Freestyle anyone?

Listen to previous freestyle flows and battles by great artists (e.g., rappers like Jin, Jay-Z, Yusaf, Benefit, Rakim, Big L, Eminem, and any other great artist that spits hardcore rap).

Understand the techniques those artists use to flow and battle, which will help you enhance those techniques yourself.

Start writing rhymes. Write down anything that comes to mind and try to rhyme it. Using your emotions is a good way to describe what you're feeling when you spit or write lyrics. Make sure you eat a hearty meal before attempting a battle.

Practice free-styling -- anytime, anywhere, as much as you can. Even if you run out of things to freestyle about, just continue spitting, no matter how wack you think you sound. It helps you develop better rhymes and your mind becomes more focused on what sounds good when you spit. It's like a mental workout. So always practice spitting anywhere.

Once you've noticed you can spit on spot (when you want to), try to spit about more specific things. Direct your raps toward things that bother you or upset you. Anything you dislike or want to talk about, try to spit about it. Once again, practice this until you feel you've got it down.

Start freestyle battling. The first step to freestyle battling is to practice the first 5 techniques in a battle against a friend or someone who it wouldn't matter to if you messed up. Constantly battle like that with people, especially if you can find a friend who is actually good at battling so they can teach how to improve what you lack. Again, continue to practice this until other friends you know (especially those into hip-hop music) think you're pretty good.

Have your first real battle against someone you at least somewhat dislike. If you can find someone who just gets you emotional or who angers you, it makes it easier to flow about them. You want to make sure when you flow about them you include 3 major things.

Metaphors - Making comparisons with your target (the person you're battling) to something that denigrates them.

Disses - Saying things that either make fun of them in general (e.g., how they dress, speak, spit, look, walk, talk, act, or their personality) or about them personally (e.g., the way they live, their past, their lifestyle, weaknesses about them, anything that directly goes against them in a way that makes fun of them).

Punch-Lines - a Punch-Line basically is a bar (2 lines you spit) that incorporates a Metaphor, Dis, and/or anything else to enhance the flow directed at your opponent.

Don't worry if you lose your first few real battles, the point is to constantly practice spitting. Continue practicing until you've got it down. And pay attention to how other people spit whom the crowd/judges enjoy. There are many techniques to battling, but these are just the basics.

 
I'm a b-boy, that's the best way to define me

Born in 81' been rhymin' since the early 90s

And I don't plan on stoppin' any time soon

That's why fools try to be down with my crew

But you recitin' feeble chatter, either that or beatin' off

Peace to No Name, breathin' patterns that'll leave 'em lost

I keep a choke chain on the peoples thoughts

Teach the whole game how to read between the chalk

Okay we so crazy don't play me just pay me you babies

I break teeth on fake freaks and maybe, just maybe you might live

That's solely dependent upon your mic skills

You rap slowly homey, no regard for what's ill

Still I hope you're not the nicest of your teammates

I'm your worst nightmare, you like a whack emcees dream date

A walkin' target, plus an awful artist

What you talk is often fuckin' garbage

The public regrets the fact they have to hear your music

What you call spittin' looks more like unvoluntary droolin'

Say I'm stupid for entertain rumors

But I heard you give your favorite producer

head in trade for his creative juices

We makin' music, just tryin' to put the fun back in

Turntablism, lyricism, ain't no gun packin'

It's hard to swallow, even my simple sing

So biters not recommended by 9 out of 10 dentists
 
yo dog i aint hating on you but you biting Eyedea & Abilities

if he knew he would be pissed and i dont think you under stand my rhymeing capabilities and it fucking huts so much after hearing me you might have disbalities and than you would fuck up your house and have no utilitiesnow thats a liability you could starve to death and my spellings sucks and i am now out of breath but if i catch you biting shit one more time you wont be happy with the results like cops finding a victemless crime
 
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