You ever have a moment where you just say "fukk it...I'm just gonna start rappin"?

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Early 2011 I was about half way done with writing lyrics to Illmatic...I recorded some of the tracks on my phone, but no official recordings were done. Then from left field...boom...Fashawn drops his "Ode to Illmatic"...Elzhi drops "Elmatic" the same year!
Pretty much lost the fire in me to finish :yeshrug:Trying to do a project for Illmatic was farrr too early for me anyway.

I definitely have a deep passion for poetry, lyrics, wordplay, etc. Although I am still pretty young... I not really into being a rapper. Doing some open mics and gigs would be cool, but I don't know if I would want more than that. Like the TS said, I would like to drop an EP, four or five songs max. I'd show it to friends and family, probably drop it here, facebook, etc, but at the end of the day its mainly for ME.

I have MANY rhymes written everywhere in my crib, only some i'm completely happy about. Sometimes I think too much when writing and get discouraged when I compare it to other artists...that's when the writers block kicks in...I think iv'e been stuck for almost a year now. Mind you, I'm in LOVE with Hip hop, at least its essence...but I have ZERO background on poetry/rhyming, I have no favorites, patterns, structure, etc, so i'm not exactly sure how to start. Any emcees in the coli have some advice??

I'm almost positive i'm going to pick up a creative writing course next semester, along with this MIDI music course that pretty much introduces you on how to make beats. I'm still skeptical about it...I don't know if that would really HELP me, you know?
 
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