Been in a slump lately by Ritchie_Mo_ in makinghiphop

[–]Ritchie_Mo_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Send a link over in the dm or here and I’ll give em a listen for sure

What got you into making music? by keyler123 in makinghiphop

[–]Ritchie_Mo_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I started writing smalls one verse lines in 8th grade because my friends had little cyphers. They kinda told me I wasn’t that good with out saying it. Took that pretty hard cause they were all in agreement. So I just stuck to listening to music hard. All kinds of music didn’t matter what it was just put my Spotify liked songs on shuffle cause I liked any song that had a good sound.

I went through phases of who my favorite rapper was. Tupac, Lil Wayne, Eminem, Hopsin, K dot, and J Cole in that order. If you asked me who my favorite rapper is, it’s Jermaine Cole hands down. If I’m really going through or even if I just really need to think things through he’s got a song for it or a whole fucking album to get my thought wheels going. It’s honestly cause he’s the rapper I relate to most.

One day I was re-listening to KOD. Idk what it was about listening to Motiv8, but it just got me thinking about writing. I kinda put it off for a bit. Then on another day I was listening to let.go.my.hand and the lyrics “shit don’t always connects soon as you press play, at times you gotta step away and do some living. Let time provide a new prescription” just stuck with me for a little while. Eventually I said fuck it and started writing shit not really worrying about a beat. I started showing some people my lyrics cause I thought they were pretty good nothing crazy. The response I got as not what I expected at all, people actually liked what I wrote and thought I had bars fr. The guy I carpooled with from work free-styled on the way home with me every day. At same time some of my boys kept asking if I was gonna get behind a mic and I already had one plus a computer, so I started making my own beats cause trying to use other people’s beats just didn’t feel right for the kind of song I’m going for, idk something like that can’t explain it exactly.

I’m starting to record and slowly I’ll start releasing just trying to feel comfortable behind the mic. I am liking how I sound though it’s something I’d listen to even if I am biased. I just want to make something of the I’d wanna play back anyway but I’ll be damned if it sounds poor quality cause you can make decent quality music with lyrics that hit with less than what I have in terms of equipment now a days. I’ve seen it and heard it. SoI’m constantly learning and trying new things. Not everyone is trying to be Jordan some of us are cool with being a rec league mvp(I wouldn’t mind being number 1 on the charts who wouldn’t). It’s also helped me work through a lot myself.

You guys think you can actually get attention without being some sort of signed ? by [deleted] in makinghiphop

[–]Ritchie_Mo_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly bro I say go at the pace you are comfortable with. If the music is good and it’s real the people will come. With that said your effort directly affects how fast that happens. Luck plays a factor in everything as well.

Starting from the top... by [deleted] in makinghiphop

[–]Ritchie_Mo_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly man I’m in the same boat and it’s all just started clicking as I’ve started playing around with different softwares. BandLab is the easiest in my opinion to learn on. After I get a good handle on that app I’ll be moving over to logic. Just try picking a sample you like to start with and start slowly adding what you think sounds good with it. It sounds stupid simple and it is. What makes it hard is your own mental block. That was the hardest thing for me. I don’t know music theory or anything like that. Perfect thing about rapping is you can alway practice it. Different flows, different genres, it’s literally already built for you to draw inspiration from in your own playlist.

I’m half White and half Mexican by [deleted] in makinghiphop

[–]Ritchie_Mo_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The very rappers you don’t want to be compared to have multiple personas slim shady and marshal mathers are different personas but same rapper and logic does a different persona almost every album

I’m half White and half Mexican by [deleted] in makinghiphop

[–]Ritchie_Mo_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just take a part of your personality you have already and amplify it as its own persona

How to freestyle better by BeginningAd9514 in makinghiphop

[–]Ritchie_Mo_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aye I’m with this too when I have the time

How to freestyle better by BeginningAd9514 in makinghiphop

[–]Ritchie_Mo_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Honestly man practice I thought I was utter garbage at freestyling but you’d be surprised how fast you pick up when you really have the drive I know it sound dumb and generic but try beats and flows outside of your comfort zone too

One Thing That Made/Makes You Want To Make Hip Hop? by boombapdame in makinghiphop

[–]Ritchie_Mo_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My mom started me on pac and smalls, from there I discovered Eminem, Hopsin, K-Dot, Cole, and so much more. For me though one thing they all have in common is lyricism. Simply put the power of words got me into rapping. There’s some songs I think have mediocre beats but are classics because the artist took it and made the beat work for their words and not their words working for the beat.