To become a rapper and build a reputation within the "rap community" you have to work hard, as explained below.
Steps
Step 1. Practice every day, every day
Your brain has to learn to rhyme sentences. Try doing this while walking or while driving. Get inspiration for your lyrics from your surroundings. If at first it seems like it doesn't make sense or you feel embarrassed, keep trying. Try rhyming what you are doing or where you are going. After half an hour you will be surprised with the result.
Step 2. Enter an online competition where community members can give you advice and help you improve
Step 3. Listen to rap music
Try listening to different styles and types of rap. Then try to find your own style.
Step 4. Organize challenges with your friends to see who can improvise longer without stopping
Step 5. Download some backing tracks and try to improvise on them
If you do it every day, you will become a freestyler in no time.
Step 6. Think of a topic to start your rap, such as what makes you angry
Example: "Hey brother, be a little careful, there is turmoil in these parts, here they hit you on the concrete, believe me, you will not be happy".
Step 7. The introduction must have a strong impact
Prepare an effective metric pattern for the text. Example: "Hey brother, give me high five, hey sister, high five".
Step 8. Create an effective metric pattern for the text
It is not necessary to always have one, but it can be useful! The words flow more pleasantly. Example: 50 cent rap seems to almost bounce, moving up and down, Jay-Z's rap moves from side to side. This aspect is important if you want to compose successful songs.
Step 9. Most rappers use multiple rhymes (Example:
Kill For, Still Roll). Try putting these rhymes at the end of each line and you'll see how your lyrics improve. Always count the syllables.
Step 10. Have your friends read your texts
Listen to their opinions, and if they give you advice write them down (ask for at least three opinions). When you get back to work, rewrite the pieces considering your friends' suggestions and then test the piece making sure it flows smoothly.
Advice
- Texts that talk about your life are more credible.
- Improvisation keeps the mind trained. The mind is like a muscle, and by practicing it to improvise rhyming phrases it trains and becomes more resistant. The more you practice, the greater the improvements. It's like when you go to the gym to do weights, the first day you can only do a few lifts, but within a month you can easily increase the number and load the bar more.
- Write the chorus so that the listener is intrigued and wants to know more, without losing the connection with the verses.
- Improvising on a rhythmic basis can get you a lot of new ideas, and listening to other rappers can also be inspiring.
- If you have writer's block, listen to some rap songs to reactivate your creativity.
- Rap songs usually have two or three verses, but if you express the message in your head with your song, the length doesn't matter.
- Keep your originality. Don't copy someone else's style.
- Get a good textbook, you can find some good ideas.
- Do it yourself. The more favors you ask for, the more debt you will have if you are successful.
- Rap doesn't have to be written, many rappers are also improvisers.
- Deciding the title is not a matter of state, but try to find something original.
- You can invite your friends in some songs, so that you have a greater variety of registers in the text.
- If you are unsure about making your own compositions, ask someone to do it for you.
Warnings
- Don't be angry if someone doesn't like your pieces. Others will likely like it and, in most cases, the positive opinions will outweigh the negative ones.
- You can work fancifully in your texts, but make sure they don't specifically refer to people or groups of people.
- At the same time, don't censor your creativity for fear of offending someone. In other words, if you write something with a strong communicative impact, it is better that it is supported by reflection or reasoning, or it risks being perceived as a superficial outlet of frustration.
- Freestyler challenges are a form of fun; any insults should not be taken seriously, nothing personal.
- Don't get too personal, talk about what people can see, like a horrible pair of shoes, and stay within the topic.
- Don't mention names. It's very simple. If you mention a name in a text, trouble starts. Unless you are with your friends, who are playing the joke. Avoid naming names or you could risk a beating.
- We have all seen "Nycks vs ENJ" and "Math vs Dose" (find them on Youtube). There's nothing wrong with a few insults, Freestyle is a fun experience, and sometimes the weather gets hot. Don't invade the other person's space. If you stand 2 inches from your "opponent's" nose and spit on him, expect trouble. Nine times out of ten you risk getting punched in the face.
