MC in Grime Music
Grime is on the rise quickly and it's everywhere if you live in England. So with this guide and your hard work, who knows, one day you could be the next Skepta or D.E.Velopment!
Steps
- Get yourself familiar with grime.
- Make up an MC name. It is strongly recommended that you do not have MC at the beginning. Frankly it is cheap, tacky, old and it just doesn't boom to be honest.
- Make up rhymes. Do it with your friends, on your own, in your house, on the bus, waiting in queues, in the shower, etc. You should constantly be making things rhyme until it becomes a habit.
- Be-Original! Do not chat on about how you have a gun when you most likely do not. Don't keep saying things like 'My man will jack you up and slap you up, in the end blood I'm a don' and all that unimpressive talk. Talk about real things! It could be parties, school days, your favourite MCs who inspired you to MC, friends, anything. But don't get cocky with lyrics and don't say something is true if it is not! The only reason 50 Cent in hip hop said "I got millions of pounds" is because it is true!
- Use metaphors and similes. It is a skill which takes time to learn but if mastered, will make your rhymes sound brilliant! An example of a metaphor is my rhymes are bees that come from the trees. See the idea? Instead of saying 'like' all the time, you should give your topic life. That is what you might be aiming for. Make them witty and clever and keep it relevant.
- Many MC's use similes a lot. For example, You bend bars like bender, I sell bars like vendor.
- Make your lyrics flow. Don't practice too much trying to sound like a particular thing. Your flow develops over time and as long as your lyrics are half-decent, you can't go far wrong.
- Get your hands on a decent microphone when you feel the time is right and you would like to make your very first song. A USB connection a good choice for beginners. Download a music making/recording program. There are many out there so it should be a piece of cake!
- Send your track to everyone you know once you are satisfied with it. Also it's not a bad idea to get a Myspace music account. Exposure is good!
Tips
- Mobile phones are handy. When you feel a freestyle coming on, or your group of friends are freestyling, record, record, record! You can always listen back on it and find where you went wrong.
- Look at the part but don't go overboard. Nobody is going to take you seriously if you are dressed like a geek.
- Download some instrumentals or beats and grab a video recorder or mobile phone and record yourself. Make your image, movements, and flow into one.
Warnings
- There is a time and place for MCing. In the pub/on buses/late at night when your parents are sleeping is not the right time nor place for it. Use your head!
- People may laugh at you, post offensive messages, or just downright hate you! Don't let these idiots stop you from doing your thing! If you genuinely love MCing, go for it!
- Don't say something on a track if you don't want everybody to hear it. If you don't want people knowing something, simple - don't say it!
- If in a battle, always think about what you are saying. Harmless freestyle battles turn into punch-ups because somebody said the wrong thing. Be confident but not weak and always respect other MCs, it takes guts to battle
- Don't go for the SkibbaDibbaDee sound. It's all well and good having an incredibly fast flow but make it make sense! And if your speech slurs or misses syllables because it's too fast for you, slow down. Clear and creative is better than fast and unoriginal any day!
- If you don't like doing it, stop. Music is meant to be fun. Work hard but most importantly express yourself and have fun!
Things You'll Need
- Grime music
- Microphone (If recording)
- An Inspirational Artist
Related wikiHow
- Get a Crowd Going
- Buy an Explicit Content CD Without Anyone Noticing
- Make Your Mixtapes Known
