Channel: How To Rap

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Description: As of the 2020s, rap is far and away the most successful music genre in the world.  And yet, the actual fundamentals of rap – in other words, how people learn how to rap and the fundamentals of rapping – often confuse many of Hip-Hop’s biggest fans.  With that said, in today’s article we want to give you 5 rap fundamentals nobody is telling you about.  ————— How To Write A Rap On Any Topic in 20 Mins. Or Less (FREE RAP LYRIC WRITING COURSE): htr.freestylefortnight.com/rapfundamentalstopic ————— “The Top 20 Songwriting Secrets of Professional Rappers” (FREE SONGWRITING COURSE): htr.freestylefortnight.com/fundamentalssongwriter ————— TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Introduction 0:51 #5 “Rhythm Vs. Rhythm”: Why Rap Addicts Us  2:15 #4 Rap Storytelling Can Exist In Many Forms  3:24 Free Rap Lyric Course 4:13 #3 As The Technology Changes, The Music Changes 5:53 #2 Songwriter or Songfinder  8:43 Free Rap Songwriting Course 8:55 #1 The Best Rappers Take Creative Risks 10:07 Watch Your Next Video ————— FULL ARTICLE ON 5 RAP FUNDAMENTALS: rapgamenow.com/5-fundamentals-of-rap-nobody-tells-you%ef%bf%bc Rap is addicting because it is the intersection of two major rhythmic patterns intersecting and collaborating at once.  The first rhythmic pattern is the beat, and the second is the rhythm of the words and rhymes… also known as the flow.  While most other genres are melody or instrument first, and thus are less rhythmically complex than rap…  Rap most often is rhythm first which excites the listener’s ears and makes for a more “elastic” genre… in other words, a genre that can collaborate with other genres. In other words, you can take the vocal rhythms of rap a.k.a. rapping a flow  and put it on top of the a jazz instrumental…  Or you can take the instrumental rhythms of rap (let’s say… trap drums like an 808 or a trap style tempo) and put jazz cords on top of them.  The reverse is not true where you can take a jazz horn and use it as the “main verse and chorus” on a rap beat. It wouldn’t work because the audience’s expectation is that they will eventually hear the rapper’s rhythm, or vocal flow, at some point during the beat.  The reason this is important as a rap fundamental is because if you are trying to learn “how to rap”, one of the first things you need to do is master the art of flowing on top of a beat in interesting ways. This will help you to keep the listener engaged and pull your “side of the bargain” as a rapper… which is to provide vocal rhythm vs. the instrumental rhythm of the beat.  Now that we’ve talked a little bit about the musical side of rap, let’s focus on the lyrics:  Rap storytelling can exist in many forms outside of just telling a “he did this and then he did that” format.  While no one can deny the breathtaking lyrical skill that someone like a Nas, Slick Rick, Biggie, or other well-known “step-by-step” storytellers use to paint a picture…  We shouldn’t underplay the ability needed to “create a universe” for the listener to inhabit exemplified by the characters and personas created by rappers such as DMX and Eminem.  Re-listen to DMX’s first few albums, which were absolutely generation-defining.  Here you have a rapper who isn’t just “rapping” or telling a step-by-step story, he is inhabiting a living, breathing character who you get to know through songs like “Get At Me Dog” where he explains that he “robs and he steals, not ‘cause he wants to ‘cause he has too”…  …And his personalized style of “hood love” in a legendary track like “How’s It Goin’ Down”. His later work including equally persona building iconic tracks such as “What’s My Name” and “Who We Be” which are not liner “stories” but rather universes for the listener to inhabit.  FULL ARTICLE ON 5 RAP FUNDAMENTALS (CONTINUED): rapgamenow.com/5-fundamentals-of-rap-nobody-tells-you%ef%bf%bc