rap tutorial for up and coming and rappers

[the rhyme king]

let's start off with the basics like what rhymes and what don't rhyme

perfect rhyme means rhymes that are exactly alike example

cat
hat
sit
fit

then there is slant rhymes words that rhyme but don't sound exactly alike
example

techs
dress
best
spit
give
is

 

[the rhyme king]

2 part multi's multis are rhymes that are more then one syllable
in a bar


Instructions

1. • 1Figure out what you actually want to say in your rap. Lots of rhyming does you no good if your rap is complete nonsense.
     
     
   • 2Pick a phrase that is crucial to your rap that you wish to rhyme with. For example, if you are doing a rap about hunting, you may want to rhyme with the phrase "hit the bear"
     
     
   • 3Make a list of words that rhyme with both of your key words. Unlike a regular rhyme where you'd only rhyme with "bear" (hair, there, care, chair), in a multi you'll also want to rhyme with "hit" (sit, get, spit, quit).
     
     
   • 4String together pairs of words from your two lists that make sense together. For example, you may have sit and chair, get and there, quit and there.
     
     
   • 5Flesh out your word pairs into fuller phrases. For example "I was in my SITting CHAIR", "needed to GET to THERE", and "had to QUIT from THERE."
     
     
   • 6Figure out how to work your phrases into a logical structure that involves your key phrase. For example, you were sitting in your chair, went to get somewhere to go hunting, shot at the bear but missed, and had to run away.
     
     
   • 7Arrange your phrases in the order that makes sense for the story, and add lyrics to make it a full verse. For example:"Fed up with being in my sittin' chair,Want to go hunting, had to get to there,Took a few shots, but didn't hit the bear,And the grizzly got pissed, so I quit from there."
     
     

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[Big Mel]

fat

grimace

rapist

neck rolls

diabeetus


all rhyme

 

[the rhyme king]

a bar is 4 beats



This is a little tricky because rappers and musicians

use different definitions of the word “bar.“ To some

rappers, a bar is two lines of a verse (i.e. one completed

rhyme). To other rappers it is one line of a verse. To a

musician, a bar has nothing to do with lyrics, it has to

do with the beat. And this is the definition we’re going

to use.

A bar is the time it takes to count to 4 on rhythm in a

song. This is only true of songs in 4/4 time signature,

but that includes every single rap song I’ve ever heard.

Typically the snare drum will hit on the 2





nd and 4th beat












in each bar. Most rap verses are either 8 or 16 bars

long. A line is whatever lyrics a rapper spits over one

bar


basically u count the syllables in each of the words and place the rhyme syllable

on either the kick or the snare

 

[the rhyme king]

Basic Tips on Flow

While every flow is unique, there are a few general

things that you can do to improve yours.

1. Count Syllables

Counting syllables is the most basic way you can make

sure that your flow is solid. The number of syllables in

your line will depend on how fast you rap, but generally

you’re going to want between 10-16 syllables per line.

You probably want most of your lines to match up in

the number of syllables. Here’s what can happen when

they don’t match up. These lines contain some good

elements but are wrecked because of the flow.

My lyrics so good, God’s reading them in heaven,

plus you know I got more bars than the candy aisle

in 7/11

Here’s the problem with that: there’s way too many

syllables in the second line. It breaks down like this:

line one has 14 syllables. Line two has 18 syllables.

That’s not going to work.

But it’s easy to fix. I’ll just find 4 syllables that I can

take out of line two without hurting the meaning of

 

[Big Mel]

Ronzo:


Ravager of numerous zesty O-rings

 

[the rhyme king]

the line. First of all, we can take out the phrase “plus

you know” from line two. That phrase is a filler anyway,

and all it does is hurt the flow. That’s 3 syllables gone,

but I want to get rid of 1 more. So I’ll change “the

candy aisle” to “candy aisles,” which gets rid of that

extra syllable. Now we’ve got:



My lyrics so good, God’s reading them in heaven,

I got more bars then candy aisles in 7/11



It’s much better. Line one has 14 syllables. Line two

has 14 syllables. The flow is much smoother. Whether

they’re conscious of it or not, lots of pro rappers keep

their syllable counts the same from line to line. Here’s

an example from Chamillionaire’s “Riding Dirty,” a big

single in 2006. Chamillionaire, a talented Houston

rapper and teenage friend of Paul Wall, rose to national

fame when Houston took over the hip-hop world in late

2005. Dubbed the “Mixtape Messiah,” Chamillionaire

made a name for himself with his deep, versatile voice

and lyrical agility.



Line # of syllables



Houston Texas, you can check my tags






9

pull me over try to check my slab






9

glove compartment gotta get my cash






9

cause the crooked cops try to come up fast








In these bars, Chamillionaire uses the same syllables


4. Rhyme Scheme

Where in the line you rhyme has a lot to do with how

you flow it. For that reason, a tight rhyme scheme will

always help out your flow. For beginners: keep your

rhymes on the 4

th beat of each measure (the second

snare hit in most songs). Make sure that you’re

dropping a rhyme every-other time that snare hits.

For more advanced rappers: use the in-rhyme and

multi-rhyme lessons to switch up your rhymes. You

can also take the rhymes off of the 4

th beat, and move

them elsewhere in the bar

 

[Big Mel]

Grimace:


Grabbing immature male asses constantly everywhere

 

[the rhyme king]

Rhyme Scheme



The rhyme scheme in a rap verse (or in a poem) is where

the rhymes fall in relation to other words or lines. In

a simple verse, the rhymes will fall only at the end of

each line. In English class, when analyzing poetry, the

rhyme scheme would be written out like this:



Rats in the front room, roaches in the back, a








junkies in the alley with the baseball bat, a








I tried to get away, but I couldn’t get far, b








cuz the man with the tow truck repossessed my car b

 

[Big Mel]

you're made of flubber.

 

[the rhyme king]

inner rhyme means rhyming in the middle of the bar

 

[Big Mel]

you rhyme from glee in the middle of consuming snicker bars.

 

[Zach Lowe]

A bar is only 4 beats if the beat is in 4/4

 

[the rhyme king]

wordplay is playing with the defintions of words


Step 6. Use Idioms



You can also create wordplay by studying idioms.

Idioms are phrases in a language that have a meaning

other than what they say literally. For example,

“piece of cake” means both literally a piece of cake

and something that’s easy. Idioms are a great place to

start for wordplay because they inherently have double

meaning. The rapper Legacy from Little Brother uses

the idiom “hold my own” (meaning to be as strong as

anyone else on a team) and raps: “



I hold my own like

masturbation






.” Get the idea?

 

[the rhyme king]

A bar is only 4 beats if the beat is in 4/4

there are many different bar mesaures but in hip hop that is the standard
bar mesaure 4/4