Dec 12, 2017

There will be a ton of posthumous material. But nothing released until then.

 

Dec 12, 2017

What are the odds of us ever getting access to songs that didn't make the album cuts?
I'd imagine there are a number of tracks recorded alongside The Apple and G.O.A.T., King Mathers tracks.
Stimulate getting replaced by Say Goodbye Hollywood lends itself to suggesting that he had some other songs mixed, (but maybe not mastered) that didn't fit the theme of the album.

No Apology--"And if his skills mastered, he's able to spill raps long after he's killed, that's a real emcee."
And given that Eminem is a self-described studio rat, there's a good chance he's got more posthumous material than Tupac.

The chances of getting songs recorded before 2003 is lower (until there's a vault release), because they're on tape reels stored in a basement of Interscope, and mixing them requires facilities with analogue equipment to mix a lot of tracks. Analogue consoles lost popularity when the digital revolution of plug-ins made music recording convenient and affordable. When mixing Recovery, Mike Strange mentioned that the studio had to knock down walls to accommodate An 80 channel SSL that Dre prefers to work with.

Using analogue tape requires a lot more work. Eminem recalled having to use a scalpel to edit tape from vocals that didn't come out right, and that was the process for everything recorded from SSLP to Chronic 2001, TES to Get Rich or Die Tryin'. Editing with digital DAWs makes the process a lot easier.

Taken from SoundOnSound interview with Mike Strange (Eminem's engineer).
"This composite screen capture shows the Pro Tools Session for 'Not Afraid'. Eminem's vocals are near the top, colour‑coded blue and red (at the extreme left), above Luis Resto's instrumental parts (purple and green), with the components of Boi‑1da's original beat (orange) below those." There's gotta be a hundred tracks in that session.

Given that it would require more effort than just emailing an MP3, I don't see us hearing them for a long time.
What do you guys think?


PS:
Eminem sent Jay-Z two reels for The Blueprint (they didn't have time to record in same place). One was Renegade, the other was unknown.
Also-who was the producer talking about Keys to the City?