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Increasing Vocabulary

A rapper with a low vocabulary is going to find it very hard to consistently rhyme large words. Therefore, I suggest you buy a dictionary and randomly pick out a large word every day. I know this sounds stupid, or young, but this is the most effective way. Also, picking up a slang dicitionary should familiarize yourself with words common in regions elsewhere, but uncommon across. Masters of slang are bay area rappers, notibly E-40 and Keak Da Sneak, listenin to one album of these veterans should expose you to slang words past, present, and future. Another neccesary tool is a rhyming dictionary, having one will mean you will NEVER run out of words to rhyme.


Perfecting Your Flow

Now, you may not understand what I will teach you, but still listen carefully because this is the hardest thing to describe. You can have all the technical knowledge ever presented in rap, but still be wack. Why? This is because you must also develop a decent voice to work with your lyrics. When people listen to your voice they unconsciously judge it. The psychology of why this happen is complicated. When you hear a higher pitched voice rapping fast and a lower pitched voice rapping fast, you will automatically think the higher pitched rapper is faster even though they are rapping the same speed. High pitched voices tend to be associated with being not intimidating, smart, fast, kind, gentle, versatile, and having better rhyme schemes even if it is not ture. A lower pitched voice will have the opposite effect. Lower pitched voices have the effect of being associated with intimidating, not as smart, less kind, slower, more one dimensional and less versatile and having worse constructed rhymes schemes. Also, the social views of the voices may change so it is not uncommon for them to switch with the seasons or fads as to which one is perceived better in different areas. This is called the “BALANCED” voice and you can have good flow with both types of voices. Be versatile by using the strong points of both voices and with a nice balance you should be able to achieve a good flow.

Now the second to achieving good flow is the “FLUID” voice. This means not being jerky and using rhyme schemes that allow you to use good breath control. To achieve this, obtain instrumentals and rap non-stop over them. Continue to use this on a daily basis and you will find what you can and cannot do with your voice, your breath control will be a snap and you will find your puny voice will be replaced by a voice that demands attention.

The third step is the “EMOTIONAL” voice. Please use emotion in every rhyme (i.e; “I got hyphy! Slapped a fool for starin’ at me wifey/”. On “I got hyphy!” you would use emotion of making your voice louder and yelling, while on “Starin at me wifey” you would lower the noise level of your voice and say it in anger.) Using facial expressions will help convince yourself of the emotion. Example of good flow for lower pitched voices are Rakim and Krayzie Bone. Examples for higher pitched voices are Twista, Lil Wayne and Eminem. Examples for mid-pitch voices are Big Boi, Andre 3000 and Jay-Z.

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