Are you wondering how to jump-start your rap career? Well, there are no short-cuts to becoming a great rapper. You will need to practice, practice, and then practice some more. And at the same time, you will need to listen to and learn from the rap music of rappers who are better than you. Start by studying the styles of the top 10 rappers of all time and proceed from there.
Helpful tips to be a greater rapper
Here are some tips that might help you to improve and become a better rapper than you are currently:
• It is crucial to have patience and self-confidence. None of the top 10 rappers of all time were overnight sensations. They had to work hard for months and years to build up their rapping techniques as well as their audience. They became great because they worked at becoming great, and that takes time.
• While you should certainly learn from the top 10 rappers of all time, don’t try to copy them. You must discover and develop your unique style. It won’t benefit you, in the long run, to keep repeating what other people have already done. You will get more fans and followers from being original.
• Get comfortable performing in public. You want to make a good impression on your audience, and you can only do that if you appear relaxed, self-confident, and assertive. Build up your confidence practising before family and friends first. You could then move on to rapping before smaller audiences.
• Participate in open mic rapping and any other events that can get you public exposure. It is alright if you feel self-conscious at first; most people do but don’t let any goof-ups get you down. Learn from them and keep working at becoming more confident.
• Practice rapping before other more established rappers and be open to any constructive criticism that they might offer you.
• Practice freestyle rapping. That involves rapping about anything that comes to mind. It is a sound way of learning to maintain rapping flow. Don’t stop rapping even if you make a mistake or mispronounce a word. Continuity and confidence are the buzzwords to keep in mind.
• Make your beats for rapping or get copyright-free beats or instrumental tracks.
• Even if you are partial to one particular style of rapping, make a point of listening to a wide variety of styles. That way, you will get to hear many different rapping techniques, and you may be able to get the best of them to create your unique style.
• Study the lyrics of the rap songs of the top 10 rappers of all time. Try to understand the wordplay in these lyrics and why it works so well. Practice writing your lyrics and compare them to find out what you can do better.
• Don’t wait for inspiration. Write rap lyrics every day and on anything and everything. That the fun about rap music, it can range from the most mundane things like what you ate for breakfast to the most sublime ones like how you found your spiritual calling. You can be angry, sad, euphoric, comedic, crass, and so on. It doesn’t matter as long as you can capture people’s attention and keep them entertained.
• Work on improving your delivery style. Start by rapping to slow beats and enunciating each word clearly. When you progress to medium beats and fast beats, making sure that your articulation remains clear. You want your audience to understand what you are saying. Experiment and practice with different speeds and even mix them up. Find out what you are most comfortable with.
• You will need to learn where to breathe and pause between words so that you can rap without exhausting yourself and without interrupting the flow.
• Work on developing your voice. While you don’t need to be able to sing well to rap well, it won’t hurt your prospects if you can make yourself sound pleasant.
• Record yourself rapping and listen to it with a critical ear. Note what you are doing right and the areas in which you need to make improvements.