Did anyone watch Saturday Night Live yesterday?
Eminem performed his new song yesterday along with producer Rick Rubin (Billy Squire among others) as a DJ.
I'm no DJ but I know bullshit when I see it. The song has some really good live mixes and scratches in it and there's Rick Rubin who has to be in his 50's by now, DJ'ing up a storm. Or is he?
The Instrument Rubin is playing is called a CDJ-2000 (Virtual Turntables connected to a computer to let you play MP3's like a record). I've never owned one but a buddy does and they're fun to play with. Watching Rubin last night I noticed that he just seems to be doing it all wrong.
If you PVR'ed the show take another look and watch Rubin. Just tons of obvious and glaring mistakes. Why? Well despite a "live" 70's era record player to start the song, the rest of the hardware such as Pioneer CDJ is clearly not live (and upside down or at least setup at the wrong angle) as his hand motions never match the sound we hear.
I decided to Google it to see if I was just seeing things, but as it turns out I'm not the only one who say the bs.
http://embracethebeat.com/eminems-dj...eer-cdj-photo/
You would think that SNL learned their lesson with the whole Ashley Simpson / Lip Sync scandal a few years ago.