How To Write Rap Punchlines: The 5 Wordplay Secrets EVERY Rapper Knows

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COMMENT: Can you think of any examples of the secrets from your FAVORITE rapper’s punchlines?

[@brokenx354]

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[@notzeethatcomin966]

I kinda have a better understanding. The problem that I had was trying to make sum wordplay that isn't "corny" Wordplay somethin like sean p, Pharoah monch style

[@TheVisioneye]

@@notzeethatcomin966 It's not hard as it seems. I was the same way. To sum it up, think of word, associations, punchline. 1. Word - plugs 2. Association - flat screen/ cable box/ game system 3. Punchline - connected with more plugs than flat screens. Having ties with people and also flat screens are connected with lots of plugging to work the TV.

[@notzeethatcomin966]

@@TheVisioneye right right I had one that I had battled this dude with and told him "Only projects you've seen are high school science fairs

[@TheStampeder]

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[@tyalexandre2793]

Amazing video bro. A wordplay I can think of is one from J.Cole he went “I be staying out the way but if the beef do come around, could put a m right on your head, you louigie brother now”

[@HowToRapOfficial]

Yeah that was hard!

[@Lex_Beatz]

That joint was hard af

[@darkskinwhite]

ah yes, louigie

[@wizardofounces]

@@darkskinwhite he ment Luigi bruh he probably 8

[@InfernalNiteWolf]

How you spell the easiest spelling of a name so wrong 😂

[@saneleonly]

toughest bar i ever wrote using double entendre and idioms "all blood turns thin when I wash my hands" as in blood is thicker and wash my hands as in "I'm done with you"

[@TheVisioneye]

Dope 🔥✍️

[@rahsaanmercado]

That's actually 🔥🔥🔥!!!

[@darkskinwhite]

when I was 13 I wrote "I'm the coldest whether you cough or not" lol. sounds amateur now but my brother had to point out the triple entendre to me I didn't even catch my own shit. cold *weather* gives you a cold, you cough when you have a cold, but at the time I wrote it I was thinking more like I say I'm the best and some other rapper clears his throat lol a lot of my best shit like that from back then up to today even happened on accident.

[@TheVisioneye]

Nah simple minds wouldn't catch that. I knew whether was pronounced as weather and the cough part too 🔥🍫

[@darkskinwhite]

@@TheVisioneye yeah it's not so special now but when I was 12-13 I thought I was Nas 😂

[@TheVisioneye]

@@darkskinwhite Yeah I grew up on him too, the rap poet. And your punchline not weak, because of the associations with it. If you have passion in punchline writing like me, you would know by structure, would need more flavor to it.

[@darkskinwhite]

@@TheVisioneye well the subject isnt bad but the way its worded just comes off as amateur. I could recycle that line & make it dope though forsure. & yeah Nas taught me how to rap straight up

[@TheVisioneye]

@@darkskinwhite Yeah absolutely could. But try not to make recycling punchlines a habit. Just be very rare with it, I like to be creative with different nouns and write a clever bar around it. But I've recycled some wordplays I've used before, a thought in the moment thing sometimes

[@aPrimarySource]

NF Outcast Been a year and a half, feels like it's gone forever Ain't no drink in my hand, but you know the buzz is comin' I'm high off the music, my head's in the clouds I kinda like it up here, I am not comin' down I take a hundred and staple it right to my tongue I always put the money where my mouth's at Got me thinkin' that I'm cookin' in a meth lab How I'm blowin' up in front of my own eyes You ain't ever seen no drive like mine, better hop outta my car NF - Clouds Ripping the teeth out of the back of my mouth's The closest you get to my wisdom

[@cj_8teen]

NF - When I grow up I just wanna make a meal Huh? Make a 'mil? Nah, I said make a meal Home cooking, get the grill How you want it pretty well?

[@cj_8teen]

I understand you gotta crawl before you get to your feet. But I've been running for a while they ain't ready for me

[@TheVisioneye]

Moves to let us (Lettuce) in the door for the cheese. Without cutting onions just to catch up (ketchup), no need. Ain't no vegetable (dummy) with white, do I get cream? Yes. Rising from sand which comes with more beef than Big Mac's.

[@TheVisioneye]

All apart of the Big Mac theme. 🔥✍️😬

[@data2062]

“I’ve been crunchin numbers, you ain’t gotta be a mathematician. To see the odds ain’t rooting for me” One of my faves

[@Qdizz1]

Rhyme every punchline. I do that all the time. Some even say its a crime.

[@darkskinwhite]

one thing that ive always kind of done naturally is theres probably a word in your last line that can spark the next line. so instead of thinking wordplay first, you have a line and then roll it into the next one, and that way wordplay actually becomes a tool for content/subject matter to keep you writing. may not work for everyone, we all think differently but next time you're stuck on a line look for a word you can flip in your last line🤘

[@SupeDonGH]

I don't get you well bro

[@DbpLukcy]

The gifts in the clause was clean

[@tonespacespace]

"I hustle cold when winter fall (Winterfall), so drag on (dragon) and let ya brain get blown/ slang bass and ball (baseball) cause I pitch further, in this game of thrown (Game Of Thrones)/ you boo'd with that same ole song, mine you can play again Sam/ it'll open up cheers (Cheers), so leave the game alone (Leave the game [Sam] Malone)" Quick reminder: Sam Malone opened up Cheers because he had to retire from Professional Baseball. -Tone Space One of my (somewhat) throwaway lines that I just haven't figured how to format into a song yet.

[@TheVisioneye]

Dope writing 🔥✍️🍫. Same difficulty. When jotting punchlines now, read them like I'm flowing on beat to make it fit

[@tonespacespace]

@@TheVisioneye thanks yo. Thats why I find (today's) Battle Rap super easy for bombarding bars. You don't need a beat or cadence.

[@adoreTariq]

Dammnnnnnn this is cold ,my jaw just dropped 😮

[@tonespacespace]

@@adoreTariq thank you!

[@johnbarfield4340]

OK I really like it. It’s actually extremely clever and extremely good. That is a good job on your part but don’t make it obvious. Let the listeners figure it out don’t make it obvious that just ruined the surprise and curiosity,

[@Pressplay_Media_EU]

wombat is a great example of this homonym tactic and so is this one guy, Chillinit - they will say 3 completely different phrases back-to-back and you'll mistake it for them repeating them self and you'll think they said the same thing 3 times, until you listen to it again and again, slowly getting notes of the differences.. unless you read the lyrics, you still might not get it and that's what can throw a listener off, because it's way over their head

[@jeterminal9139]

Bar I wrote recently “An offer I couldn’t refuse now I call God father/Godfather.” Also “since I’m built on the stone the builders rejected Like the disciple James they wanna see me beheaded Cause they think twelve minus one just equals eleven But in this case twelve minus one equals me in heaven Or better yet twelve minus one equals thirty five Cause they’ll inspire two dozen others to surely rise To straighten Satan out with steel like ironing Their subtractions caused multiplication that’s irony.”

[@briannkosi5892]

Common on LA leakers: "Wrinkles on time till I met my Tony Starks form. And straightened it out, Iron Man" Extremely beautiful writing 💎

[@khktre1485]

I can second the breakdown in this video. I used nothing but doubles in the chorus of my most recent song "Metaphors" "Put instrumentals in a casket, I'm a dead beat I'm sonning all of these rappers, they still ain't seeing me My punchlines and wordplay is kind of hard to meet Don't entertain no beef, cause your putting your life at steak with T" Dead Beat/Beat (Deadbeat dad) Meet/Beef/Steak/T The very next line had "I'll break your bones" to tie back into T-Bone Steak. I'm somewhat just going on a small rant, but my point is that doubles are a neat way to challenge yourself, especially if you're like me where multi-syllabic rhyming is not your best, so work more on your wordplay and punchlines. It's also the reason this chorus says "My punchlines and wordplay is kind of hard to meet" since I'm actually not that good at doing wordplay people can catch but I'm very good at making punchlines, be it basic or complex. Thanks for reading all of this if you did.

[@po3ticjusticemusic381]

This is the next step I’m tryna perfect

[@chilechile4458]

Now you know why conscious rap isn't just playing with words.

[@studentofthesaviors.o.s]

Sound alike homonym. If you were in a rap battle with Drew (Quesadilla) This burner hot, grill him like cook out recipes *This K see D of* course. Fry him for the bread and cheese.

[@x101xMACHINE]

another mad vid, thank you!! 🙏 eminem - little red engine "i be on a higher plane in aerospace, with so much leg-room and air space on this airplane, unlike you 'cause you're on a flight too, but its a staircase"

[@HowToRapOfficial]

Great track! Underrated Eminem track

[@studentofthesaviors.o.s]

PreFix play Number 1 is where I'm headed to cause I'm bueno ¿y tu? I'm too nice times two better at spitting like tuuu (spit sound)

[@xavzerrek2743]

I've been watching this video every day, but today I came back just to listen to your bars 🔥

[@HowToRapOfficial]

🙏🏽😍

[@CartmanB]

Bro your Bars are!!!!🔥🔥🔥

[@JuniorChante]

Lmao I just came across this video randomly and I think this gonna mean a lot

[@KayFlowidity]

1:50 👌👌👌 3:05 Prefix Play 4:50 Double Entendre 6:50 Idioms 8:35 Summary

[@brotherabdul601]

Yo Drew what's the name of the song? You sound phenomenal

[@kennethbrown5631]

“Onto another subject, I’m moving forward but I’m so reluctant, we do the spinning (spending) here so fuck a budget. 12 put warrants on us so I gotta duck the public. Most wanted, back roads, I’m in a ‘97 Cutlass.” - me

[@studentofthesaviors.o.s]

Double entendres. Got weight so I can flex now ain't nobody Son-ing me Covered in ice like Post workout recovery

[@TheVisioneye]

I use soundalikes a lot in my raps. Nowadays how animals give up they temple, run (Temple Run) from them birds. To go nuts, drop all men (Almond), clumsy with these seeds. Starving, why would my ass sit (acid)? Hunger, trying stomach nigga. Punchlines from songs I've written

[@forever-kq6mf]

Maan tell us how to make a complete song, all info like Do we first write rap or listen to beats....

[@notzeethatcomin966]

Both u can write first then match the beat to ur flow. Or vice versa

[@HowToRapOfficial]

That what was literally the last video we did 2 days ago: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJvUfKeijMqoa9E

[@MarkMcCray-gg3wx]

It’s whatever inspires you. If you have a hard time starting writing listen to a sentence or even another song completely and write your response to the vocal sample or your own version of a whole song you listened to, kinda like a response to a song that has already been made.

[@kennethbrown5631]

“Check his pulse for an empty vessel Ahead of schedule bringing hail gone check the weather I play whatever’s clever to survive I gotta keep some extra heavy metal Start some shit that’s never settled Dope getting peddled Profit getting buried nigga gone get the shovel Do this shit for sport so bitch gimme me my gold medal Keep the convo private so the feds don’t meddle hustle on another level” - Me “kick in da door freestyle

[@aPrimarySource]

Great video

[@dylanradtke]

So I'm a rapper. And i appreciate this video. But I'm realizing that all these examples are not things that excite me as a consumer of rap music. When eminem puts these double meanings in his new songs, I don't get excited over it. I don't personally like listening to lyrics that take tons and tons of dissection to fully get it and appreciate it. I like straightforward and easy to follow lyrics while using multi syllable rhymes. So that's what I do in my own songs.

[@coldloner7453]

Yo some good advice is just do you, do what you like and want. You don’t need to know wordplay as a rapper unless you want to be consider a real MC. And you are right that the average listener isn’t looking for wordplay but instead flows and rhymes.

[@dylanradtke]

@@coldloner7453 true that thank you man

[@MC-jn9kv]

Wordplays are in Details That's Nas Way!

[@Billuj3vn]

A lot of rappers out here making it without using complex lyrics,, so just do u, aint no rules in this bih!!

[@249budz]

that track is fire tho

[@HowToRapOfficial]

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@videnvi]

I belong here like marley Gotta be the funniest and corniest KZbin bar ever lmao

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Haha!

[@OverthrowMedia]

clause could be a tripple if you think about your hands

[@DavelosantosDave-sn2xz]

Man this shit gonna help

[@theadvocatespodcast]

in the example song. It sounds like he comes in ahead of the snare .. I. E. Off beat....

[@zhoobeenmusic1870]

Dude this vid was soooo bad ass

[@HowToRapOfficial]

💪🏽👊🏽

[@DatingInsight]

Bro this video got me confused I have been learning paunch line from this channel since but here am lost

[@MoE_22SH]

This shit lit bruh💪🔥

[@HowToRapOfficial]

💪🏽

[@rybcaje]

you're goated

[@aPrimarySource]

nice

[@AzadAgalzad]

Can anybody say me who wrote song named never coming down

[@kloopsgram237]

I’m early man

[@zodiacmartnio7256]

That’s easy for me to create a punchlines

[@onlymusic1988]

what's the name of this song

[@thekingofbars32]

I like doing random punchlines that nobody thinks of like i said in one of my songs "Epidural stabbed me so imma f*ckin stab back step up in a Verzuz i'll turn u all to Hashtags"

[@Burroughs479]

💎💎💎

[@Cornelius-dp5nv]

spit out the venom am a real life villain I mean long as am eating give a fuck bout what you feeling...

[@OpenizeMusic]

I thought it was clause on the first one

[@OpenizeMusic]

Clause Claus Claws

[@LizwiWrld]

Toughest bar I wrote " the bible and rappers have more in common cuz they do verses "

[@forever-kq6mf]

Juice WRLD

[@philmomslim526]

We gotta network fam I got some ideas for u

[@DewaveProductions]

These aren’t secrets

[@boinecastillo7455]

AYE yo I gets dirty when I shower mc'z wit clean bars no joke! Cuz I spray punchlines that hit ! while u couldn't hold jail time to a string Bruh all you do is drop the soap

[@brokenx354]

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[@brokenx354]

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