{"id":2006,"date":"2025-02-10T21:45:47","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T21:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/people-praise-kendrick-lamar-for-not-rapping-over-a-backing-track\/"},"modified":"2025-02-10T21:45:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T21:45:47","slug":"people-praise-kendrick-lamar-for-not-rapping-over-a-backing-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/people-praise-kendrick-lamar-for-not-rapping-over-a-backing-track\/","title":{"rendered":"People Praise Kendrick Lamar for Not Rapping Over a Backing Track"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt Hip Hop Magizine News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9431463036\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/kendrick-lamar\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kendrick Lamar<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/kendrick-lamar-not-like-us-2025-super-bowl-halftime-show\/\" target=\"_blank\">2025 Super Bowl halftime show performance<\/a> is getting mixed reviews and many of the people praising the rapper&#8217;s Big Game set are giving him props for not using a backing track.<\/p>\n<h3>Kendrick Lamar Praised for Actually Performing Live<\/h3>\n<p>It was all eyes on K-Dot for his big concert <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/super-bowl-2025-chiefs-eagles\/\" target=\"_blank\">at the football game<\/a> on Sunday night (Feb. 9). The Compton, Calif. rapper came through with a high-energy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/kendrick-lamar-super-bowl-halftime-show-easter-eggs\/\" target=\"_blank\">symbolic set full of Easter eggs<\/a>\u00a0that left many rap fans captivated. Many of those viewers gave Dot extra kudos on social media for actually performing live.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;The revolution \u2018bout to be televised, you picked the right time but the WRONG guy!&#8217; &#8212; Kendrick Lamar because WHO ELSE!? No other rapper performs on THAT level. Story-telling, no backing track, energy + charisma!&#8221; one person wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/home\" target=\"_blank\">on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This was dope, especially towards the end. Kendrick no back track Lamar,&#8221; someone else tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>Even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/jermaine-dupri\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jermaine Dupri<\/a>\u00a0heaped praise on Dot for doing an actual live set.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dope performance, no back track, breath control, choreography, skits, straight rap s**t,&#8221; JD tweeted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"single-post-image \">\n<figure class=\"img-tag has-sizer alignnone\">\n<p><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Jermaine Dupri weighs in on Kendrick Lamar&#8217;s Super Bowl performance.<\/span><\/p><figcaption>jermainedupri\/X<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/kendrick-lamar-2025-super-bowl-halftime-setlist\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kendrick Lamar&#8217;s 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show Setlist<\/a><\/h4>\n<h3>So What Is a Backing Track?<\/h3>\n<p>When most artists perform &#8220;live,&#8221; especially at events as big as the Super Bowl, they are typically rapping or singing, while the actual audio of the song (or backing track) plays in the background. This allows the performer to have backup and a listener not miss any words as the performer moves about the stage and may get winded at points. Though Kendrick&#8217;s SB set involved a lot of movement, he never missed a beat, despite not having backup vocals.<\/p>\n<p>When the performer is totally using the backing track, this is also known as lip-syncing. One of the most famous and extreme cases of lip-synching involved 1980s pop group Milli Vanilli. The duo, who gained fame with the tracks &#8220;Girl You Know It&#8217;s True,&#8221; &#8220;Baby Don&#8217;t Forget My Number&#8221; and &#8220;Blame It on the Rain,&#8221; was outed for not performing any of their songs, even studio cuts. They were exposed on MTV in 1989 when their backing track malfunctioned during what was supposed to be a live set.<\/p>\n<p>While the practice of using a backing track is more acceptable during huge live performances, only a select few artists choose to go raw like Kendrick did.<\/p>\n<h4>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/kendrick-lamar-super-bowl-halftime-funniest-reactions\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Funniest Fan Reactions to Kendrick Lamar\u2019s 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Check out Kendrick Lamar&#8217;s performance at the 2025 Super Bowl below.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center\">Watch Kendrick Lamar&#8217;s Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show<\/h3>\n<p>Click &#8220;Watch on YouTube&#8221; to watch the official video of the performance on the NFL&#8217;s YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">See All the Easter Eggs From Kendrick Lamar&#8217;s 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/rest\/carbon\/api\/scripts.js?mver=558&#038;gver=6&#038;bid=812&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fbtloader.com%2Ftag%3Fo%3D5642230212591616%26upapi%3Dtrue&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.p-n.io%2Fpushly-sdk.min.js%3Fdomain_key%3DLT1Yn2pW9B5QzH6n4H2YlkQyVEfXVOOu82lt&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Ftownsquare.media%2Fpublic%2Fresources%2Fjs%2Fpubcid.min.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fplatform.twitter.com%2Fwidgets.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fapis.google.com%2Fjs%2Fplatform.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.facebook.net%2Fen_US%2Fsdk.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.pinterest.com%2Fjs%2Fpinit.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fpub.doubleverify.com%2Fdvtag%2F29287203%2FDV1106009%2Fpub.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer data-osano=\"ESSENTIAL\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt Hip Hop Magizine News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9431463036\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/kendrick-lamer-no-backing-track-super-bowl\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kendrick Lamar&#8216;s 2025 Super Bowl halftime show performance is getting mixed reviews and many of the people praising the rapper&#8217;s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2007,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[39],"class_list":["post-2006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>People Praise Kendrick Lamar for Not Rapping Over a Backing Track - Hip Hop News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"People keep talking about Kendrick Lamar not rapping over a backing track. 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