In today’s article, we’re going to break down five ways you can level up your storytelling rap abilities.
If you look at any of the most legendary rappers, past or present, storytelling is a crucial aspect of their skillset.
The ability to tell a fire story through rap is what separates the best of the best, from “just another rapper.” Storytelling takes a precise blend of experience, flow, intellect, creativity and technical rap capabilities.
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8:31 A) Starts good, gets bad, ends good
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Full Article On How To Write Storytelling Rap In 5 Steps
This is a serious skill, that cookie-cutter emcees simply can’t hold their weight in.
If you want to be a complete and unstoppable emcee, you’re gonna have to develop your knack for dropping a story through rhyme.
So without further ado, let’s get into the 5 steps to drop a dope storytelling rap.
#1 Bend Reality
There are some story raps that are delivered so perfectly and with such strong emotion, it’s hard to distinguish if it is 100% fact, or just a story.
The best example of this is the song “Walk Like a Man”, a masterful story painted by L.A. legend Murs. The story weaves in and out with bone chilling beats as Murs tells the story of his friend being killed, and him getting revenge a year later.
#2 Plot It Out
When I say plot it out, I mean literally, create the plot first. Figure out the beginning, middle and end of your story, then you can get to work on writing the bars to fill in the details.
Quick example, I’m gonna write a story about seeing a fly lady at the grocery store, right? I’ll break this story into 3 pieces:
First is the meeting. This is where I see the lady, approach, and spit my game.
#3 The Detail Job
This is where you can go through each section and expand on the scenarios, adding adjectives and subtle details that help make your story more descriptive and enjoyable to consume.
Assuming they are tastefully chosen, the details that you include are gonna draw the listener in, giving them more and more imagery to play back in their mind. This is literally what makes a story a story.
The next level of the detail job is to find a unique or clever way to deliver information.
#4 Cut the Fat
You can go about this in two ways.
First one being to write your story out freely, writing even more than you need, then go back and edit later.
This way you can flush out all the potential ideas and details you want to share, and then cut out anything that seems extra a.k.a. cut the fat!
#5 Story Shape
There’s only a few structures that make up pretty much all stories, ever.. Let’s go through ‘em.
A) Starts good, gets bad, ends good
This is the format for the majority of all stories, and is an easy way to ensure a solid, tried and true formula for a story. The story starts out either good or kinda neutral, then a conflict arises, giving the whole story its meaning, and one way or another, the character you are rooting for makes it out of the conflict into a happy ending. Yay!
B) Starts bad, gets better, ends tragically
A good example of this structure is Big L’s “Casualties of a Dice Game”. (one of the absolute illest story rhymes EVER, imo)
While waiting for his homie to pick up some ganja, he starts gambling outside, loses a bunch of money, but then makes a comeback worth an estimated 45 maybe 50 g’s. Definitely something to smile about.
C) Starts bad, ends bad
This is the scenario where things start off bad, then just keep on getting worse.
Not the most common choice for a storyteller, as it can be a little un-inspiring or even depressing, but some real talented artists can make a “bad” story good and keep the listener entertained with the series of unfortunate events.
D) Starts good, stays good, ends good
This is another option for your story. The whole thing is good, celebratory, and positive.
The best example of this in rap music is Ice Cube’s 1992 classic, “It Was a Good Day”.
If you haven’t heard this or you can’t tell by the title, Ice Cube’s day starts off beautifully, goes good all day, and also ends well. Good breakfast, a good game of basketball, good luck on the dice, some good punanny, and he didn’t even have to use his AK. A good day indeed.
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