Git Up

[Cupid Stunt]

How does Eminem rap his verse? Seriously, does he even breathe? I tried rapping it and I just couldn't do it.

[Trimss]

How does Eminem rap his verse? Seriously, does he even breathe? I tried rapping it and I just couldn't do it.

There's a method called Punch Ins. The rapper stops his recording at a certain point, breathes, drinks water, whatever, than starts again where he left it.

[Blu]

Never even listened to the song but his verse looks horrible.

[Willy]

^Agreed.

[Solace]

From what I've seen, his live performances aren't the best in terms of breath control. There is no way that Eminem could have done it in one take seeing how he performs live stuff (and yes, I do realize live performances waay more out of you than vocalizing in a booth). And common sense, if you listen there's literally no space for him to have a full take of breath, you can hear him breath in between some lines though. It's not like it's a bad thing to punch in though, without it we wouldn't be able to get such a smooth performed verse.

@Blu, the flow as Menzo said is great. I don't enjoy it in other terms, it's what you'd expect from '04 Eminem but imo Eminem's flow during his drug period, even through to the KM era was pretty fucking polished out. I love it.

[Amaranthine]

He did the verse fairly well in that NYC Live 2005 show, I don't doubt that he did it all in one take. But I've always suspected he did the punch-ins thing.

I always assumed he lip-synced that.

[Never_Enough]

...even through to the KM era was pretty fucking polished out. I love it.

What's KM for?

Anyway I've always enjoyed his verse in Git Up. Not in terms of lyrics but the flow is awesome.

[Never_Enough]

Thank you

[Elision]

How does Eminem rap his verse? Seriously, does he even breathe? I tried rapping it and I just couldn't do it.

There's a method called Punch Ins. The rapper stops his recording at a certain point, breathes, drinks water, whatever, than starts again where he left it.

This

although you typically don't do anything in between. you need to sustain your exact cadence

[Relapse.]

I can rap like 95% of it. I think he did it on 1 breath tbh

[Elision]

I can rap like 95% of it. I think he did it on 1 breath tbh

step up that thinking game son

[EminemBase]

On this, Em keeps his vocal tone fairly low and at a consistent level, almost 'dullened' so it doesn't take much breath. So it all just becomes about delivery and timing. The flow of this verse is badass.

Anyway, having just re-listened to it; even without using punches, I don't think it's that hard to rap; as, I've noticed the key to it like many of Em's structured flows is bursts of rhythm. It's not one continuous flow, you can hear the breaks, it's bursts of controlled rhythms.

So, if you just relax and learn the rhythm (s)/ timing of each little segment (segments of bars), rather than trying to just spit every word in a fast burst, that's the key.