The goddess is still on pilgrimage, Botswana or some place similar.
So, I’m a fan of music. I’ve got about 40GB of a variety of sustained speech and wind vibrations on my computer and please don’t ask me any questions about that. I’ve been listening to a lot of rap lately and I’ve gotten bored by the continuous recycling of ideas. I love to read as much as I write so I really appreciate when someone takes their time to come up with new material. Since that has not been so easy to come by, I have had to repeat some of my favorite songs over and over again.
Interestingly, I wrote some puppy rap as a teenager but I started writing waaaay earlier than that. I think rap is a form of poetry and I respect the individuals who are clever about their art. But because everybody seems to think that they’re good enough to be a rapper today, honestly, there is a lot of ear junk out there. In all fairness, I actually think I can write material that’s on par with what most indigenous rappers have to offer or even better
Let’s play!
– You don’t have to speak correct English. Ghetto-American, Jamaican and local flavours are welcome.
– You start by saying you’re the best
– You introduce us to a few of the things you don’t have
– You talk about your imaginary haters
– You make sure most of your words end in a ryhme
– Don’t forget to talk about getting love in the club and getting out by 6 in the morning, and of course, loose girls and expensive alcohol
You can’t just ryhme away, you have to rhyme in a kind of way that pushes an idea to the listener.
There are patterns known to rap and I have listed a basic few below; I shall attempt to steal lines from the illustrious, Nigerian, Choc-boyz. Enjoy! (Nigerian musicians don’t post lyrics online so these lines are not quoted and do not come with a warranty)
description – You are this LIKE that
example – [ IcePrince >> When you look at me, you see real LIKE Nestle ]
description – I am this, call me a that
example – [ Jesse Jagz >> We too fly, JETLAG ]
description – simply bogus exaggerations
examples – [ M.I >> My flow’s insane, my flow so sick, I think we’re gonna need a medic, I’M A HEADACHE ]
– [ Jesse Jagz >> We fly so high, we’re only seen by God ]
description – screw the world
examples – [ M.I >> haters can kiss between my two thighs ]
– [ M.I >> look these dudes think that they fly, you’re a peacock ]
Haters on my neck, sorta like my iced-out jewelery
No same class, No! Don’t even go to school with me
So they taking shots at me, Wayne ‘Roonery’
Them, over-bar, goal kick
Bed-ridden, so sick
Bed-fellows all week
flip flops? Me, Gucci loafered
Cup floodeth over
Groceries in my Rover
Only Rolls they ever been in is a Roller Coaster
Only Coupe is where their grandma’s chics live
They vexing cuz we turning down vixens
Saving up to do what we did since
And they even saving with their sibliiiiiiings
Big screen? I’ve got fifteen? Sixteen?
How many?
Gotta ask my assistant errtime, how many?!
Gotta ask my accountant, how much money?!
She just told me she’s tired of counting
Would I make a decent rapper?
I BET!
**Wayne Rooney is a popular English footballer; a very powerful shot taker. ‘Roonery’ is therefore the state of being ‘Rooney-ish’
**Rolls means Rolls Royce
**Errtime means every time
Nice one man…………..You dint include the fact that they always start with Uhn! Uhn! Uhn! or Yo! Yo! Yo! ………….like they r thinkin of what to say or what not to say ……………#Cliche
Yezzo!
I forgot to Checkitt 🙂
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Ok. I’m off to practise.
Let’s battle when you’re done bruv!
THIS IS VERY INNOVATIVE AND A GREAT STORY… KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
Thanks for stopping by!
Bankz! Nice one man. M off to brush-up on my newest talent. Hahahaha!
ABI? Every good writer is a potential rapper.
Hope the frequency is doing good these days…
dude go find urself a studio!!!! u never can tell! wink*
Let’s hope someone from Chocolate City stumbled on this… Let’s keep our fingers crossed.
Intelligent post..moreso cos of ur subjects..looking forward to more…
deyre sha better than TerryG…would love to see u dissect his lyrics..
Hey M.I groupie,
Thanks for visiting, and just so you know, I think Terry G is a genius (not errbody can say nonsense and still cheer me up after a hard day’s work)
Maybe I’d do a Terry G post soon, if i can manage the hard work, LOL
Come again soon!
Nice 1, I like. Good rap 2.
Thank you **takes a steep bow
lol If I did not know you … I might have almost half thought it was real! 😀
Es, you better believe this is real oh!
I’m officially a rapper now oh!
mwahahahah … as long as i get free cd’s and autographed stuff, and you don’t treat me like a groupie … i’m cool
You can be sure to make the VIP guest list errtime Es,
Thanks for reading
LMAO@ girls make a pass at me, I score a hat trick… Got some thing going on there son, better sign u up to my record label.
But seriously, this is some imaginative stuff, insightful and enjoyed reading from the get go.
Liked the metaphor stuffs too. lol, welldone
P.S bed fellows is kinda gay, don’t you think? lol
Thanks for reading…
What’s up with the world and seeing Homo in every single gesture
lmao…..i thinking you killed, u have successfully aced ur rap success in naija…big ups( at least u didnt gbagaun and say 3 blind mices like MI in one naira
So I’m not the only one who heard M.I say “Three Blind Mices” and think he did a #Gbagaun
Thanks for reading again!
lmaooo @ “Gotta ask my assistant errtime, how many?!” Yahhh iCan be a rapper!!
Of course you can,
If Gucci Mane could do it? If EEdris Abdulkareem could do it?
Yes you can!
You’ll make a great rapper I think. And were you dissing MI and Jesse Jagz up there? LOL…
Thanks Myne!
Noooo!!!! I cannot diss Choc boys oh! I listen to them at least once every week!
Nice one bruv! I must say I couldn’t help
But flatter myself. After taking choc boys
Apart like that, I think I’m still one of
Your fav j-town boys.(Smiles) coolstuff tho!
niceeeee. n yea u wld make a decent rapper!
Hahahahahaha! Now this is funny. Especially the choc bois part LOL! Nice one.
Thanks for visiting,
I’d be in your house soonest, looks interesting but I’m still at work now.
See you soon, see you again!
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Pretty good,you state the world as it is really is.
I pretty much liked your style of writing.
Rapping world is pretty much dead,since all we see are these low-class rappers getting loved by the world ‘m self. When people stop being stupid,by then,we may have decent music on top of the charts.
Keep it up the good work.