how to rap: the takeover code. what you can learn from the greatest rappers ever about hustle and...
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How To Rap:
THE TAKEOVER
CODE
What You Can Learn from the Greatest Rappers Ever about
Hustle and Work Ethic• Most Rappers Biggest Problem: LACK of
Work Ethic
• Envision Your “Average Rapper” In Reality
• What do the BEHAVIORS of a great MC look like? 2Pac, Eminem, Lil’ Wayne, Kanye West, etc.
Spy on the Greats to Transfer Their Success to You
• Listen like a STUDENT, listen like a PEER… don’t listen like a FAN
• Drew’s Story About How To Study The Greats• EVERY SONG can be broken down
• Song Structure
• Flow
• EMOTION (as opposed to simply delivery)
• In comparison to other parts of their career <-Important
How to Use Daily Drills to Pimp out Your Rhymes
Shower Practice The one place that you’re almost guaranteed to be alone
Can practice MOST of the major parts of being a great MC (flow, rhymes, vocal tone, etc.)
You sound GREAT
Public Verses The one place that you’re almost guaranteed to be alone
Can practice MOST of the major parts of being a great MC (flow, rhymes, vocal tone, etc.)
You sound GREAT
Secret Weapon to Memorize Rap Lyrics to Perform like a Pro in the Studio or on Stage
• The Rule of 18:• Anything you perform eighteen times will get memorized in your brain
• QuestLove of The Roots Fame• Even after performance 10-11 you will almost have it down
How to Perform in Any Situation to Instantly Gain Fans
• The average fan does not know as much you do about how to perform
• Proper memorization along with the three KEY’s of performance are guaranteed to garner respect
How to Perform in Any Situation to Instantly Gain Fans
• The Three Key’s To Live Performance• Voice • Eye Contact• Proper Delivery of Rhymes
• Memorization• Ease of flow when freestyling
How to Unlock the Hidden Skills of the Greats to Become a Rap Legend Yourself
1. Impersonations
2. Practicing Their Flow As If It Was Your Own
3. …and then writing the same in your own voice
4. Being willing to STEP AWAY from your influences when it’s time
Discover the Power of Flow to Unleash Your Hidden Creative Powers
• Drew’s SECRETS To Flow• KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID
• Start with your baseline fundamental flow AND THEN BUILD it up over time
• Action Step: Write a simple flow, and then write a more complex flow on verse 2, and then go NUTS on verse 3
How to Switch the Flow to Overpower Your Audience with Swag
• Easiest CHEAT CODE To Switch The Flow:• Separate your “flows” into 4 bar segments
• Write four bars in a certain flow
• STOP
• Write another four bars in another flow (even if it takes hours)
• STOP
• Rinse and repeat
Crack the Code of Your Unique Style so You're Heard over All Your Competitors
• Identify what in YOUR story has not been told in rap music yet• How To Rap’s story: Identifying a NEED
• The Internet = Billions of people… many of whom have your same background
• MOST rappers are trying to sound like each other
• ACTION STEP: What in your story is totally unique that can be told?
How to Switch the Flow to Overpower Your Audience with Swag
• Easiest CHEAT CODE To Switch The Flow:• Separate your “flows” into 4 bar segments
• Write four bars in a certain flow
• STOP
• Write another four bars in another flow (even if it takes hours)
• STOP
• Rinse and repeat
Flow Mastery Most of your day-to-day “practice” should be flow
related Day-to-Day Drills: Performing classic flows on other beats Performing YOUR flows on other beats Freestyling as an agent of FLOW ACTION STEP: Force yourself to freestyle/and write to
the beats YOU DON’T LIKE
Vocal DynamicsThe ideal rap voice is a mixture of
“sounding louder than you are” One of the most common problems with
rappers voices: in ability to go from HIGH TO LOW in a song
Spiking of EMOTIONSWillingness to INSERT YOUR VOICE into a
conversation your audience is already having
Rhyme Building
Building a RHYME VAULT(The secret hit-list)
Multi-syllable… two columns and “the alphabet trick”
Practicing in freestyling Action Step: Fill two pages full of
rhyme schemes and practice them in your next flow
Freestyling
Keep it simple stupid“The 40 Ways” Game
There are 40 different ways to describe the same thing
Involving The Audience as a way to build the fun and take pressure off of yourself
“FUCK IT I’LL RAP ON ANY BEAT” – Drew’s Hidden Trick
Demonstration of Concepts
Question and Answer
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