“Hey, you want to start it off? Yeah, I’ll kick a rhyme… “įlow – Flow is the rhythmic pattern you use with your words in relationship to the instrumental.Ĭatch the beat – This indicates being on rhythm when hearing a new instrumental. Kick a rhyme – The act of starting a rap. Essentially putting raps out there and dropping dope bars. You can use things around you or happening right at that moment to prove it is “off the dome” or “off the top of the head”.ĭrop bars – The act of rapping words. Off the dome – Raps that are made up on the spot. Often debated, but I think most freestyle has at least SOME premeditated lines and rhymes anyways. Some people might define it as rapping about whatever you want. Without pre-meditating your verse or spitting a pre-written verse. Example: I spit dope bars = I rap good lines.įreestyle – When I think about freestyle rap, I always think about coming with random lyrics and rhymes on the spot. Hi-hat – A drum beat that has a “TSS” type of sound.īass – Low octave sound that is part of the drum rhythm. Snare – A drum beat that has a BAP or a clap type of sound. Kick – A drum beat that has a BOOM or a thud type of sound. The instrumental is the whole song without the lyrics. The combination of drums, instruments, samples and sounds to create a rhythmic pattern to rap over. There are four beats in one bar of music in hip hop. The saying “take a beat” means to take a moment. One bar of rap (in 4/4 time signature) is equivalent to a count of four beats.īeats – Beats are measurements of time in music. Voice only.īars– Bars are units of measurement when dealing with musical time. Rapping TermsĪcapella – The act of rapping without an instrumental beat behind you. If you’re ready to dive deeper and take your rapping ability to the next level, then check out the Rap Masterclass. Please feel free to add on to this list, I know I haven’t covered all the terms and phrases but hopefully this will help a few of you starting out. I put together a glossary of common rapping terms and rapping vocabulary for you to refer to when you don’t know the slang.
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