There WILL be typos and misplaced words, but fuck it, you get the point!
Alright, I got you man. I'll hit you up in kind of this blog type forum, just check back like on a weekly basis give or take and I'll drop some things that have worked for me. They may or may not work for you, but I think you may be able to get a few things out of this on a periodic basis. And plus, if there may be others who I can just refer back to these blog entries. They may be fairly long and possibly going off of what I'm feeling and thinking at the time, but for the most part, I'll try to stay on point and on topic.
First thing is perspective and awarness. Just know that Its possible to gain insight through someone else's eyesight. I think before you get into stringing intricate words and rhymes patterns together, you have to fully realize and appreciate the fact that there are endless ways of taking in everything. The way we see, smell, hear, taste, feel, varies from person to person. Someone may listen to your verse and take away something completely different than what you or another person took away from it.
I say that to say this. When writing rhymes, yea, your writing what YOU feel and think, but you also have to write with the understanding that there are various people from various backgrounds who may interpret what your rhyming about in different ways. However, you WANT them to relate. I always find it best to insert somewhere in your rhymes some element of humanity that everyone can relate to. To sprinkle in or even flood common human emotions, concerns, thoughts, feelings, experiences, etc. This builds connections, where listeners can relate to what your saying even when they can't truly and really relate, you know what I mean?
So yea, you can write and rhyme about bangin them heaters in the streets or your nerdy ass crush in science class but still throw in there some powerful human element that everyone can relate to. That to me at times works well. As i get older that becomes more and more the foundation and inspiration of where I start forming the thoughts in writing a 16.
Life experience is a big thing. Before I go into the structure of intricate rhymes , realize that one powerful line based off of life experiences common to us all can blow away 20 multi-syllable super complex lines about nothing, trust me. That really is the key. You wanna have those one or two liners that are just heavy hitters, make people say to themselves "FUCK!" because they think it , but just never know that the thought could be expressed in words. And that's what your doing with this heavy hitter line concept thingy that I'm getting at. That's key.
That's first man, just write about life. I'm not saying keep a fucking diary, but as I go about my daily life and I experience something amazing, or super sad, or really funny, or deep, or whatever, I usually pull out my iphone and type a quick note for later. Just kind of a reminder about what happened. I don't type it in as a rhyme, I just type it as a I see it. OR you could just snap a quick photo, Forming it into a rhyme comes later. Again, whats important about it , is I type in my perspective. If I'm alone , that's it, my view; but especially when i'm with or around others, I type their reactions too , like,
"Just saw this motherfucker Mike get punched in the face and thought how fucked up it was, but my nigga Randy sitting here laughing and shit"
and that's it. I may come back the next day and throw that in a rhyme, or maybe even a year later, that shit could inspire some other shit, because I may go through a completely different experience but notice the similarities between the two separate situations. Try to make that a habit, self notes. Sounds stupid, but it gets into knowing yourself and the world better. That keen awareness will come across in your verses.
Aight man, i'll touch base building off that in about a week, respect, out. |
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