Sup yall i got a couple questions.
1) When you write a verse, do you have the instrumental in mind, or do you produce the beat according to the instrumental? Seems very basic question but I ask because rappers like Eminem sometimes sound like they're on a completely different rhythm from the original beat, but somehow that adds to the headbang factor... its very genius what he does, I was wondering what his process would be like.
2) How do you write for that 'flow'? I mean writing lines by stretching some lines to go beyond bars sometimes, or maybe stressing a syllable or pronouncing a word differently. Because when you compare rappers like Kendrick Lamar and 2 Chainz, Kendrick completely kills it but 2 Chainz sounds basic, like he's reading a grade school poem. Because his songs are 4 lines over 4 bars like some Humpty Dumpty or Cat in the Hat.
1) When you write a verse, do you have the instrumental in mind, or do you produce the beat according to the instrumental? Seems very basic question but I ask because rappers like Eminem sometimes sound like they're on a completely different rhythm from the original beat, but somehow that adds to the headbang factor... its very genius what he does, I was wondering what his process would be like.
2) How do you write for that 'flow'? I mean writing lines by stretching some lines to go beyond bars sometimes, or maybe stressing a syllable or pronouncing a word differently. Because when you compare rappers like Kendrick Lamar and 2 Chainz, Kendrick completely kills it but 2 Chainz sounds basic, like he's reading a grade school poem. Because his songs are 4 lines over 4 bars like some Humpty Dumpty or Cat in the Hat.
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