Seven Steps to Making a Rap Song

A guide to how to write and record a rap song.

If you are living in today’s world you probably can see that the hip hop industry has taken a rise. Rappers are making millions and millions of dollars the songs about making it rain and tossing dollars in the air aren’t just words it not just music. Here is step by step how you can create your own rap song and become the next hottest thing. The hip hop industry is always looking for fresh new talent everyday A&R’s and record producers are searching for the next big thing.

  1. Choose a beat you would like to rap to. When picking a beat choose a beat that fits your style if you have never rapped before pick out a beat that has a similar style to one of your favorite rappers/ influences.
  2. Think of a theme as in what you will rap about. Try to be creative think of something that hasn’t been done before or perhaps flip something already done either way make it unique make a song not redo one. Your theme should also produce a title that goes along with the theme.
  3. Start writing your hook/chorus usually having the title in it but can vary. Your hook should be 4-8 bars long. If your not sure what a bar is it is four beat measurements (1 one thousand , 2 one thousand etc)
  4. Write three 16 bar verses try to come up with nice punch lines using original and creative similes and metaphors, as well multi rhymes always are nice if you are doing it and making sense. A multi rhyme is when you rhyme two words maybe more throughout certain parts of your lines or perhaps throughout the whole verse.
  5. Edit your hook and each verse. During your editing you should be reading the verse over and over making sure everything sounds good. You don’t want to be caught on someone’s worse verse or bar ever list. So you want to make sure everything makes clear sense. As well you want to help your self out in future steps by making sure the lines of your hook are even in syllables. For example if you have 15 syllables in your first line you want to have 15 in the next three. You also want to do this for each verse. You’ll have to remove some words try new ones think of new ways to say things but in the end you will have a professional verse that will flow very nicely for you.
  6. Memorize the entire song this will help when you get ready to rap the song . Memorizing the words will allow you to deliver the words clear and overall with more emotion because you are not reading it off of the paper. You will be very comfortable with rapping what you have written.
  7. Record the song! Record the hook first then place it before and after each verse. Do your any ad living after the hook and verse is recorded. Try to relax don’t force the flow allow it to be smooth if it’s not smooth most likely your syllables are off somewhere or your rushing the flow. Take your time and deliver the words so that people can not only hear but understand what word your saying.
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