How To Write Better Rap Lyrics, Step-By-Step (For ALL Skill Levels)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ส.ค. 2024
- In today’s video we’ll be covering how to write better rap lyrics for any skill level of rapper who is interested in improving their pen game.
With that being said, if you’re inspired to learn step-by-step how to write better rap lyrics and avoid sounding too BASIC as a rapper…
This is the video for you.
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Introduction
1:00 How To Write Better Rap Lyrics Question
1:47 “Topic At The Top”: Beginner Level
2:50 Idioms and Catch-Phrases
3:54 “Becoming The Beat”: Intermediate Level
4:26 Get 5 Industry Level Beats For $1
6:04 Rhyme To Reasons (Advanced Level)
6:49 Rhymes To Reason Example 1
8:18 Rhymes To Reason Example 2
9:11 Comment and Get Your Beats!
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With that in mind, we’re going to tackle the answer to this question with 3 major hacks on how to write better rap lyrics:
“Topic At The Top” (Beginner-Level)
“Becoming The Beat” (Intermediate-Level)
“Rhyme To Reasons” (Advanced-Level)
“Topic At The Top”: Beginner Level
Now, from what we can guess from this commenter we assume he or she might be at roughly beginner or maybe intermediate level of experience.
A beginner is anyone from 0 months rapping to maybe around a year.
With this in mind, our advice to beginners who struggle with, as the commenter says, “just writing what they feel, making it rhyme, but it turns out forced”, is:
First and foremost you need to ALWAYS write a CLEAR topic at the top of your page or notes app when you first start writing.
That means that BEFORE you start trying to just randomly cram ideas together that rhymes, you DECIDE on a specific subject matter or topic you will write on and put that at the top of the page.
If you’re brand new, this can be something extremely simple like “Jordans” as in the shoes…
Or “Growing Up In Brooklyn” if you’re from Brooklyn, etc.
This is because until you have an ability to stick on ONE topic and explore different descriptions and witty ways of attacking that subject matter…
Your raps are going feel scattered (as they do now) but for YOU as the writer and the listener as they hear your music.
Idioms and Catch-Phrases
If you’d like to up the challenge for yourself and feel like simply writing “Jordans” or “Growing Up In Brooklyn” is too simplistic.
You can take a different approach and look up “idioms” or catch-phrases from everyday life and turn them into a rap.
An idiom is a common non-literal phrase meant to represent a behavior or an idea that literally happens in life.
A really clear example of this would be “the ball is in your court”.
If I was to say to you “look, homey, in this situation… the ball is in your court”… You’d likely know that I meant:
“Your success or failure in this situation will come down the decisions you make”.
Therefore you can instead write at the top of your page “The Ball’s In My Court” and then decide to write better rap lyrics about your decision making throughout the life situations you’re going through.
There are literally 1000s of idioms to look up and many major rap songs such as Kanye West’s “Stronger” (built off of the idiom ‘that which doesn’t kill me can only make me stronger’), Eminem’s “Cleaning Out My Closet” (built off of the idiom ‘you have some skeletons in your closet’) and many others are built off of them.
“Becoming The Beat”: Intermediate Level
A step higher than writing a topic or an idiom at the top of your page to help you stay focused to write better rap lyrics is “become the beat”…
In other words, let the beat guide the content of your rap lyrics.
We call this “becoming the beat” because it represents how YOUR job as a rapper is to seamlessly lyrically MESH with the EMOTION the beat you choose brings out of the listener.
So of course step 1 in this process is find a beat with a very clear emotional feeling to it.
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No matter how far of an artist I get, I’ll always come back to revise/relearn. Nothing wrong with going back to basics to improve
thats good bro thats why yo music fire keep it up
Yes
same
I need to improve
Indeed my brotha, i dont, this world needs to improve, this better or worse complex people get comes from money hungry 3%erz. Music can be found in nature, a good bar can be found in a simple sentance, we hinder ourselves by selling ourselves short, to ourselves and those around us. Remember that, and keep going
The first step in improving is wanting to improve. Now all you need to do is practice consistently and don't give up. You got this 💪
Rapping is way easier than most think. I mean I still suck and nobody listens to my soundcloud but I'm still proud.
@@loud3663 I think this is the best mentality.
Because your SoundCloud might have some top tier bangers in there, it won’t get the recognition it deserves, but rather than shitting on urself be proud of it.
Or you might have some shit dead tunes on there in which case.
Keep up the work my bro ❤️😂
Keep practicing, listen to lots of rap, read to improve your vocabulary, freestyle, believe in yourself, be patient
man this has me so confused but makes me want to pursue my music career so much more
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This video is a banger y’all. Great tips for all skill levels. As a singer trying to up their pen/punchline game, I usually try to write in the moment. So hooks come more easily than verses. I got “become the beat” down.. but staying on topic and forging those punchlines have been a struggle. (hooks are dope but you can’t tell a story on hooks alone, my songs feel scattered at times like the narrator said) thanks so much for the content! This advice is invaluable.
Remember in English class they taught when writing a story you need a Beginning, Middle and Conclusion it works for song writing too. Beginning=Intro in a nutshell what's the topic of this song depending on how you structure your songs this will also be your Middle=Telling the story this is when you get to the essence of the song, tell us what's going on in more detail, any drama and so on. Conclusion=wrap it up tell us what you learned, maybe you're still trying to figure it out. The hook and your punchlines should be the most emotionally driven sections but keep it simple you want the listener to really hear those parts clearly and feel what you're saying because this is what they will mostly remember. With your punchlines how you say it tone, emphasis, pronunciation etc.. matters. Something that's considered lyrically simple can sound better than something that's more complexed if you have a good delivery.
Hopefully this helps ya and whomever else that decides to read this. Practice makes perfect keep it up!
Thank you, Adam! :)
I can write verses but I can’t write hooks to save my life. People think hooks are easier to write than verses but I don’t! Jealous that comes easy to you man
Day 4 on my 16 bars for 16 days, an rapping to my friends an fam it’s interesting running into flow problems or in another one of my cases bar structure and syllables matching from bar to bar. An sticking on topics been 50/50 the one today I got the feedback that he got lost in the middle but I brought it back so staying on topic is definitely what I’m working on
Dope video! Thanks for the guidance, will definitely use some of these tricks to perfect my pen🙏🏾
Thank you, Naythan!
Barely beginnin to write, been makin beats for a year or two I think I’m pretty good at that but this vide was incredibly helpful to begin my writin
We are the same ay, how's the rapping going?
I came back because I ran outta ideas 💀
fr 💀
I’m a female and I’ve never rapped/written lyrics in my life, but a mutual ex friend of mine decided to write a diss about me and being my mother into it, so I’m gonna fight fire with fire 😚
omg tell us how it goes
How’s the song
how’d it go?
You gotta keep us updated 😫
I’m so curious as to how it ended 😂
naa thats wildd
The more syllables rhymed together or rhyming a sentence with the following sentence word for word or doing run on sentences that never stop like a never ending story with rhymes are all great tools that I’ve come up with on my own
I needed this it’s literally the key
Wait did anyone else hear that “pause”🤣
yeah 💀
Dude thank you ..litterally ❤
Very help and understanding mehn 🔥🔥
Bravo on some dope shit! 👏🏽
So within 18 months of rapping, im at advanced level. Nice
Just have to practice more
Let's get it ❤️🙂🗣️
I’ve been trying to improve my rhyme schemes recently. As a beginner it’s easy to get comfortable with a basic flow. I’ve found playing around with the rhyme schemes helps improve flow.
Also, I just wrote my first bar that successfully breaks the bar line. This is a great way to switch flows mid verse.
I have watched many videos about double entendres. I'm from a region (Africa) where this technique is deemphasised. I feel if your rhymes are one with the beat, interwoven with the subject with excellent poetic devices, and unpredictability, then your raps are just fine.
Thank you I feel like I’m on track ! ❤🎉
Thanks so much
Been working on rapping at pretty much 28 ND half and I kinda get myself all over the place and not as organized with my lyrics I know I gotta practice chorus more and especially like you siad topic thank you for this vid. I get my self caught up because I'm 30 and I get worried ill never be able to structure stuff together to atleast put on shows for people and all that but I know my issue is consintrstion organization and chorus and topic structures. Thanks again
Dope! Glad to inspire you!
I been writing for a few months now. I can make pretty basic lines on my own. But if I’m remixing something I’m a lot better at writing something w substance. I guess I’ll have to practice that way somehow.
Banger
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Always room for improvement
Thanks for information! THIS VIDEO IS THE GOAT!!!!!
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Big was amazing bro
Damn, when I freestyle I think of a word that rhymes and connect it.
I don't care about being super lyrical I like the club style and energy without rappin tongue twisters. I'd rather punch in than write but I'm in between low and mid level
For me as a listener i fell like lyrics have a huge impact and it does make a shit beat a top tear song
@@gabrielmarques2871truth
I have a problem finding something to rhyme with the last line also relate to stay on topic
I too need to improve, not for fame or money. I just love this ❤
Same I just wanna impress other with my lyrics ion really care for fame or the money
Thanks bro. :). Good video, i am on the Edge of realise as i know now that i need to improve. I dont feel like anything i rap is good enough… And i always feel like i need a beat that gives me the type of vibe that im vibing with. Pop rap / hiphop is my thing i think. I somehow feel stuck and have emotions that should i quit or keep on going… when i quit i feel hopeless… music is somehow something that motivates me to live… but at the same time i dont think what im doing is good enough.. 😅😅😅
I know how you feel but I’ve learned that you’re not gonna be satisfied ever if you don’t like what you create remember it takes years and years to get extremely good at something it’s just up to you to put that work in and love what you do my lyrics aren’t that good either but I love telling stories in a rhyming format so that alone pushes me to keep going you got this
I have no problem rapping, learned alot of songs from alot of artist. I can also write rap lyrics, putting it to music is my problem
7:40 rhyming clusters is important in all these tutorials it seems
i Know all that
take it to the next level when you lyrically spiting !
I had took me a power nap went and x2 the check for the hour back
😢man this fella should be a rapper, he got bars
Thanks
Kool video bro
Thank you, Temple!
THIS VIDEO IS THE GOAT!!!!!
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You know its a legit channel when the dude narrating sounds like he's rapping when he speaks passively
The best
Bro that intro humbled everyone 💀
🔥🔥🔥
im fairly beginner when it comes to rapping and want to get better ive 0 equipment for recording and have literally 0 studios near me
How can I learn to use more complex words, I'm stuck with basic lyrics when I freestyle in discord but I don't understand punchlines and how to make them
i love the fact that about 50% of the scenes are from 8 mile
Then, who are you? What your stage name? Where are your albums? What are your albums? 0:55
thanks, this is really helpful. I'm just a beginner but I learned how to "become the beat" super early actually its just sticking to a topic and thinking of good bars is hard for me
Thank you, Magicmon!
This will make my opps shiver their timbers
NF is a good rapper. I suggest him. Nice job on the video
This is right
How do I create a persona/character as a rapper can you do a video about that please?
Like Slim Shady or for a story?
Great idea
Simple...Be yourself...fuck the bullshit and gimmicks
@@orendjohnsonjr what do you mean
@@miguelsosa5972 you don't need a persona. People will love you for being you and they'll love your vulnerability through your art. Eminem may have a persona but he stayed true to himself. 2pac had a persona bc that's what the world viewed him as. Just be you and let the world decide. All the gimmicks and bullshit to create an image is how careers end
All I need is rhyme to reason
My biggest problem is trying to actually have a meaning behind it, the actual purpose is what I’m having trouble finding.
❤️❤️❤️
I make music I need help with my flow an lyrics iv got ovosound label wanting me but I’m running outta lyrics can you give me some advice
Does anyone know how to make beats like nwa types stuff
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So can the beginners still use beats
I’m here because some how some way I’m struggling with it 😭💀
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I wanna be perfect
i want to improve , you get better by studying , jse like school but fuck school , raplife4life
Im a 14 year old with no rythmic ability and im just trying to think of verses to add on to my favorite songs for fun. I have a great vocabulary and mind but thats it lol.
Watch Redbar instead of JRE
How did Daz Efx blow up without having a subject matter?
I am from DHH and wanna write fluent english rap.
please tell me what to do?
Listen to multilingual rappers from dhh like $ , brodha V , shah rule , Talha anjum (kinda) and try to figure out, how they connect lines and make sense...and try that for yourself too...
You going to put your freestyle fortnight product on sale for black friday?
😢
My man didn't even reply@@HakeemGreene
Hi
Bro realy love reping but im only anderstend hindi 😭😭
Are you a good ghost writer
Depends what you tryna write a song about
Hit me up on Instagram @thatoptimistucgboy I will ghost write for you
Who is the rapper at 6:45
Kendrick Lamar, dude after him is Jack Harlow
Lil Durk*
🤔the ball is in your court(pause)🤣
I rap bcs i just simply enjoy it. I love hip hop music and been fascinated with how they put words together to make a song. But rao nowadays just ain't for me. Don't care what they say but most songs i hear today are pure garbage. No emotion...
Bro I’m just making a funny text to speech song and I suck ass at lyrics lol
I can write but it doesn't rhyme
So like if someone named Moose With Magic talked shit
And I was like
Your name is Moose with Magic
And you still live with your mom
The truth is tragic
Would that be like an example of what you’re talking about
Just saying words that rhyme with a name then adding words behind it to make it make sense
(Verse 1)
Mystic words that I convey
Flowing like a river in May
My mind's an enigma, can't you see?
A labyrinth that's just for me
Chorus:
My rhymes are twisted, hard to follow
A maze of thoughts that's hard to swallow
But if you listen closely, you might find
A deeper meaning that's left behind
(Verse 2)
I spit these bars, a code to unlock
Secrets hidden in every block
My voice echoes through the night
A beacon for those in plight
Chorus:
My rhymes are twisted, hard to follow
A maze of thoughts that's hard to swallow
But if you listen closely, you might find
A deeper meaning that's left behind
(Bridge)
The rhythm flows, a wave of sound
My emotions unleashed, unbound
A world that's hard to comprehend
But one that I'll always defend
Chorus:
My rhymes are twisted, hard to follow
A maze of thoughts that's hard to swallow
But if you listen closely, you might find
A deeper meaning that's left behind
(Outro)
So listen closely to what I say
My words are meant to lead the way
A path that's hard to navigate
But one that's worth the risk to take
📌 Pin it please 🥺.
Rate it 1/100
i would say a hard 90!
its really good though!
I mean it reminds me somethin of 2pac or eminem like in the bridge i feel like eminem has a part he would do there like younger em
and the verses remind me of something 2pac would say
It has charmed me alot!
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Honestly dude I lose respect when the topic of someone's rap is how good they rap secondly that first verse is just cheap what relevance is may? You gotta bring meaning to radom shit not just input random shit
Take out the the third chorus and put something clever that will go over ppls head and flow it into the outro
@@jameswesleykarlyo chill out
Help I haven't even rapped for a month like I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing but I try to make it too complicated, I am not ready for that but I can find no way to make it basic enough How do I make it basic and more importantly, how do I make it not cringe
Hey man, if you feal like your lyrics are “ cringe “ maybe you should get some feedback form people around you, they might laugh at it but remember just a beginning.
Still wanna know, if speed mater's while rapping; can you be a slow and still be good at rapping
Have you ever heard good rapping rap slow?
Of course you can! Speed isn't everything in a rap song I hate that every rapper nowadays is trying to get on "par" thinking they have to speed rap or jam pack hundred syllables because the Top rapper does it
@@bluvibesmusic thanks man
@@HowToRapOfficial Cough, eazy e, cough
Its wven you have it or you dont
I like too fantastic but truth its tragic.
like it seems too fantastic. when it comes to all the truth is tragic... ish...
My shit ass, I will tell yall in a week if it is gooder
Bro got the rhymes but not the flows. If anyone wants another simple tip for writing good flows is to pay attention to how the syllables match up with those 1st and 2nd words (advanced) example- they call me MOOSE of MAGIC, bro I’m TOO FANTASTIC.
wearing the LOOSEst FABRIC, cause I shoot with maverick
1st has 3 syllables before the subject and the 2nd has 2 syllables.
I've always been at myself for knowing how to rap but my raps created by me "(SUCKED)"
im da illest
Hip hop artist how y’all feel bout this
I feel good, you wanna see some bars?
See me in 5 year
👊
took way to long to get into the video
miss spelling durk is crazy
Who’s lil dirk😭😭
Be real in your rhymes tell a story and don’t be ashamed to admit you just don’t have it you don’t have the talent for that too many percent do very few do and I like that really truly have it don’t get the chance to so be real. Maybe you’re good at some other cat artistic think we can make some beats don’t do for money do it for the love of the art
Ayo whats the song with them Minecraft lookin ahh мofos
First lol
Alr let's see if this works btw it's supposed to be fast,
This how to rap guy, showed me how to sack my, puzzling lyrics and rhymes,
That now make me cry
When I hear it alive
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I'd be happy you guys
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beatopia some bs
Dunno why lill baby is so big he's actually crap he's clearly lol his soul
1:39
I’ll give you the one hack there are no hacks to writing raps. There are no hacks or time limits or tricks to the trade it somethings can’t be taught art can’t be taught or to being artistic to be more specific cannot be taught can’t be learned. It can’t be forced on you you are there are are you aren’t. Look at people who just can’t dance to save their life. There’s nothing you can do to save them. They just dance like Elaine from Seinfeld that applies to everything in life especially the arts and some rappers. Yeah, some of y’all will always be what dancing is to Elaine, from Seinfeld rapping version.
And frankly, I am so sick of hearing about a hose a home. I’m a one minute and I make more money than Let. Almost all the men I know, and I am definitely not a hoe. On top of that I don’t wanna hear a hoe is a hoe. I have money I kill people I sell drugs. I mean it’s becoming rappers becoming the black music version. Of what I think of is 80s headbanging rock music I don’t know what you call it just like death metal you know “kill your mom rape the dog raw yeah yeah yeah yeah scream scream scream” god-awful crap that needs to be stricken from this planet, but hey, I’m just keeping it 100 with you.