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Tips on Beginner Rapping

If you aspire to achieve stardom as a rapper but have never rapped a line in your life, remember that even professionals such as Eminem, Jay-Z and 50 Cent had to start somewhere. Getting acquainted with the various styles of rap is a logical place to start, and once you're ready to get hands-on with the process, work on a variety of techniques to perfect your craft.
  1. Focus on Flow

    • Rapping is all about rhythm, so make establishing a flow the No. 1 priority when you are first learning the trade. Don't concern yourself with difficult rhymes or even making your words rhyme at all. Understand that all rappers make mistakes, so don't let it stop your rhythm if you stumble or stutter over a word -- keep going. Ignore everything else until you can keep your words flowing effortlessly.

    Ignore Instrumentals

    • Even if you're a skilled musician who feels comfortable playing a variety of instruments and creating signature beats, focus exclusively on rapping initially. Though background music and beats help to provide a foundation for a rap song, they are useless without the rapper. Rely on pre-recorded music loops or basic beats instead, and conserve your creative power for the rapping aspect, at least until you feel more comfortable.

    Improve Your Vocabulary

    • Rappers must learn to use rhyming words effectively. The more complicated rhymes you create, the more impressive your rap becomes. At the start of your rap education, go through a standard dictionary, memorize a small group of words you didn't know previously and work at incorporating them into a practice song. Once you master one set of words, turn back to the dictionary and pick out new ones. Tough some dictionaries are exclusively for rappers, using these means you risk sounding like everyone else.

    Write to a Beat

    • Unless you are destined for certain stardom, you will likely figure out pretty quickly how difficult it is to come up with words for a song. It may sound easy when you listen to a professional rap artist, but coming up with ideas is a whole other matter. Get your creative juices flowing by playing a simple beat in the background as you compose rap lyrics.

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