Now, I don't know if I should be writing this, because apparently this is just a list of things that I like to do because I think I have high apm, AKA I'm showing off.
Part I: How to Freestyle Rap
This is a guide on how to freestyle. Not to battle rap.
You ever hear those rappers just spit rhymes off the top of their head like its nothing? And be insanely good at it?
Anyone can do it. All it takes is practice. You can achieve this one day:
Insane, right?
I'm quite mellow, a white fellow, my pee is bright yellow, I like jello, I'm like hello...
Rule #1: All rap is slant rhyme.
Literally, just look at rap. None of it is a true rhyme; it is all slant rhymes.
"Better call the Fire Department, I've hired an arsonist to set fire to carpet and burn up your entire apartment."
Ignore the multisyllabic rhymes for now, and just look at the ends of the words.
-ment -ist -pet -ment
Under the rules of true rhyme (where both the consonant and vowel sounds line up), this isn't doesn't rhyme.
Under the rules of slant rhyme (where only vowel sound counts), this rhymes. The sound is the short e, like the one found in the words sex, bet, let, mesh, etc.
So, let's try this.
Hey guys, I like to tell lies, I'm real fly, I like guys, I'm quite nice...
Every bolded word contains the long i sound. Which is the sound that I am rhyming here.
Beware of consonants that twist vowel sounds, such as r, m, n, and l. All these consonants manipulate vowel sounds to sound different, so try to rhyme them to each other.
Hey and air don't sound even remotely alike, do they?
Ram and at don't really sound alike, but if you twist the word enough, they do. So beware of those.
Rule #2: Forget what you've heard; just take a beat and kill it.
Forget all of the crap you heard about people choking and failing; it doesn't matter. In fact, I recommend you start freestyling by yourself, and then gradually work towards doing it in front of people once you're comfortable.
If you never try something because you're scared of it, how can you expect to get any better at it?
Okay, so go on YouTube and find an instrumental that you like. Then, try to freestyle with the following 3 rules in mind:
1. It doesn't have to make any sense...at all. 2. It doesn't have to be in time 3. It doesn't even have to rhyme
You want to know what the first freestyle I ever spat was?
Hey guys, people think I'm gay My name is Ray, this is what I'm sayin' I like to play, this game named Starcraft Wait, I weigh like way too much, hey, You see what I did there? Eh? I like to spray my spit in peoples face I want to get with a smoking hot babe I forgot to shave, oh yay
I recorded it myself, and it was so dumb and ridiculous, but it was a start.
From then on, you just keep practicing. You will eventually develop a flow, or a natural tendency to just say things.
After a while...
Rule #3: Thinking Ahead
So once you get good enough at just spitting rhymes off the top of your head, it is now time to start to think ahead. The point of practicing the spitting rhymes off the top of your head was to get you to be able to subconsciously say things, while leaving your mind to dwell on other things.
When you rap, your mind should always be thinking about the next line, while your mouth subconsciously spits out the one you are currently saying.
The trick to this is to just think of something you want to say, and then working your way from there.
So let's say my first line is
"Someday I'm going to be the world's best rapper"
So the moment we realize that the line will end with the word rapper, we think of anything and everything that rhymes with it.
Rapper Bastard After Laughter Have her Smack her Raptor
So then we just try to tie it on from there.
"Someday I'm going to be the world's best rapper And person who tries to battle me will be dead after"
Try it slow, and don't even try to line the rhymes up with the bars of the beat, just say it whenever you can. Say as much of it as you can.
If you ever lose your flow, throw in a filler.
Some of my fillers are:
"You know?" "Get what I'm sayin?" "Yeah" "Hey guys"
Rule #4: Once you can rhyme, then try to make sense.
Once we can rhyme, it is time to make sense. This comes with practice.
Your goal is to be as clever as you can with your rhymes.
1. References to current things 2. Puns 3. More puns 4. Really good puns 5. Similes and metaphors...no matter how absurd
Lil' Wayne, as much as I hate his voice, is an amazing lyricist, and he is notorious for this.
"Life is the bitch and death is the sister Sleep is the cousin, what a fuckin' family picture" -Lil' Wayne, 6 foot 7 foot
This isn't really a pun or anything, but it's a great way to string those together, and more importantly, it rhymes.
"Paper chasing, tell that money I'm right behind ya Real G's move in silence like lasagna" -Lil' Wayne, 6 foot 7 foot
Most people think that Lil' Wayne is just talking nonsense here; he's not.
The first line sets him up for an incredibly clever pun.
The G in lasagna is silent...and thus real G's move in a manner as quiet as the G in lasagna. Pretty clever in my opinion.
So yeah...you get the point. :D
"Bitches be quick to give me brains while I post the range Going up and down my dick like the stock exchange" -Xzibit, X
I don't think I need to go over this one.
But it means that the women are "giving him brains" (giving him a blowjob), and they go up and down his dick, similar to the way stocks rise and fall in the market.
Rule #5: Now stack as many rhymes on there as you can.
"And maybe if I just drink half I'll be half buzzed for half of the time Who's that mastermind behind that little line? With that kind of rationale man I got half a mind, to have another half a glass of wine sounds asinine" Eminem, Deja Vu
You'll notice, a lot of things are bolded.
Eminem's style is very heavy on the assonance, it is what he is known for; his incredibly ability to multisyllabic rhyme.
Now, in that little excerpt, what he is doing is assonance on the short and and long i vowel sounds.
He uses the word "half" as many times as he can in the first phrase, then "half of the time" sets the rhyme.
Half, half, half of the time Mastermind, that little line That kind, half a mind Have, Half a glass of wine, Asinine
I'll go over this more in the rapping section.
Rule #6: Practice!
Practice! Just whisper it to yourself if you're in a public place. Whenever I'm not talking to someone or not doing anything, I'm usually freestyling. Make sure not to annoy the shit out of your friends though.
If it helps, get some of your friends involved, and just freestyle together. Have one of you go off, and when you're about to lose your flow, let the other guy start freestyling, so that you have time to think about what you're going to say.
Good luck and have fun!
I spat this in a freestyle once while doing dishes:
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, my name is Ray Chou I want to play now, just say how You want it, I'm on it, any day now I'm at the supermarket and it's time for me to pay now A pretty bad rep, but that's a sexy ass chick I'm slick, I pick this one to go lick my dick Oh, shit, I'm way in over my head I walked my skinny asian ass over to her and said Hey, I'd like to pay with a check, and I'm amazin' at sex Hey, I'm obsessed, let's go play in the bed I said to the checkout girl at the fifth counter I want to pound her, and she said let's bounce sir Yeah, get her back to the bed, she attacked with the head I'm like crap, this is it (pronounced more like "et"), don't laugh, this is sex Don't be such a retard, come on kiddo, be smart But as she does what she does I feel my little knee start To wiggle, I giggle, my fat jiggles, I have a little Problem, this is really bad, my bladder's brittle I start to pout and shout as I try not to let it out But my luck goes south and I release it into her mouth She told me get out, I said sorry about the splatter I have a weak bladder, what's the matter? I said with laughter Then she called me a bastard, now I want to attack her, Slap her, bash her, with my glory stick until she passers Out and like put this shit on Brazzers, after I'm done with the chick and her pride and stuff shatters And after that I go home with my back hurtin' And go on Facebook and share this rap with Matt Burman" Me
Well, I guess you all know my name...
Part II: Writing Raps
Writing raps means that you actually have time. It's not all in the moment. So you can just sit down one day, and just write as good of a rap as you can.
1. Listen to a lot of rap
This is the most important part of rap. Listen to other people, see what they do, so you can eventually pick things up and develop your own style.
Too many these days only listen to one or two artists, and thus they sound exactly like that rapper, which is why most rappers today sound the exact same.
I used to be an Eminem poser, but my friends got me to open up to other artists, and now I have developed my own unique style.
A style is made up of many things.
-Tempo -Amount of assonance -Amount of rhymes -Complexity (amount of syllables) of rhymes -Tone of Voice -Pronunciation
Some of the artists I recommend are:
Eminem, Tupac, Notorious B.I.G., Big Pun, Xzibit, Jedi Mind Tricks, Wu Tang Clan, N.W.A., Busta Rhymes, Nas, T.I., Jay-Z, Method Man, Redman
2. Sit down and write!
Carry a notebook around with you, and whenever you think of that impressive rhyme, write it down! Then, eventually, you can use it in a song...
"The only way you ejaculate is when you masturbate Oh wait, you have a girlfriend, but you're half her weight..."
I wrote that in English yesterday. I burst out laughing when I thought of it.
3. Stacking Rhymes/Multisyllabic Rhymes
Multisyllabic Rhymes are incredibly difficult. Work your way up to them.
Multisyllabic Rhymes (I call them stack rhymes), are rhymes where more than only the last syllable of a word or phrase sound alike.
One syllable: Suck, truck Two syllables: Rapist, Hate this Three syllables: Cranium, uranium Four syllables: Chop a fella, Mozerella Five syllables: (Heli)copter propeller, Locked in a cellar; Sucks to me the fan, bucks to be the man, luxury sedan
You get the point. Around 4-5 is when it's ridiculously hard.
What I do is I just write things down that are multisyllabic rhymes with each other, so I can either use them in a freestyle, or use them in a song later.
Jedi Mind Tricks is ridiculously good at multisyllabic rhyming as well.
"This is raw, all across the board, Liquid Sword Chamber If it's coming from my jaw, then it's pure anger Heavy metal rap, with a 44 banger We can settle that, let the mic cord hang ya I pay homage to the best of 'em, like Christopher Wallace And bring drama to the rest of 'em, with biscuits from coppers I'm with the Allah Justice, and we roll gritty Pits of hell, Illadelph to New York City I brought a four with me, we can capture the ring And now we more merciless than the Statue of Ming And y'all are more purposeless than a pacifist king You gon' die, like a brawl with a gat in the Bing It's a passionate thing, the way we make classics Genuine brilliance or innate maddness yeah, we all spin on the same axis and this chrome thing here leave your frame backless the police always trying to aim flame at us so I don't mind when a pig brain splatters I don't mind that we all gonna die soon I return to the silence of God's tomb" -Jedi Mind Tricks, On the Eve of War
Techniques of doing this:
-Don't rhyme all of the syllables. Vinnie Paz does it here a few times here:
Capture thering Statue ofMing Pacifist King Gatinthe Bing
-Use the common vowel sounds, like schwa and short i.
Listener, fistin' her, kissin' her, kickin' a...
-Twist words so that they rhyme.
Eminem does this a lot.
The following is an excerpt where literally every little phrase is a triple rhyme...
"Sick, sick dreams Of picnic scenes, Two kids sixteen, With M16's And ten clips each And them shits reach Through six kids each And Slim gets blamed In Bill Clint's speech To fix these streets?" -Eminem, Remember Me
-Throw as many as you can in there...
"Give me eleven Excederin my head'll spin. Medicine'll get me revvin' like a 747 jet engine" Eminem, Fucking Crazy
If I tried to bold it...the whole thing would be bolded basically...
4. Refine your rhymes!
Like Day[9] tells you, think how you can improve, and then go back and make those changes! If I'm writing a song, I refine it at least 20 times. I make so many corrections...if you look in my notebook, there are scribbles and replacement texts everywhere...
5. Ever get stuck?
It's okay to use a rhyme dictionary, but they aren't very good for finding more than single rhymes.
What I like to do is to just say the vowel sounds of the multisyllabic rhyme in my head, and wait for my mouth to fill in the blanks in front and behind of the sounds, and then I've come up with some pretty funny things that rhyme with each other.
And it's okay to copy rhymes from your favorite rappers. I do this all of the time. Just don't copy the entire line.
No, I'm not going to share any of my rhymes with you.
So remember: Listen to lots of it, and freestyle and write a lot, and you'll get good in no time.
You should probably learn from the greatest free style rapper...
Thing about Eyedea is he doesn't barely use any of that bullshit stuff. He has straight up rhythm and spits straight lines for minutes on end...It's an entirely different type of rap that in my eyes is more poetic than anything, I look at Eyedea as an ARTist and not as a rapper.
Cool post. I never realized that stuff about slant rhyme but that's really interesting. I'm thinking of like every rap ever and realizing they don't literally rhyme.
You know when you don't care at all about something and you don't even know why you clicked on a thread about it, then you start reading and for some reason you don't stop, and 10 minutes later you now care about and respect said thing you didn't care about at all before? That means you have been through what we call "a really good post".
Thing about Eyedea is he doesn't barely use any of that bullshit stuff. He has straight up rhythm and spits straight lines for minutes on end...It's an entirely different type of rap that in my eyes is more poetic than anything, I look at Eyedea as an ARTist and not as a rapper.
Eyedea should forever be remembered as as one of the greatest! May he rest in peace.
On October 30 2011 13:39 Back wrote: You know when you don't care at all about something and you don't even know why you clicked on a thread about it, then you start reading and for some reason you don't stop, and 10 minutes later you now care about and respect said thing you didn't care about at all before? That means you have been through what we call "a really good post".
Thing about Eyedea is he doesn't barely use any of that bullshit stuff. He has straight up rhythm and spits straight lines for minutes on end...It's an entirely different type of rap that in my eyes is more poetic than anything, I look at Eyedea as an ARTist and not as a rapper.
Eyedea should forever be remembered as as one of the greatest! May he rest in peace.
Yeah, Eyedea does everything I just outlined...a perfect example
On October 30 2011 13:56 Haato wrote: can we not start a (poetry)art vs rap discussion please? also can you please give a few more examples a la jedi mind tricks
I agree.
Well, I could, but I had other examples for everything else that they do...
I could break down a song, but I'm kind of tired :/
The reason why Eminem is one of my favorites is because of the style. He has some of the cleverest rhymes I've ever heard, and stacks rhymes really really well. Some people don't like him, but you can't deny that Immortal Technique has some of the best puns. Don't want to turn into a "watch this video" thread, but for anyone who's interested, the first verses on both "industrial revolution" and "Caught in a hustle" display really solid rhyming. Yesterday I discovered Childish Gambino's "Freaks and Geeks" (yea that guy from derrick comedy+community) and I was really really impressed with his puns.
Come to think of it, I think puns are one of the primary reasons I listen to rap/hip-hop.
Edit: Haato, if you're interested.. actually no i WILL plug this song in because the lyricism is just that good.
True story... Call me Thorburn, John H. Staff Sergeant, Marksman Skilling, killing, illing I'm able and willing Kill a village elephant, rape and pillage your village Illegitimate killers, US Military guerillas This ain't a real war, Vietnam shit World War II, that's a war, this is just a military conflict Soothing, drug-abusing, Vietnamese women screwing Sex, scampling and booz, and all the shit is amusing Bitches and guns, this is every man's dream I don't want to go home, where I'm just a ordinary human being
The verse starts out with some serious rhyme stacking and a few lines down has the soothing drug abusing vietnamese women screwing, sex, scampling and booz, and all the shit is amusing.
I don't listen to this track all that much, but i think it's one of greatest written tracks I've ever heard.
This is just what I was looking for! I reckon it'd be wise to have "rapper" as a backup career to being a full-time "poet" ^^. Better start practising.
how many bitts clits have i hit? id slash the throat of any nit witt that spit or talk shit whip them in the head with my sick wit and fuck everygirl with my 6 inch stick
On October 30 2011 16:00 Madchronz wrote: how many bitts clits have i hit? id slash the throat of any nit witt that spit or talk shit whip them in the head with my sick wit and fuck everygirl with my 6 inch stick
Terran is OP when I go to the bathroom I pee I get out of bed then kick you in the head I stare into the sun it is quite fun oh noes now im blind i like bacon with the rind i dont like eating salad this is an amazing ballad
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, my name is Ray Chou I want to play now, just say how You want it, I'm on it, any day now I'm at the supermarket and it's time for me to pay now A pretty bad rep, but that's a sexy ass chick I'm slick, I pick this one to go lick my dick Oh, shit, I'm way in over my head I walked my skinny asian ass over to her and said Hey, I'd like to pay with a check, and I'm amazin' at sex Hey, I'm obsessed, let's go play in the bed I said to the checkout girl at the fifth counter I want to pound her, and she said let's bounce sir Yeah, get her back to the bed, she attacked with the head I'm like crap, this is it (pronounced more like "et"), don't laugh, this is sex Don't be such a retard, come on kiddo, be smart But as she does what she does I feel my little knee start To wiggle, I giggle, my fat jiggles, I have a little Problem, this is really bad, my bladder's brittle I start to pout and shout as I try not to let it out But my luck goes south and I release it into her mouth She told me get out, I said sorry about the splatter I have a weak bladder, what's the matter? I said with laughter Then she called me a bastard, now I want to attack her, Slap her, bash her, with my glory stick until she passers Out and like put this shit on Brazzers, after I'm done with the chick and her pride and stuff shatters And after that I go home with my back hurtin' And go on Facebook and share this rap with Matt Burman"
Don't take this the wrong way but... I wouldn't be proud of that if I were you. It's not funny, its topic is incredibly cliched (sex with 'bitches') and quite sexist, and it's the exact stereotype that non-rap fans have of rap - egotistical male-chauvinists talking about their fantasy sex lives.
But with that out of the way ... Great post! I've always wanted to learn to freestyle (and have made a few half-hearted attempts) but I've just never put in the effort. I think once my exams are over I might make a good go at it.
Thing about Eyedea is he doesn't barely use any of that bullshit stuff. He has straight up rhythm and spits straight lines for minutes on end...It's an entirely different type of rap that in my eyes is more poetic than anything, I look at Eyedea as an ARTist and not as a rapper.
Eyedea should forever be remembered as as one of the greatest! May he rest in peace.
It's not just Eyedea, Slim from Atmosphere is amazing as well. It's funny, marshall mathers, eyedea, slug are some of my top favs for freestylists/rappers. Goos thread.
First of all..... This is called off da dome.Freestyle just means spitting a song to a new, unheard yet beat. Second of all not any "rapper" can do a off the dome. Spitting random shit is NOT good off da dome. This is real off da dome:
Pretty sure you left out a lot of conscious hip hop info, but this is about freestyle rap mainly, so whatever.
But some things in conscious hip hop will purposefully not use the obvious rhyme word and instead use a synonym or antonym or something and then change the rhyme etc.
Example:
I saw the dead man crawl, sliding up the wall, rising up to hell, when he got to the top he dropped .... (instead of fell)
This is my shitty example but you see what I mean. And rising up to hell is the opposite of what you would expect to hear as well. Everything in these rhymes are metaphorical so you can almost interpret it however you want.
unrelated good lyrics
When I first got into magic, it was an underground phenomenon Now everybody's like "pick a card, any card..." If I shot my full load with the first hand I played I'd be a monkey in a box hangin' with the David Blaines I'd be swimmin' with the sharks, mouthes full of razor blades But I'm not, I got out of that game - Escape Artist I talk 'til I'm red in my face with strain polyps I'll rock 'til I'm out of my range then raise octaves, I... play through the pain and remain conscious Refraining from commenting on the lame compliments And the petty criticisms from those who ain't accomplished Even one-fifths of some of this shit I made progress with I'm leaving naysayers stumped like rain forests After years of pullin' rabbit ears out my pants pockets I'm not revealin' any tricks of the trade It's just there ain't no magic in the breakdown baby
In an effort to make 'em all see what I found in my life I decided to give 'em a look None of 'em gave it a glimpse and I guess that I'm sitting in the middle of an unread book Letters are falling apart but the sentences stand on their own and the wording is permanent Never been missed, I've just been misworded and misinterpreted, it's... Funny how serving a sentence of solitary confinement Results in the death sentences filling my writing assignment I'm just wondering where my time went, it pulled a disappearing act And every single assistant I ever had got sawed in half
You See I never payed attention But I can't afford to laugh 'cause I'm lookin' for my break and an autograph for my cast but I'm short on staff so all I ask is volunteers in the crowd show a little bit of audience participation now When I say hip (what do I say?) You, you say shut the fuck up we ain't sayin shit!!! And I'll respect it Check it, Got a flair for the dramatic exit A fashionable entrance Late to my own arraignment (Oh!) The self-destructive things that I do for entertainment My folks gave me this art, your broken heart is my pallet While I was out honing my craft you was disowning your talent That's why you still live at home and I bought this house off my parents I'm getting ahead of myself (gettin ahead of myself) I see the hair on my back (see the hair on my back) I'm 'On The Road' reading Kerouac It's poems versus better raps I think to myself What's worth remembering Verses defending the size of my manhood or confessional canned goods?
In an effort to make 'em all see what I found in my life I decided to give 'em a look None of 'em gave it a glimpse and I guess that I'm sitting in the middle of an unread book Letters are falling apart but the sentences stand on their own and the wording is permanent Never been missed, I've just been misworded and misinterpreted, it's... Funny how serving a sentence of solitary confinement Results in the death sentences filling my writing assignment But none of this is getting told in confidence I reckon I spin confidential records just to hold the listener's attention
I'm a veteran of spatial relationships I clip ya wings to fit you in, head-shrinking magician Shape-shifting reptilian turned body contortionist Orphanages started offering torches to abortion clinics I lost acquaintances in a morgue of lady friends I gender bent the heaven-sent angelic devil-boy, and God's androgynous I'm lookin' marvelous but looks CAN kill And you're unsure about my sexual orientation still Put me in a special kind of case that only breaks if You hit it with a bouquet of flowers and baby breath arrangement The vault is vacant They're all looking for fault or blame I called my agent The moment that I caught the train I let him know I'm going nowhere, and he's invited If he leaves tonight then he just might help me find it But this is my burden to bear, not his And I'm a psychic without a sidekick holding the future hostage A loose cannon standing on the rooftop with A new respect and understanding of bartenders and locksmiths They call me daredevil but I'm not precise enough Unprofessional on an amateur level, I love my life too much
Escape Artist (x 5)
I'm in two places at once
Escape Artist
I ain't slept in months
Escape Artist
I'm just trying to get away Ain't no magic in the breakdown baby
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, my name is Ray Chou I want to play now, just say how You want it, I'm on it, any day now I'm at the supermarket and it's time for me to pay now A pretty bad rep, but that's a sexy ass chick I'm slick, I pick this one to go lick my dick Oh, shit, I'm way in over my head I walked my skinny asian ass over to her and said Hey, I'd like to pay with a check, and I'm amazin' at sex Hey, I'm obsessed, let's go play in the bed I said to the checkout girl at the fifth counter I want to pound her, and she said let's bounce sir Yeah, get her back to the bed, she attacked with the head I'm like crap, this is it (pronounced more like "et"), don't laugh, this is sex Don't be such a retard, come on kiddo, be smart But as she does what she does I feel my little knee start To wiggle, I giggle, my fat jiggles, I have a little Problem, this is really bad, my bladder's brittle I start to pout and shout as I try not to let it out But my luck goes south and I release it into her mouth She told me get out, I said sorry about the splatter I have a weak bladder, what's the matter? I said with laughter Then she called me a bastard, now I want to attack her, Slap her, bash her, with my glory stick until she passers Out and like put this shit on Brazzers, after I'm done with the chick and her pride and stuff shatters And after that I go home with my back hurtin' And go on Facebook and share this rap with Matt Burman"
Don't take this the wrong way but... I wouldn't be proud of that if I were you. It's not funny, its topic is incredibly cliched (sex with 'bitches') and quite sexist, and it's the exact stereotype that non-rap fans have of rap - egotistical male-chauvinists talking about their fantasy sex lives.
But with that out of the way ... Great post! I've always wanted to learn to freestyle (and have made a few half-hearted attempts) but I've just never put in the effort. I think once my exams are over I might make a good go at it.
How long have you been doing it for?
I've been rapping for 4 years now.
That freestyle was done a year ago, right around the time I started freestyling. I didn't mean any of the things that I said, and I was still at the stage where I can't choose what I rap about yet, you know?
It just so happened that everything that rhymed with everything I was saying was really perverted :/
It's still a bit like that now, but it's gotten a lot better.
And you should! That feeling you get when you drop a sick line and everyone's like OHHHHHHHHHHHH is incredible.
Btw, in case I didn't make it clear, the goal is to start with random stuff Then gradually work your way towards making sense and saying what you want so that it rhymes.
yo I remember looking at this thread a couple months ago, I didn't read much because I knew most of it already but it kindof reignited a flare to write again, I'd like to know if anyone would like to help me out with a battle rap theme, I already have my first verse down, I need someone to get the second verse and full battle in the end
OP, Eminem is known to write his freestyles. Specifically the first video I listened to, I've heard those rhymes b4. Eyedea is a lot better to take examples from. His freestyles are 100% off the dome. Other rappers you might want to check out with unique styles: Slug, Brother Ali, Doseone, Sage Francis are all sick
i recommend you listen to mos def ,talib kweli and krs-one. Really smart rappers. I also recommend you watch some def jam poetry especially talib kwelis one where he talks about religion.
So a few years ago I got a bit obsessive about learning to freestyle rap and a year and a half ago I embarked on this ridiculous project to rewrite an 80,000 word rhyme dictionary (classic rhymes) into a slant rhyme dictionary. I finished around 6 months ago and at the moment it probably is around 10,000 words because I had to cut tons from the list for being to obscure/archaic/not actually existing.
A week ago I had my cousin program it into a prototype program that spits words at you in a random order to a set tempo, either from a random string of rhyming words or a preselected one. The idea of this being that if you freestyle using it, you get more unique and interesting options reinforced in your head while simultaneously weening yourself off of classic rhyming habits.
It definitely serves its purpose, but now what the fuck do I do with it? I sort of feel like I just spent a year building myself a little vocab masturbation toy lol.
EPT
... Great post! I've always wanted to learn to freestyle (and have made a few half-hearted attempts) but I've just never put in the effort. I think once my exams are over I might make a good go at it. 
