How to Rap 2 Advanced Flow and Delivery Techniques

Name: How to Rap 2 Advanced Flow and Delivery Techniques
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ISBN: 9781613744017

ISBN-10: 1613744013

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Authors: Paul Edwards, Gift of Gift of Gab

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Picking up where How to Rap ended, this sequel provides more exclusive insights into the art of rapping. Techniques that have not previously been explained—such as triplets, flams, lazy tails, and breaking rhyme patterns—are thoroughly broken down and examined, arming readers with additional tools for their rapping repertoire. Filled with interviews from hip-hop’s most innovative artists, including Tech N9ne, Crooked I, Pharcyde, Das EFX, Del the Funky Homosapien, and Big Daddy Kane, this book takes you through the intricacies of rhythm, rhyme, and vocal delivery, delving into the art form in unprecedented detail. This work is a must-read for MCs looking to take their craft to the next…

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List price: $13.95
Publisher: Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/1/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Paul Edwards has coauthored eight books with his wife, including the bestselling Working From Home. He also write a syndicated newspaper column, "Your Home Office," and host a popular cable TV show, "Working From Home with Paul and Sarah Edwards".



Foreword by Gift of Gab of Blackalicious


Introduction



Advanced Rhythm Techniques


Vocal Percussion


Writing from the Rhythm


16ths


32nds


Triplets


Flams


One Syllable on Each Beat


Sliding Off the Beat (Lazy Tails)


Rolled Rs


Rests


Punctuating the Offbeat


Repeating Phrases with Different Rhythms


3/4 Time and Other Time Signatures



Advanced Vocal Techniques



Overall Voice Sound


Tone and Quality of Voice


Accents, Impressions, Characters



Specific Techniques


Pitch Techniques


Sketching and Shortening Sounds


Stuttering and Repetition


Vibrato



Sounds Without Words


Scatting and Random Rhythmic Sounds


Vocal Sound Effects and Beatboxing


Grunts, Shouts, Laughs, and Other Miscellaneous Sounds


Inhaling, Exhaling, and Out-of-Breath Techniques


Vocal Trademark Sound or Phrase



I Melodic Deliveries


Mixing Singing and Rapping


Half-Sung Delivery Techniques



Character, Personality, and Emotions


Character and Personality


Having Fun with Vocals to Bring Out Your Personality


Emotions



Advanced Rhyme Techniques


Runs of Rhyme


Alternate Rhyme Scheme Patterns


Joining Rhyme Schemes Together


Popular Couplet Rhyme Placement Patterns


More Complex Extra Rhymes


Breaking Patterns


Three-Bar Loops


Poetry Terms Versus Rapping Terms: A Note on Terminology



Enunciation Rudiments


Basic Enunciaton Guidelines


Consonant Sounds


Consonant Combinations


Vowel Sounds


Vowel Combinations


Final Words


Interviewed Artists


Index