5 Songwriting Tips For Rappers To Make Catchy Songs (Consistently)

Most "songwriting tips for rappers" videos give easy to understand but hard to follow consistently advice.
They give simplistic tips like “rappers should make something people want rap along to” or “do a call-and-response” without actually giving any practice advice.
As KZbin’s most subscribed channel on learning How To Rap, creeping up on almost a half a million loyal supporters…
In this article, we’re going to approach things differently and provide you with five PRACTICAL songwriting tips for rappers that artists can use right here, right now to make catchy songs consistently.
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Introduction
0:45 #5 Follow The 75/25 Chorus Rule
1:08 Easy To Remember = Catchy
1:44 If Fans Can Repeat It, They Can Remember It
2:34 The Spotify 30 Second Algorithm
2:59 Free Rap Songwriting Course
3:17 #4 2-For-1 Melodies
4:51 #3 Vocal Intro-and-Bridge Flex Option
6:04 #2 Write Songs In “Blocks of Time”
7:22 #1 The Song Is The Currency Of The Music Industry
8:33 Comment and Pick Up Your Free Course
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FULL ARTICLE ON 5 SONGWRITING TIPS FOR RAPPERS TO MAKE CATCHY SONGS: rapgamenow.com/songwriting-ti...
Follow The 75/25 Chorus Rule
The 75/25 chorus rule dictates that roughly 75% of your songs should BEGIN with the chorus.
When we say begin, we mean that the chorus should be the first vocals that the listener hears.
There are three main reasons this is a crucial songwriting tip for rappers who want to make catchy songs:
Easy To Remember = Catchy
First, if a future fan of your song can easily remember the most well-known part of your track - the chorus (also known as the hook) - they are much more likely to call it “catchy”.
Whereas us as rappers really dive into the science of rapping and bars, the fan who will will spend their entire savings on your concerts, streams, and merch often will simply define a “hit” by if they think it’s catchy a.k.a. memorable on the first listen (or not).
What better way to be seen as memorable and catchy than introducing them to the most repeated and repeatable part of the song from the very start of the track?
If Fans Can Repeat It, They Can Remember It
And that right there is the second reason. If someone has heard the most iconic part of the song from the very beginning, by the time they’ve hit the end of verse 1…
They’re actually going to be listening to your chorus a 2ND TIME because you’ve already begun the song with the first chorus.
The best part? Fans don’t even notice this simple song structure trick because they spent the beginning of the song just getting in the mood and waiting for the verse to start.
We bet you didn’t notice that of 18 musical tracks on 50 Cent’s legendarily catchy and soon-to-be diamond selling album, Get Rich or Die Tryin’…
A full 13 of them (72%) start with the chorus (including all of the singles such as “In Da Club”, “21 Questions”, and “Many Men”).
FULL ARTICLE ON SONGWRITING TIPS FOR RAPPERS CONTINUED: rapgamenow.com/songwriting-ti...

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Comment: Post a link to what YOU believe is your catchiest full song below, and we’ll try to check it out! Also... TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Introduction 0:45 #5 Follow The 75/25 Chorus Rule 1:08 Easy To Remember = Catchy 1:44 If Fans Can Repeat It, They Can Remember It 2:34 The Spotify 30 Second Algorithm 2:59 Free Rap Songwriting Course 3:17 #4 2-For-1 Melodies 4:51 #3 Vocal Intro-and-Bridge Flex Option 6:04 #2 Write Songs In “Blocks of Time” 7:22 #1 The Song Is The Currency Of The Music Industry 8:33 Comment and Pick Up Your Free Course

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As an amateur KZbin rapper, these tips really helped me a lot. Thank you! 🙏

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Write out your favorite verses. The longer and more complex the better. You see how everything is used this way

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I just usually listen for the best 3 harmony's that i can think of, because sometimes ill even think of the first harmony and not like it and ill literally dissect every other hamony and decide with ones are the catchiest and maybe use the other harmony's later on in a different song.

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That 2nd to last tip hit because I do that although sometime I do that and come back with a different thought and change up the flow

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I was confused when you said “set your song writing goals to a line from start to finish” @ 7:16 what do you mean by that

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I spit through my stumbles but sometimes I use too much syllables in a bar and it throws it off

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My friends at school told me lately they'll be listening to my first song, Which I haven't wrote yet... What can I do ?

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[@VillaThaVillain]

2 for 1 chorus is also known as pre-chours and chorus

[@thaexception3406]

I also like chorus/hook then post chorus/hook

[@liltizzy101]

Funny how I already do all these😇 guess I'm already a Legend lol

[@brandonbrazil1938]

Bro I’m tryin my hardest to be rapper I’m the best lyricist alive I just don’t know how to properly write to a beat and have my bars ride the beat

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It's ironic because artists like Bone Thugs have some really unconventional song structures, and look at how they did. Lol.

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2 for 1 melody? bro thats a prechorus lol

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Nah pre-chorus is very blocking for this tip. 2 melodies in one chorus is the actual idea.

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I really enjoy your videos, they’re great! Although I consider myself an experienced songwriter I often find myself forgetting these tips when I write so I wrote em down this time lol Here’s a link to my most catchy song kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4POnKiaiK2lasU

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