What are your thoughts when you hear rappers say, "CAUSE YOU KNOW I DONT WRITE DOWN MY RHYMES"?

[A$AP_A$TON]

Lol. Fugahgah

 

[N YO HOOD]

this is why half this shit nowadays dont make any sense, albums just dont flow anymore they all over the place, what would make me mad is if i paid a nigga for a feature and he came in with some off the top off his head shit

 

[Wild Self]

Cause their surrogate father aka Jay-Z said so. You know how niggas are when Jay-Z said that shit, and they followed.

 

[goldenja]

my thoughts are, their not poets

I mean I could be wrong. but that's just how I feel.

 

[Cigarello Slim]

Writing your lyrics down isn't gonna make a wack line any better or a dope line any worse...THINKING about your lyrics...On the other hand...

Agreed, I still think putting it on paper and going over these lines causes you to think twice about how it would sound on a track.

Exhibit A: 2 Chainz does that track and says "Come thru your window like Hustle Man"

Errrbody and they momma knows Bruh Man comes thru the window, if he jotted it down maybe homie would've caught that.

At the end of the day I don't think some of these cats care enough to put that much effort into it. Aslong as they show a lil' charisma over a hard instrumental, it'll sell.

 

[Peezy_Jenkins]

dont really care, nigga more than likely just doin a couple bars at a time and just punchin in if it sounds cohesive, and if not its prolly sounding all over the place but still possibly good like wayne, me personally i have told my self "lemme try to freestyle this" many times only to end up thinking about bar number 1, then end up writing and refining the entire thing

 

[Peezy_Jenkins]

keep it a hunnit tho if i was more confident i could consistently freestyle, id do it on every song too just like them niggas

 

[nycdiesel]

Didnt biggie start telling people that first, not jay. Im sure he wasnt the first to not right down his raps

 

[mdot]

If you are doing it to try to be different it's dumb. I can see where writing would benefit you'd think more about it and could structure it more.

 

[CashmoneyDux]

There's an interview somewhere about how Biggie and Jay Z would create and memorize lyrics in their head for 10-15 minutes before they jumped in the booth. Wayne and 2 Chainz just sound stupid.

 

[Disciplined InSight]

There's nothing wrong with writing. Jay was the one that made it into this supernatural/mysterious gift, but it was actually a brain exercise of memorization when he didn't have time to write when he was out hustling in the streets until it became a natural process for him. The same with Big.

Everyone else that's attempting to do this and thinking they're light years ahead spitting garbage of those that do write are fucking retards and NEED to write.

 

[bkkbully]

I do both, but I'm realizing that I have to write things down and quick because of my short term memory. certain lifestyle changes must be made...

 

[bkkbully]

A better question is, what are your thoughts on rappers who actually write down rhymes and still come off wack...

 

[englishdude]

A better question is, what are your thoughts on rappers who actually write down rhymes and still come off wack...

That mans career has been a Dizaster.

 

[Already Home_17]

There's nothing wrong with writing. Jay was the one that made it into this supernatural/mysterious gift, but it was actually a brain exercise of memorization when he didn't have time to write when he was out hustling in the streets until it became a natural process for him. The same with Big.

Everyone else that's attempting to do this and thinking they're light years ahead spitting garbage of those that do write are fucking retards and NEED to write.

you made this nigga jay sound like a mutant

 

[Paul Hate.]

Don't even believe em usually.

 

[NothingButTheTruth]

A better question is, what are your thoughts on rappers who actually write down rhymes and still come off wack...

Did this clown just imply Bis' pen game is wack? SMH some of y'all are lost.

 

[bkkbully]

A better question is, what are your thoughts on rappers who actually write down rhymes and still come off wack...

Did this clown just imply Bis' pen game is wack? SMH some of y'all are lost.

No...this clown just made a reference to the other clown who brought his written rhymes to a freestyle battle...and they were still wack. no implication, #justfacts.

i'm a Bis fan btw

 

[NothingButTheTruth]

Bis' mental clearly wasn't right in that battle or he threw it. Everyone knows you don't do shit like that in a battle. He probably needed the money.

 

[nyst8ofmin]

if your a rapper and not writing your raps down for the purposes of editing them, your raps could probably be a lot better.