by itroitnyah » 28 Aug 2013 21:31
First, you buy a vengeance club essentials sample pack, then you go to the drum loops section of the sample pack, ???, victory.
Jokes aside, rap is a very repetitive genre in everything except the lyrics. But the big thing is the drums, the kick especially. Make sure the kick is pounding out the beat, with the snare making it catchy, and not all rap has hats but you can make it with hats if you so choose.
The next most important part is a catchy bass pattern, or in some cases, (Eminem's "Not Afraid") a nice pad pattern.
You can also choose to have a sorta melody of the song, a short melody that can be repeated over and over in the song, such as the one in Eminem's "Till I Collapse".
A combination of the pattern and melody can make a song very good, but then a regular pattern could make a rap song good as well, and the same goes with the melody.
But the drums are very important, they can make or break a rap song.
Another thing to note would be that when transitioning between a chorus and a verse there isn't usually a riser of any sort beyond the rap vocals getting a bit faster and/or more intense. Transitions consist of usually a little catch pattern such as a neato chord progression or melody.
Structuring is simple, and you don't often change up the beat. Except for choruses and verses.
Also, I don't listen to rap a whole lot, so if somebody who does comes and corrects me, they're probably right, haha.