Advice on Writing Rap Music

Viewing videos requires the latest version of Adobe's Flash Player.
Get the latest Flash player.

Showing 1-5

Part of the video series: How to Write a Rap Song

Featuring Other Rap Artists on A...

How to Overcome Writer's Block

Writing Musical Bars

Add to My Playlist What is a playlist?

Summary: Writing rap music can be difficult. Learn how to write good rap music from this expert in this free video clip.

Views: 1,042 | Tags: theory, voice, singing, sing, beats, instruments, hip, hop, musical, writing, lyrics, write, rap, freestyle

Get the latest Flash player.

Email Video Add to Favorites

About the Expert

Jason Jason "Daniel" Deford has ghost written rap songs for several National, Regional, and Local Rap Artists. He is also one of the most sought after featured gues... read more

Hide Comments

Conversations About This Video

Comments
(0 comments)
Questions & Answers
(0 questions) (0 answers)

Be the first to comment on this video.

Have a question about this video topic? Ask our community members and let them share their knowledge with you!

Ask A Question

You must sign in to perform that task.

Log In Now!
Don't have an account? Click here to sign up for FREE!

Sign Up Now!
Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Email Address:

Password:

Confirm Password:

Screen Name:

I would like to receive the Expert Village Video of the Day

Date of Birth:

Gender: Male Female

Country:

Zip/Postal Code:

Enter the letters you see below

What's This?

I agree to the terms of use and privacy policy.

Video Transcript

Advice on Writing Rap Music

Alright, now we're going to talk about getting advice from other piers. First of all, when getting advice from other rappers, only ask for musical advice because it's hard, like once we have done music, we don't have a consumer ear anymore. We now have a music ear, so the only opinion that you can give me on my music, or advice on my music, is musically. Maybe lyrically or something of that nature but you can't predict what's going to sale and what's not going to sale, because you no longer have a consumer ear, as an artist. It's called the ear of music, now. What I do with my records, I let some of my homies, that rap and do music hearer, to give me music input, musical advice, preferably producers, but then I take it to like, my fiance, who knows nothing about rap or what she hears on the radio or what CD's she chooses to buy. Buy, key word, buy, which makes her a consumer, in the market of purchasing CD's, so her advice to me, is golden. Her advice outweighs anybody else's advice, to me, for the fact that speaks for the average female consumer, in what she likes. "You see what I'm saying?" So you want to pick people, don't for "hey guy come, listen to this verse," no, wait until you get the song finished and actually have a total product to put it in. Don't push it yourself and try to act over it, you want to let them assume and make their own decisions about it, so you can get honest reactions about the record.