The most basic and almost essential aspect to lyricism in Hip Hop is Multiple Syllable Rhyming (Multis for short). In my opinion, it's one of the sole reasons why Hip Hop is undoubtedly the most lyrically complex and advanced genre of music.
We all know what rhyming is. From the age of 2, the majority of us were raised on Cat In The Hat, Green Eggs & Ham, and many other children's books that involve rhyming. Hip Hop is the ONLY genre of music that extend the definition of rhyming beyond just "Words sharing a common suffix".
When asked to rhyme, people will usually name off the most basic, elementary one-syllable words they can think of. Words like Bat, Hat, Cat, Gat, Mat, Pat, Sat, Rat, etc.. That's real cute if you're in Kindergarten or writing a corny Hallmark card to your grandmother on her birthday. Multiple syllable rhyming is rhyming a combination of words with another combination of words rather than just rhyming one word with another.
Some examples might give you a better idea of what I'm talking about. Let's start with something simple
Syllable 1 || Syllable 2
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Blue || Chip
New || Whip
True || Crip
Blew || Clips
This is as basic as it can get, it's only 2 syllables per rhyme. Blue rhymes with new, true and blew. Chip rhymes with whip, crip and clips.
Multi-Syllable Rhymes
Once a rare treat, multis are now being used in hip-hop more and more frequently as lyricists constantly try to outdo each other. Multis aren’t necessarily harder to write than normal rhymes. They just take extra effort. You’ll find that the effort is well worth it. Spit multis, and get your vitamin C.
What are multis?
Multi is short for “multi-syllable rhyme.” Multis are phrases in which more than one syllable rhymes. Multis can be double, triple, quadruple (etc…) rhymes.
Normal rhyme: cat / hat
Multi rhyme: my cat / hi-hat
Common rhyme schemes can be stale. Editors see them again and again. Avoid overly simple, one-syllable rhyme schemes like go/show/know, to/you, me/be/she/he/see, run/fun/sun, day/may/way/say. If your reader can guess the word at the end of the line before they get there, your rhyme scheme may be too common. Editors want to read rhyme that surprises them.
A “rhyme scheme” is a way of describing the pattern of end rhymes in a poem. Each new sound at the end of a line is given a letter, starting with “A,” then “B,” and so on. If an end sound repeats the end sound of an earlier line, it gets the same letter as the earlier line.
My cat is
nice. a
My cat likes
mice. a
My cat is
fat. b
I like my
cat. b
http://taralazar.com/2012/03/13/why-...rite-in-rhyme/
https://www.flocabulary.com/multies/
http://sintensional.proboards.com/thread/208
http://www.poetry4kids.com/blog/less...y-lesson-plan/
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