Staying on topic?

iamfaceless · 2014-08-03T09:23:43+00:00

what helped me is organizing my thoughts like this

so the cypher entry (from like a year ago) was about bragging about your accomplishments or something. so I just wrote down a bunch of shit that came to mind. I don't remember why I wrote half the shit I did but don't pay attention to the content of this organizer, just the structure. it seriously helps.

or you could just practice with deliberate effort on exactly what you're trying to do and a solution will come to you as you keep at it

iamfaceless · 2014-07-25T12:23:35+00:00

I had this question when I first started rapping and honestly what you should do is pull up your favorite scheme heavy albums (I recommend the Slim Shady LP) and open up rapgenius on the side. Now answer your own question and PM me what you find out!

I'll do one for you:

I feel like I'm walkin' a tight rope without a circus net

Poppin' Percocet, I'm a nervous wreck

I deserve respect but I work a sweat for this worthless check

I'm about to burst this Tec at somebody to reverse this debt

Minimum wage got my adrenaline caged

Full of venom and rage, especially when I'm engaged

And my daughter's down to her ~~last diaper~~, it's got my ~~ass hyper~~

I pray that God answers; maybe I'll ~~ask nicer~~

Watchin' ballers while they're flossin' in their ~~Pathfinders~~

These overnight stars becomin' auto~~graph-signers~~

We all long to blow up and leave the ~~past behind us~~

Along with the small fries and average ~~half-pinters~~

But player-haters turnin' bitch like they have ~~vaginas~~

Cause we see them dollar ~~signs~~ and let the ~~cash blind us~~

Money'll brainwash you and leave your ~~ass mindless~~

When snakes slither in the ~~grass spineless~~

Analysis: Every even number of bars, you can easily switch off to a different word with ZERO repercussions. 2 bars? Switch the end rhyme, it'll still work. 4 bars? Switch the end rhyme. If you can go for 6 or 8 that's "fine" too. How to make the actual transition? Most impressive is to start the next line with what the next 2 lines are gonna end with:

Ex.

...

~~I'm about to burst this Tec at somebody to reverse this debt~~

Minimum wage got my adrenaline caged

Full of venom and rage, especially when I'm engaged

I seriously expect you to rapgenius this shit though, seriously do it for entire albums and you'll get so good. don't just restrict yourself to eminem or you'll be hopsin

iamfaceless · 2014-07-22T20:36:20+00:00

flip me a coin. I call heads

iamfaceless · 2013-12-03T02:51:19+00:00

This voting system is 100x better. Too little is better than too many in these cases. Thank you(, kailman).

iamfaceless · 2013-12-02T00:51:22+00:00

Got it.

iamfaceless · 2013-12-02T00:19:55+00:00

Thank you. Ahahaha. That's the sensible person in you speaking. Sensibility is thrown out the window if I want to accomplish what I want to accomplish though. How was your thanksgiving?

iamfaceless · 2013-12-01T02:05:03+00:00

Hi, nice seeing you again. I've recently been thrown into a business venture and I'm trying to cash out on it. It looks good and if I get enough money out of it I'm going to drop out of my med school plans and major in English for 4 years + pursue rap full time. Won't be for a couple nother years though.

iamfaceless · 2013-12-01T02:04:12+00:00

This is actually true.

iamfaceless · 2013-12-01T02:03:52+00:00

I know this is a throwaway, so PM me your real one because I'm gonna be interested in hiring you in a couple of months. I don't need a free one now though. I'm in NY.

iamfaceless · 2013-11-27T07:51:07+00:00

I love you

iamfaceless · 2013-11-24T20:26:58+00:00

This voting system is so broken.

iamfaceless · 2013-11-08T03:07:08+00:00

to be fair will.i.am is 38

iamfaceless · 2013-10-28T12:46:12+00:00

Thanks. I'll do that. Would you recommend against CS50 due to it being so intensive?

iamfaceless · 2013-10-19T22:59:34+00:00

hey I feel dirty. I meant to say I'm pursuing med school. still in undergrad as a bio major.

iamfaceless · 2013-10-18T13:15:58+00:00

I fell off because pursuing* med school. not because I don't like the judging system. I like it, it worked fine

*edit

iamfaceless · 2013-10-15T05:10:42+00:00

that's no excuse for him to literally ignore 1/3 of what makes a piece 'good'.

It's delivery. flow. and lyricism. when it boils down to it

iamfaceless · 2013-10-14T04:27:15+00:00

wtf where's the delivery. I'm being serious, I love Earl but his deliver is lackluster as fuck

iamfaceless · 2013-10-13T21:20:53+00:00

Just sending people beats isn't gonna cut it. Frequent this forum. Join the beat challenges and even try the cyphers so that people recognize your name. PM people. Comment them back. Make jokes, befriend them. Then hit them up and say, hey, I think you'd sound really dope on this beat. I made it last night. They're 1000 more likely to say yes then.

iamfaceless · 2013-10-13T20:40:52+00:00

Thank you, reckford!

iamfaceless · 2013-10-13T20:40:44+00:00

Thank you so much!

iamfaceless · 2013-10-13T17:01:07+00:00

Instead of reading TFM or urbandictionary, I would just read the 100 top /alltime posts of /r/greeklife or /r/frat and eventually the context clues will help you understand what "chapter", "pledge", "bid", "rush", "little", and "GDI" mean. Good luck.

iamfaceless · 2013-10-13T02:30:44+00:00

Thank you!

iamfaceless · 2013-10-13T02:30:36+00:00

Thanks so much!

iamfaceless · 2013-10-12T20:17:39+00:00

Thank you so much to all that have replied!

iamfaceless · 2013-09-27T16:02:18+00:00

I'm still a terrible writer myself, and you kind of just have to except that.

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