Rapping without writing

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I hear that some rappers record songs without writing. I simply want to know how they create the lyrics in their heads because if I could learn that way I believe I'd be able to sound better when I rap. The reason I say this is I'm better at free styling than writing sometimes. Any help would be good.
 
just constatly recite ur rhymes... it takes some practice and good memory... i do it alot, but i also write it down... its all about repetition... recite a line, then create the next line and add that to the previous line if u like it... recite and repeat till u have 4-8 bars, or however many bars u want.... then continue... if ur havin trouble, then start writing down what u recited... after awhile, itll become second nature... not hard at all.

da relic
 
All it takes is a good memory. Removing the physical process of writing the lyrics down & memorizing them in your head. Won't make you a better rapper though, in fact most who try to do it end up worse off than if they had written their lyrics.
 
ok thanks relic finally someone breaks it down. I'll definitely practice till I get.
 
also, if u tend to forget what the next line is, sometimes its best to give a clue to ur next line with a phrase or word in the previous line.

example:

"the turntable, the new instrument for the youth
cuttin n scratchin is the proof"

this is a line from an old song of mine... the word "turntable" was my clue for the next line... i knew the word "cuttin" was the 1st word of the next line, bcuz "cuttin n scratchin" relates to Hip Hop and turntables, so i never forgot that chain... it helps when ur nervous as hell on stage, trust me... lol @ MUSIKFIEND

da relic
 
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Roxis said:
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^^^^ This.

I read an article where NAS said he and some other artist would just record like 2 bars a day (sometimes a little more) until they had a full song...

... did they just splice those verses together and call it a day, probably not but they could've spliced them together and learned them fully after they were put together....

... I used to always learn my lyrics from rough recorded drafts... and then after I knew them, I went and laid them down.

Learning off of paper is for the birds. Learn your own songs like you would any other song.

... and when you record.... don't keep doing takes and starting over... just rap the verse over if you mess up without stopping the recording, doesn't matter if it takes you 300 bars to get it right - just chop out the part you got right and delete the rest, it saves a lot of stop and start time. Use some of the parts you stopped on as backing vocals - chop out little parts from the screwed up verses...
 
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Ok thanks this all helps. The reason I even asked this is because when I just rap shit off the head I can change up speeds going fast and slow which how I like to rap but when I write things down and try to rap it I **** up or I can't figure how to write it so that I can get it right.
 
The reason why a lot of rappers rap over their songs at concerts is because they don't know the songs themselves. They're their own biggest fans. That's how sad things are.

Nobody can tell me that a person that writes a song and then records it knows all 48 bars of that song right away...
 
it depends when they wrote it... ive done songs where i know every line, every word, simply bcuz ive been singin the damn song for months b4 i finally got a chance to lay it down... its possible... some people do have very good memories.

da relic
 
slik da relic said:
it depends when they wrote it... ive done songs where i know every line, every word, simply bcuz ive been singin the damn song for months b4 i finally got a chance to lay it down... its possible... some people do have very good memories.

da relic
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I'm talking about people that write the lyrics on the spot and go in the booth and read them back into the mic.

Seems impossible. They may know it after awhile but if you that technique, you're probably on to the next song the next time you're at a studio and have no real time to learn the others.

ehhh... just kinda sad to hear a song playing and the artist singing along, lol.

Everything new is phugged up, there I said it.
 
Its easier than it sounds ,but this is the way I come up with lyrics. I usually will have a concept and freestyle with that concept in mind just to brainstorm and then put things together from the lil freestyle and add more things that just come to me for a verse then try to lay it down until i got it which can take a min for me since i like to be a perfectionist. I sound way better doing things this way as opposed to writing because you will already pretty much know how to deliver it after freestyling a bit as opposed to writing it and figuring out how you will deliver it ,but thats just me ,everyone is different.
 
ur passion and emotion is not in it the way u want it to be when ur reciting a rhyme u just wrote... u might wanna take it home and memorize it with the beat, THEN after u got it right, record it... u'll know just how u wanna say the rhyme and everything... some mc's do this... perfect examples: Biz Markie, ODB, and Ludacris.

da relic
 
biggrome said:
Nobody can tell me that a person that writes a song and then records it knows all 48 bars of that song right away...
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Actually i can. The way i write...i have my verses memorized by the time i get into the booth MOST of the time...not all. If not by then...definately by the time im leavin the studio. I write a couple bars at a time and everytime i add a new bar i re spit the whole verse in my head. Usually its memorized by the time im done writing. The only reason i do that though is to try to keep my flow on point and make sure the whole verse is solid.

I do agree wit you tho about how wack it is when a artist performs OVER the SONG. The only time i would say thats acceptable is if the artist is sick or somethin. Other than that...that shit is absolute trash.
 
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It's a matter of style I guess, some craft their rhymes in their heads ( Biggie, Jay Z, Weezy... ) and just spit them. I'm guessin the advantage is that you sound more " real ", spontaneous and scattered, but as a consequence your raps'll be less "lyrical" if you catch my drift. I think they create 'em on the beat, flowin with it, and stressin' each bar as they want'em

Compare Weezy's most spontaneous stuff, with Em's last album for example.
 
I don't write and I remember it all, I found out I could do it at 18...
 
Every rapper should have a digital voice recorder so when a nice verse hit's em they can lay it down. Most phones have voice recorders.

They could just say the song name and spit the verse... and that way they could have pieces of different songs on the same recorder... then they wouldn't have to write anything at the studio, just get good at delivery each verse... punch in record...

or they could listen to the verses and pratice 'em before a studio session...
 
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