Rap as a Routine

[supremeyingyang]

Hello.

I'm no rapper with any commercial ambitions. To be true I'm not even a rapper who would release a song into the internet right now. Maybe i won't ever (but I released in the past). I can't help it: I'm drawn to write Rhymes and Rap in my leisure time. I wonder if anyone is practising rap too? My Routine:

- Write every Day or every other Day 16 Bars
- I Rap my favorite Songs (4-5 Songs in a row)

The Benefits of Rap:

- my Voice is more grounded
- I developed a better sense for timing in normal conversations
- it was a necessity to improve my breathing
- more self aware

SYY

[St Clair]

Hey man, that's sick! I do a bit of rapping too, but from a different perspective. I got into it just free styling, and got a big kick out of landing solid rhymes on the spot. I'm a bit busy focussing on my other music endeavours but I think I'll do more rap practice in the future.

Your routine sounds like a solid foundation for your passion, so definitely keep that up. I would highly recommend starting to freestyle if you don't already. Start with 20 minutes of freestyle a day to your routine, and build it from there. Find a solid beats playlist on Spotify and go off that (I use one called Lush Vibes).

Being able to freestyle is probably one of the greatest skills you can have in your arsenal as an aspiring rapper, if not the best. The way I think of it is like playing an instrument. If you can cover a bunch of songs, and write your own bars, that's fantastic because you're tapping into your muse. But just imagine if you practiced free-styling diligently for years / decades ( as well as writing bars) - essentially you have the power to write your own bars on the fly, spontaneously, in a flow state, embracing god and all eternal presence. Maybe you could focus on building your vocabulary too, as a powerful daily habit. Tapping into the infinite possibility of language...on the spot?!?! Now that is fucking badass , and you would be one mother fuckin master. 

Anyway those are my thoughts. All the best!

 

 

[John Iverson]

Do you know fliptop? Haha a rap battle search our great local rapper here in the Phillipines :D.. and search for Anygma ... he is the one who started Filipino rap battle league  enjooooy

[Dan Arnautu]

@supremeyingyang You should probably make your routine more diversified. It should include every element of rap. Song writing and performing songs are only two aspects of practicing there. You could also practice the following

• Dynamic (alternating between rapping loud and soft and also bridging them)
• Rhythm - studying and trying to apply many different rhythms (maybe also learning to play the drums to improve that)
• Melody - Combining and using different voicings
• Stage presence/Live Performance - Reproducing and practicing real life situations. For example, rapping standing in one place is very different from practicing while walking around on stage, or in the dark, with lights and heat in your face, while you are out of breath or when your heart is beating hard etc.
• Breathing - Learning to breathe in such a way that you can maybe rap for 32 bars straight or more or so that your voice is more powerful

These are just a few examples, but all of these need to be practiced if you want to have great success and derive great fulfillment and confidence from rapping.

[supremeyingyang]

6 hours ago, St Clair said:

I would highly recommend starting to freestyle if you don't already. Start with 20 minutes of freestyle a day to your routine, and build it from there. Find a solid beats playlist on Spotify and go off that (I use one called Lush Vibes).

Being able to freestyle is probably one of the greatest skills you can have in your arsenal as an aspiring rapper, if not the best. The way I think of it is like playing an instrument. If you can cover a bunch of songs, and write your own bars, that's fantastic because you're tapping into your muse. But just imagine if you practiced free-styling diligently for years / decades ( as well as writing bars) - essentially you have the power to write your own bars on the fly, spontaneously, in a flow state, embracing god and all eternal presence. Maybe you could focus on building your vocabulary too, as a powerful daily habit. Tapping into the infinite possibility of language...on the spot?!?! Now that is fucking badass , and you would be one mother fuckin master. 

Anyway those are my thoughts. All the best!

Thank you. I freestyle sometimes for fun. There is a organized cypher in my town, that I would like to approach. I feel like this would be the next level, but it feels also like real work... so I tend to be lazy. Anyway.. the idea of building the vokabulary is gold.

5 hours ago, John Iverson said:

Do you know fliptop? Haha a rap battle search our great local rapper here in the Phillipines :D.. and search for Anygma ... he is the one who started Filipino rap battle league  enjooooy

Anygma is good. I guess the Phillipines were highly influenced by the culture of the USA. I like that; there is, for example, no chinese rapper that i would like.

3 hours ago, Dan Arnautu said:

@supremeyingyang You should probably make your routine more diversified. It should include every element of rap. Song writing and performing songs are only two aspects of practicing there. You could also practice the following

• Dynamic (alternating between rapping loud and soft and also bridging them)
• Rhythm - studying and trying to apply many different rhythms (maybe also learning to play the drums to improve that)
• Melody - Combining and using different voicings
• Stage presence/Live Performance - Reproducing and practicing real life situations. For example, rapping standing in one place is very different from practicing while walking around on stage, or in the dark, with lights and heat in your face, while you are out of breath or when your heart is beating hard etc.
• Breathing - Learning to breathe in such a way that you can maybe rap for 32 bars straight or more or so that your voice is more powerful

These are just a few examples, but all of these need to be practiced if you want to have great success and derive great fulfillment and confidence from rapping.

Yes. I read the Book 'How to Rap' and the things you wrote about are on my plate. Do you practise in group or cypher?

 

edit:

I forgot to give you guys my favorite adress for mixtapes or beattapes.. I really which i would had this adress earlier: datpiff(dot)com

Edited December 7, 2017 by supremeyingyang
include a good link that may helps people to find good beats to improve their rap

[pluto]

I believe you are drawn to poetry which is a good thing.