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8. Alliteration
Basic subjects
Life
Problems
Money
Girls
Cars
Drugs
Guns
Love
And so does the list go on. Now of course you can rap about the
subjects I just mentioned, what I do advice just to learn what
fits your style best. But let’s look at other ways to find a subject.
Stealing Ideas
This is the way I do NOT recommend. It is a sign of unoriginality
and it’s also really amateur. There is another (more original)
way of stealing ideas though. Let’s say you really like ‘Letter To
My Unborn Child’ by 2Pac. You can name your song Letter To My
Unborn Child and give it a whole different twist. Like writing it in
a position being god. So you could write it like
“I have a letter to my Unborn Child he comes in 09’”
“He’ll tell all of you, that the world really is mine”
“He can heal”
“You can feel”
“The power of the god, which happens to be me”
”Now In a whole new style, Look at it! A MC”
Now that rap might not be the best ever. But the point I’m
trying to give you, It’s original and people will recognize you.
Inspiration
Now this just might be the best way. Inspiration is different for
anybody. Some get it from their fans, others from life and you
could even get your inspiration from a playstation! Just look
around you and try to think a line of it. This is also a great way
to get similes which will be explained later on. I’m in my office
now, I look around and I see my lamp. I look at it for a second
and this comes up.
Now if you read it like this, It might seems wack. But I came up
with it in less than a second, so it basically is a freestyle line.
Just look around a bit and try to master your originality and skill.
You might end up with these kind off lines:
“You Can shine like the sun But I Turn U off Like A lamp”
“You better start shining before I get into the game”
“Stick a lamp in your ass, Flip u upside down and use u as a
flashlight”
Listening To Lyrics
Another great way to get ideas is by listening to song lyrics.
Right now I got the radio turned on. They are playing Soulja Boy
– Crank Dat. I simply hate that song so normally I would turn off
the radio, But I need to listen it for you guys!
Well lets listen to the lyrics and write down some parts you
hear.
He Gon Pass It
Lookin At My Neck
Bouncin On My Toe
That’s what I got from listening that song. You might get more
or less, but the idea will remain the same. Let’s look at each
part.
He Gon Pass It
You might think, what the hell can I write about this? But Take a
look.
First I translate it to normal English, He is going to pass it.
Now you can simply get ideas from this by setting up your mind
the right way.
“I’m in the club, Your boyfriend knows so he’s going to pass this
one”
“I get my Lay-Up on, he knows I score so he going to pass his
ball”
(Passing his balls, I bet you know what I mean with balls. And
how do you call it when you get girls? I’m Scoring girls. That’s a
bit of wordplay which will be explained later on)
Lookin At My Neck
I must confess, I can’t think of a line in a second with this one.
“They be looking at my neck like, Damn!... he got fake chains!”
“I Didn’t even hit you and I’m already blinding you ‘cuz u
looking at my neck”
Bouncin On My Toe
“I shoot like westerns and get you bouncing on your toe”
“I’m bouncing on my toe just to exercise foot muscles to kick
you”
Now you more or less know how to get idea’s we’ll take a look
at what rhyme structure is and how to get a good rhyme
structure.
Rhyme Structure
“I Shoot”
“Just to get your girl who looks so cute”
OR
“Fuck Dress To Impress, I just shoot!”
“Just to get your girl, who look so cute”
I hope you chose the second one, since the bars almost have an
equal length. Besides that, It rolls way better off the tongue. Try
to keep it equal in length. That’s basically all I can say about
this, It’ll return in the next topic, Flow!
Flow
If you just skipped the rhyme structure topic, go back and read
it. Flow is pretty much the same. You can define “Flow” as “The
way it rolls off your tongue or goes on the beat”. The better it
goes on the beat or rolls off your tongue, the better flow you
got. Everybody’s flow can be different. Compare Eminem’s flow
to Soulja Boys flow. It’s different, thought both might sound
good. I really can’t give an example with flow except for the one
in the Rhyme Structure topic. Make sure your flow is good at
any time.
Simile/Metaphor
."I spit so sharpe, every point I make will pierce through your
heart"
"Fuck the Sun, I spit hotter than it's father"
Wordplay
Explanation
I got a ~shotty~ I call it my "AXE", its givin niggas "BODY
SPRAY"
Axe is a type of body spray. And I'm saying I got a shotty and
I'm
givin niggas body spray or I'm spayin(shooting) them in they
body.
That line is simular to the one above Tag is a type of body spray.
And I'm saying I got a AK and it'll do the same.
Multies
Words that are the same, with different meaning also are not
multies
this isn't a horrible multi but the reasons are that their not even
syllable, syllables are different in amount, and all the words
don’t rhyme, only the first and last
Good example:
“As we're exchanging-final-hits-in-this-chain-reaction”
“im rearanging-spinal-discs-in-the-strangest-fashion”
Exchanging – rhymes with – Rearanging
Final – Spinal
Hits – Discs
In – In (Filler)
This – The (Filler)
Chain – Stran.. (pronounce like strain)
est fashion – reaction (both 3 syllables)
Punchlines
It's simple, it's basically are dissing lines. Or can be just a harsh
line referring to watever.
Bad Examples:
“ I have a flow that no one can compare cause everyone knows
the fear I impare”
Good Examples:
“Going against me will cause ya reputation to fade away”
“Cause when I battle niggas be getting ripped like gifts on
christmas day”
“You can't spit, I've seen crooked ass drop better shit”
Alliteration
Alliterations are rarely used. Though it's real nice as a skit or a
non-battle writtens. It's bars or verse that start off using the
same first letter.
Final Tips
- Sign up for a rapforum, show your raps and get feedback!
-Joining A forum is way better than myspace.
-Always look for more information (www.thestateofhiphop.com)
-Listen to all kinds of music to get ideas
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