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I thought this was comical, taken from Wikihow.com...
"So, you wanna be a rapper? Before you can write a rap song, you need to know how to do the lyrics. You can't just rhyme one word with another. Here are some tips to help you get started.
Steps
1. Think of a subject to help start off your rap, for example your nice flow ,pulling up in a hot car, etc. Example: "I got my sick flow, with my sick beat, Im a hustla man you cant touch me, when i pull up in the spot, im makin it hot, cuz i got my sick flow with my sick beat."
2. Make sure the intro to your verse is strong. Set yourself up for a good rhyme scheme. Man! its strong palm down,punch'em get em strong man.Girls you too but you never heard a girl put it down like this, kill for.
3. Create a good rhyme scheme; you don't always need one,but it helps man!.It helps the flow sound more enjoyable,example: 50 cent has a bounce flow, up and down, Jay-Z Flow goes side to side. This is important if you're making hits.
4. Notice that most rappers use multi-rhymes(example: Kill For, Still Roll).Put these at the end line after each bar and see how hot your raps turn out. Count the syllables.
5. Let some of your friends read it and get their opinions, and if they have any suggestions write em down (get at least three friends opinions). When you get back to your writing area, redo the song with the suggestions from your friends and then go over it and make sure that the changes keep the flow.
Tips
* Write the hook or chorus in a way that makes the listener really want to hear more of the song, but make sure the hook goes with the verses.
* Just like you can be a good songwriter, but a poor singer, there is no shame if you can't rap the greatest lyrics you wrote. Get someone who can rap to test it out.
* Deciding the title isn't really that big of a deal, but try to make it something out of the chorus.
* If you want you can even have your friends in your song to have more variety of lyrics.
* Get a good book on writing lyrics, get some ideas from those."
Aight Aight I can't take it anymore haha I'm pretty sure you can't either. Rap, writing, singing whatever you want to say isn't for everybody. Yea if you practice you can become a better rapper, but there is no outline on how to write the next hit song. It just doesn't work like that, but hey I guess this gives somebody hope of being that next "big" thing. right?
4 comments:
There's no way to write what I'm thinking without looking like a racist so I'll keep it to myself. (Plus I could be dead wrong)
Let's just say, this is what happens when "non-Hip-Hop cultured" people get involved too early in the creative process. Some people are just better off being consumers and letting the professionals handle it.
Whoever wrote this, just sit the next couple of plays out.
"I got a sick flow, with my sick beat, I'm a hustla (emphasis on the "a") man you can't touch me"
See, that's what I've always wanted in a hip-hop how-to manual.
I can't make sense of tip 2. "Its strong palm down?"
This is beautiful. Seriously. This does sound like "how to write a corny-@$$ hit song." Pull up in a hot car, tell a chick you'll hit her w/ your strong palm down, a hook that everyone wants to hear, and throw all of your friends on it (or, just sell it to a friend). Yup. Purely craptacular. Thanks PTM. I'm gonna be on the radio any day now. Would any of you, my friends, like to be on my song to add "more variety of lyrics?"
I think this is my favorite part...
"Create a good rhyme scheme; you don't always need one,but it helps man!.It helps the flow sound more enjoyable,example: 50 cent has a bounce flow, up and down, Jay-Z Flow goes side to side. This is important if you're making hits."
After ten albums and 12 years, I didn't realize that Jay-Z's flow went side to side. Reasonable Doubt just took on a whole new meaning.
Im sure some "artist" out now have done this search and followed this formula.
Im sure we can ALL think of a couple of names that come to mind.
This is crazy.
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