for that long.

[robMUFC96]

New track, Berzerk. Sounds like the live band may become permanent part of his tour if all of MMLP2 is like this

[Com Truise]

I also questioned the older songs such as Just Don't Give A Fuck as his voice was higher pitched like it was when he originally recorded the songs compared to his voice on recent tracks.

[Andre91]

Y u do dis com truise?

[Com Truise]

Y u do dis com truise?

[kev1664]

Were any of you lot actually there at Leeds. It was clear he was rapping over a backing track. He would pull the mic away from his face and his voice was still clearly audible. There were times when both he and Mr porter didn't have their mics in front of them and there was still ems voice playing!

Like someone said earlier it was mostly earlier on in the set, most notably criminal where it sounded pitch perfect straight from the record.

I have no doubt he was rapping over a backing track, I just found it a bit shit that he had to. I'd much prefer a couple more music on stage to keep the word that he can't make flowing, at least that way it's live and nobody can have a chance to accuse miming.

The three or four songs he did completely on his own were great. The rest was very meh. Shame really coulda been so much better.

[Calzum]

i don't see the problem with him rapping over a backing track, he's done it for absolute years, just like a lot of other rappers do, it's just standard practice for a lot of rappers really,

[Com Truise]

It's a million times better than him miming as well

[AaronTheNoiseBoy]

Coming from a sound engineer, there was a blatant difference between his backing track and his own rapping. Yes he may have been rapping and not miming but the backing track was definitely louder than his vocals, there was a whole different dynamic range and tone to his voice when he was rapping alone (only when he wanted to incorporate Reading and Leeds into his rap). The guy is 40, his voice isnt like it used to be. From my point of view, he had his "Hype Man", Mr Porter/Kon Artis on stage with him rapping along to some tracks to add illusion of Eminem solely rapping without a backing track. Throughout the entire set, Mr Porter had no backing track and acted such like a compare (probably wrong spelling).

[The Placid Casual]

Coming from a sound engineer, there was a blatant difference between his backing track and his own rapping. Yes he may have been rapping and not miming but the backing track was definitely louder than his vocals, there was a whole different dynamic range and tone to his voice when he was rapping alone (only when he wanted to incorporate Reading and Leeds into his rap). The guy is 40, his voice isnt like it used to be. From my point of view, he had his "Hype Man", Mr Porter/Kon Artis on stage with him rapping along to some tracks to add illusion of Eminem solely rapping without a backing track. Throughout the entire set, Mr Porter had no backing track and acted such like a compare (probably wrong spelling).

[Andre91]

Sorry if this has been mentioned and I have missed it, but NME are saying that Eminem was reportedly paid £6m for headlining R&L!?

[kaosmark2]

Sounds like bollocks to me.

[jump]

Sorry if this has been mentioned and I have missed it, but NME are saying that Eminem was reportedly paid £6m for headlining R&L!?

[The Placid Casual]

It came up a while ago and the reaction was that is probably bollocks, it's way above what most headliners receive and it would probably bankrupt the festival.

[jump]

Just out of interest, do you have any idea how much last year's headliners cost

Edited September 13, 2013 by jump

[Gucci Piggy]

Easy life ain't it?

[Matt42]

Just listened to the mmlp2,

Spoilers for anyone who hasn't heard it yet, but it's his last ever album. Not convinced? Listen to "bad guy" he seems pretty certain that he's done with music.

[Yellow_Fellow]

Just listened to the mmlp2,

Spoilers for anyone who hasn't heard it yet, but it's his last ever album. Not convinced? Listen to "bad guy" he seems pretty certain that he's done with music.

[justanothername]

Just listened to the mmlp2,

Spoilers for anyone who hasn't heard it yet, but it's his last ever album. Not convinced? Listen to "bad guy" he seems pretty certain that he's done with music.

[justanothername]

No. This is a huge misunderstanding. In the canon, Matthew kills Marshall. That's all that happens.

[Matt42]

Nope this is after matthew kills marshal

"So before you rest your case

Better make sure you’re packing a wallop

So one last time, I’m back

Before it fades into black and it’s all over

Behold the final chapter in the saga

Trying to recapture that lightning trapped in a bottle

Twice the magic that started it all

Tragic portrait of an artist tortured

Trapped in his own drawings

Tap into thoughts

Blacker and darker than anything imaginable

Here goes a wild stab in the dark

As we pick up the last Mathers left off"

[lightning1000]

But none of that rhymes so he's obviously not being serious.

[Matt42]

But none of that rhymes so he's obviously not being serious.

[Mouseboy11]

it's done in a final monlogue, the end of bad guy is really dark and it's meant to be him reading out his will or something like that.