RAP Music : Making a Rap song

They say different strokes for different folks

We all have different ways of making music/writing lyrics.

For me, I mostly rely on beats. I don't really care about tempo. Sometimes or should I say most times....I write based on the original title of the beat, just to create some kind of connection/relationship between the beat and the lyrics.

I see writing as a form of therapy (just like I said in my Introduction post) so most of what I write about is relative stuffs and things I have experienced/seen friends go through.

How I write

* The moment I hear the beat, I get a sudden spark then two or three bars comes easily for me. From there....I struggle to continue with the flow

* I put the beat on repeat, plug in my earphones then go about my business for the day.

* Sometimes I sleep off listening to the beat

* There are days when I write a verse and feel its good enough....but when I revisit the lyrics after couple of days,weeks sometimes months I realise the lyrics sounds mediocre. This happens all the time, more reason I delay trying to make a major recording.

I think I have a perfectionist mentality

* I love rhyming a lot...I mean its like the soul of rapping coupled with punchlines. Internal rhymes can be so cool especially when they have double entendre also.

*I switch up my flows when rapping by increasing my pace. Having the same flow all through a song sounds boring sometimes

*Whenever I start writing, I make sure I stick to the topic of discussion....Sometimes I wander off but there's always a link back to the main topic.

*Pronunciation of certain words when rapping can be difficult to flow with also, I tend look for an alternative way of pronouncing the word or just substituting it for another synonymous word

*Puns and Double Entendres : I try to put this into play whenever I write

Take for instance

-  loose girls all round like my paper (1)

  Hands out got me thinking of a kickback (2)

 Everything that she asks is the paper (3)

 Let her take a bounce never promise a raincheck (4)

This was never the original way I wrote the lyrics or maybe I should say those bars came up numerically misplaced. 

I had to reshuffle those bars to make perfect sense out of them. Even at that, I still end up having to explain to some people what is being said.

#Breakdown of the Bars

1. loose girls all round like my paper

2. paper used in this context refers to my many loose sheets of papers where I writey rhymes

3. this further explains "loose girls" , always looking to get money from guys. 

4. the use of paper in this context means money. The line is self explanatory.

This is somewhat of a double entendre or pun (which seems to be more generally accepted) The use of homophone is evident here. Rain'check'...the check is homophonous with Cheque which explains 'bounce'. 

a bounced cheque ; no money

Let her take a bounce; send her away

I love the use of of double entendre

Most times it comes with the flow

Other times....I try really hard.

Rap unlike other genre of music, is kind of tricky. The listener must be open minded to the words/rhymes, take notes of pauses,ad-libs, homophones e.t.c else he/she might miss unexpected puns

Nuff said!

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