Learning to rap
 

So I am learning to rap and want to persue a career in which I make music that a lot of people my age (teenagers) can relate to. I am trying to stay away from the casual sex and money, girls, drugs etc. I have a few samples written but I'm not sure if I am doing everything right. Any recommendations to help me become a better artist?

use big words in a story

Paint your face.

the secret to rapping is to rap about how good you rap

Also drugs and ho's. Oh! Be sure to tell people about how rich you are.

now you're just generalizing

Write lyrics which summarize classic Russian literature.

In Russian.

The key to blowing up is being a terrible rapper. Thats whats trending.

Not true. This the **** people have said for years because we have all these temporary rappers that blow up with club hits but fade mean while the Jay Zs the Eminems and the Kanyes all stick. The biggest and most successful artists with long lasting careers are always the more talented ones. Because they don't give you that club hit that fades over time, they give you that long lasting music that leaves an impression and ages like whine.

You're not really making the case by naming those three.

My thoughts, mostly.. Eminem has skills as a lyricist, even if you don't like the lyrics his flow is great.

Kanye should stick to production, and I've never been a fan of Jay.

You both make me sad with the Jay hate, but at least DWV gives it up for Eminem.

And if Jay-Z is sad is he a Blue Jay?

I don't like Jay Z either but I'm not going to delude myself by saying he is a terrible rapper. That's just ignorant.

He's pretty bad though.

you have to make it sound like you have down syndrome

lol