this is iiklipz, and these are my tips, techniques, and procedures

by Terry McCann
(Embarrass, MN)

I started writing hip-hop when I was 14 years old, though before was raised to hate hip-hop and rap.. but when I heard my first hip-hop song I instantly connected with it and wondered why so many people hate it.. I decided to change my own views on the genre, by bringing myself into it. I must say obviously, that you have to connect with your certain genre... One that fits you. listen to other types of music and you might find the pavement to make your road with.. when I first started writing lyrics, I totally sucked and did the old 2 points in the garbage hoop. I listened to artists and analyzed their styles, and I found 3 MCs that totally stuck out at me and quickly became my favorites and I was inspired as well as compelled after hearing: Redman, Busta rhymes, and Atmosphere.. three completely different styles, but they all had fun with their rhymes.. If you spend your time writing songs with no humor, excitement, or thoughtfulness, you'll get bored of your songs just as fast as anyone else.. I'm writing a golden song called get wastified, a funny song filled with awesome.. and also something I have experience in.. speaking of experience, the more you write, the more natural it becomes.. 4 years of writing on my end and I still surprise myself and others with lyrics and hope to improve further.. a tip for you (if you write hip-hop) is never to think TOO HARD.. you can't sit down and say you're gonna write the next hit... it didn't work on tenacious D and the pick of destiny and it definetely won't work in real life.. another thing to do is write your lyrics THEN your title.. and keep practicing, you WILL improve. keep it unique, and awesome, I know you can and so do you dude, so good luck on whatever you write, whether hip-hop or not.