Please don't laugh me out but....
 

...I have a question...

How do you flwo to a beat exactly what is it in the beat that a rapper would time it a certain way or how to rap?

Do I need to elaborate...?

lmao man u gotta practice by what you write try too write to the beat..like everyclap is a line say thats an example so just rap by that.....just write and try too get it too a beat now how do you write your lines exactly?? some people cram all there words together and it sounds like crap try writing line by line...no what i mean.......and......it depends on what beat u spitten on..it takes a while too adapt a flow..i still aint got mine right yet

you just need to have a ear for music and sound. Some people can ride the beat and bounce off each kick. Some guys are illiterate to sound and can seem to find there timing and listen to the wrong thing.
Your kinda just gotta get up and be overlly confident and act like a showman rather than a intimdated kid.

p.s

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what about when your freestyling, that's the hardest shit ever to flow on the beat..

freestyling aint really cant really get help but just try too expand ur vocab so u dont use the same words over and over and just let it come off the tip of ur tounge

dont listen to past tense, he history.

You simply need a ear for music bro, if you dont have it then try to pick it up quick. Listen for beat change ups and tempo switches. I feel gay for saying this, but when learning to use a beat, you will most proberly find a lill jon beat easiest, simply cause they are so wack they consist of the same bass line thru out the enitre thing, except maybe intro and outro.

Or, you could stay old school and just accapella rap. :thumbup:

^^man shut up thats the advice i got from a professional freestyler so wtf are u smokin :(

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word up man practice practice practice as much as you can...youlll eventualy get it...

Don't worry man, flow is one of the hardest things to be good at in rap.

Honestly, it's all about ear and how you put accents on your words. One easy way is to say the word that is gonna be rhymed a little louder and more emotion. Most people listen for the pause in a beat, and right before the pause they say the word that will be rhymed. Best thing is to just practice freestyling and record it and let people hear your flow and tell you how it sounds. Develop your own style, cuz flow is one thing that needs to be switched for beats, and if you do it the same, your music tires out and eventually becomes boring.

I guess it's just like dancing = rhythm

no two people dance alike, but two people can still have RHYTHM to the same beat


figure it out

people say it's to the drums but us ut also to the other instuments in the beat?

Going off the drums will make your flow repetitive and boring. It's really waiting for the right spot. You gotta listen to the beat and find it. I listen to beats at least 3-4 times before writing anything.

Ok, I'll try and not tell you the truth about how pathetically stupid this thread is...

Basically, you need to learn bar set ups and like Ysdat said, you have to have an ear for staying within a certain rhythem in each bar you write.

Some people have it, some dont... Some can learn, some cant... Practice is the only way to find out tho n00b...

Smoke a blunt and throw on some Jurassic 5.

If that doesnt work, never touch the mic again.

Find the snare...

SINNNNNER!!!! where have you been buddy? I see youre finally trying audio...good luck man...

I use this bu I didn't think it was telling me enough so I made this thread thank you very much

Nah this can't be sinner... sinner IMs me on MSN for advice about women, then I tell him that they don't like him and if he goes for them that they'll become lesbian, which hinders Daubs & Distilled's pimping out in UK.

You can tell, cuz British ppl wouldn't claim to be from Rhode Island.

First off... when freestyling... it'll just come to you. More you do it the better. As far as just flowing to a beat, everyone comes with their own style, you can't read a text book or be shown how to do it... everyone develops their own sense of rythm.

I live in the 'burbs but most of rhode Island ain't what you make it out to be anyway thanks.

and WTF u talking about I ain't no sinner, I'm a devoted muslim

:huh:

Im willin to bet anything that you're white.
and if not white, you're MOS DEF not black.

and you're right I'm not white, I'm not black and msot importantly I'm not ashamed, I just asked a question and if I can get like 2 pages of real answers than it's cool. and at least I'm not repping e-crews like they're some real click I'm in or something. and it shouldn't matterwhat I am from your standpoint this is the net. I'm new to this so what would be so wrong in me asking. SMH @ your ignorance...want to start with what race I am off f shit you barely know

yeah, but the thing is
I dont ask how to ride a beat
AND
I also have over 30 songs made
how many do you have done?

I have none done and I dont have to brag about doing any and i didn't i did say i was new

I might get that chamillionaire album

its quite swell chap

wordizzle

get it it's worth the money

yah you beating me in a battle ( my 2nd track mind you ) but you definately dont have the nicest flow...

People Say That. But I Have Defined Tastes.

I Never even heard the dude before.

gueess if i dont ike it i can always take it back

Damn why all y'all picking on him... He need help just answer the question, y'all have to get all anal.

Flow is about the structure of the beat, you CAN follow the snares you don't have to, but in general, snares are a "guide".

Your question: Is it okay to follow other instruments in a beat besides the snare?

Answer = yes.

If you are just starting out I would recommend you try to get used to hitting the snares, then shift to another instrument IN THE SAME BEAT and write to it. After a while, it'll come out naturally (the way you want it). But the first time it's gonna suck, guaranteed because you experimenting. Once you get used to it, then you'll understand the reasoning of switching up ya flow and hitting other instruments. That way you won't sound boring, but you get used to playing around with the beat.

And freestyling - Is all about practice. Freestyle everday when you relaxing and a commercial come on, peep your surroundings and just start spitting. For me, I practice freestyling when I clean the kitchen and wash up some dishes late at night. And I go to sleep with headphones on listening to beats that I would spit to that I haven't wrote to yet. Then I wake up in the morning with concepts... But it's all about preferences and you willing to practice fa real.

yea........ wen startin out, just hit the snare....... as u go on ull naturally learn more complex ways to flow, and the best way to flow to a beat...... one thing i do sumtimes is freestyle to a beat (record it) and not worry about sayin anythin good, but tryin out different types of ways to flow to it..... and than wen u replay it, ull def find out the best ways for that beat..... cuz i dunno about other people, but its really hard for me to tell if my specific flow will sound good on that beat while im spittin it....... too bad im real lazy on most tracks

thanks, i know about startign off with the kick and ending with the snare to stay on beat. and I'm really lazy to..hell MF Doom is lazy on 'em..and o yea i dont see whats wrong with me gettign advice from some audio heads when I"M JUST starting out. Puff leardned everything about flowing to a beat from Biggie. SMH @ how the internet goes to your heads.

download it and see if it's worth your money

stick to text
cos if you need advice on how to ride a beat
you suck.

What in the hell does that have to do with flowing you ignorant fuck?

Yeah just start with snare then eventually you'll understand... You'll find you pay more attention to rhyme schemes and shit in music you listen to, and pick them up subconciously.

I dont know what all of these other guys are talking about.

It was hard for me to flow on beat when i started to record audios, because id always rapped acapella.. or to some shitty off-beat beatbox.

dude, that doesn't make ANY Sense, of course I suck now, but there is such thing as getting better,I have the will to practice, see I said a million times I was new, I know the thing with the snare I just wondered if it would make sense to use other instrumentals. I don't want to start out with a terrible flow. what about Puff, he needed advice from BIG..look at him now he dosnt write but he can still flow his ass off..look at Immortal Technique he's off beat as fuck can't ride a beat but he's still sick..I know how to wrie to a beat and all I just had a little question. And in the end, you really don't know me so u can really refrain from trying to be an e-bully :thumbup:

Thanks :thumbup:

don't get me wrong, I'm just saying that foreign ppl usually don't think about Rhode Island. And Sinner was a person on here that always asked for advice on here, and when you tried to help him he wouldn't get it. Then he'd get mad and start beef, and eventually we laughed him off here. He was from UK.

And the fact that your devoted muslim means nothing to me. I'm a devoted nothing. lol... just kidding with you

But yes, it is better actually to start off on here with text and develop a writing style before actually trying to record audio. That's how I did it...

actually i didn't start off on here i started off on my own writing and then i started visiting message boards a dude referred me to this one and I'm just asking for simple advice and people get all homotional. I mean if I'm new at it I'm new I was just wondering if there needed to be atention payed to other instrumentals than drums I new that the sanre was a guide and all...

personally, i like to be offbeat

that away people notice you more