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How to Start Rapping

So you want to become a rapper. Well you came to the right spot. When you have finished reading every word of this page, your rapping skills will definitely improve.
Steps

1. Start off by freestyling. (Freestyling means rapping without having time to write anything down.) Practice freestyling with your friends and improve at this.
2. Move on to writing rhymes yourself and learn more rhymes.
3. Start recording your rhymes with/without a beat. This is important because you wont know how good you are until you actually hear yourself.
4. Start making demos and improve your 'flow'. This is all about the timing and your pace, flow is very important.
5. Remember to practice freestyling all the time and keep at practice.
6. If making a song, do the beats first then try to rap over it.


Tips

* Never bite lines (steal somebody else's rhymes)!
* Form a crew with other MCs to learn from one another.
* Once you have written your rhymes, you should improve them by counting up how many syllables are in each line, then editing them so there is relatively the same amount. This will improve your flow.
* Keep it real. This means to rap about what's real as opposed to writing rhymes about something thats just plain not true. For example, don't say something like, you have a bazooka and a tech nine, 'cause you most likely don't.
* A rhyming dictonary will definitely help.


Warnings

* If you don't keep it real or if you bite lines from others, especially famous rappers you will get dissed by a million other MCs.
* Do not drop out of school to become a rapper because there's a very small chance, even if you're talented.


Things You'll Need

* Basically you just need a pen and paper to start. But on the other hand if you are more serious about rapping, you might need to buy some equipment to record.
* Rhyming dictionary. Only if you want some extra help.


Related wikiHows

* How to Freestyle Rap


External Links

* LetsBeef.com is a website that allows you to freestyle battle over real beats.
* www.hiphop-directory.com Another battling site
* Hip Hop Forum - An online forum where users can learn how to rap and share written raps
* Spoken vs. Written Spoken vs. Written is dedicated to the independent art of Rhyme.
* http://www.rhymingzone.com
* Hip Hop Forum - Practise rap battling against some of the best, and most helpful freestylers on the best place to become a better freestyler.