12 Rap Flow Secrets NOBODY Tells You (How To Improve Your Rap Flow)

[@HowToRapOfficial]

COMMENT: Which rapper has the BEST flow of ALL TIME? Also... TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Introduction 0:47 #12 The REAL Definition of Rap Flow 1:32 #11 Rap Flow + Rap Beat = What Makes Hip-Hop Addicting 2:17 #10 Playing A Musical Instrument Helps 3:16 #9 You DON’T Have To Be “Born With It” 4:01 #8 Learning Simpler Flows Then Building Up Is Best 5:13 #7 Write To The Beat Or Your Flow Will Sound Wack 6:07 #6 Going Off Beat Too Much Is Like Double Dribbling 6:56 #5 The More You Write The Easier It Will Be To Hear When You’re Off Beat 7:39 #4 Flow Is Often Simpler Right Before The Chorus 8:15 #3 Prewrite Your Breaths Into The Flow 8:47 #2 Rap Flow Morphs and Changes Over Time 9:33 #1 Don’t Just Stick To “One Flow” 10:13 Comment and Pick Up Your Courses

[@trreofc]

Biggie smalls has the best flows of all time!

[@jadeobsessed1281]

J. Cole

[@jlite6247]

J cole

[@simpdown1404]

MF Doom Grand Puba Notorious BIG Big L Nas Big Pun Jay Z Jadakiss Snoop Dogg ZRo Prodigy Cappadonna Kendrick Lamar Lil Baby Lil Wayne Drake Nicki Minaj Rick Ross Future Beanie Sigel Scarface Three Six UGK Tip Paul Wall Game Joe Budden AZ DMX Wu Tang Earl Sweatshirt Ice Cube -No particular order

[@mjwillgotskills]

Tech N9ne immediately came to mind thinking about the rapper with the best flow of all time dude is serious wit it 💯

[@gloriabanda5290]

I love the fact that you know we “young rappers” struggle with flow. And I can't wait for a vid of how to prewrite breaths in flows.

[@HowToRapOfficial]

Yes we should get one of those out soon. Thanks for watching!

[@realbrodiwhite]

I use spaces and commas very successfully for breaks and breathes 😤

[@StoxicVon]

Which young rappers??? The flows I hear today are wayy better than back in the 00s, 90s

[@brockstirr4567]

​@@StoxicVon bruh, just no.

[@deanalford8417]

​@@StoxicVon Im surprised you hear any flow beyond the mumbling

[@lufspill]

Incredible stuff. From a producer side, creating a beat that has room for artist to express them selfs but also making life easy is a huge challenge. Love watching your videos there is a lot to learn

[@M0RN1N6_5T4R]

I been rapping since 1999. I still look up information. I was coached young on how to write raps. But flow was something I got later on.

[@PushYourEdge]

Vince staples has the best flow of all time. He is so effortless on every single track on his latest album. Also his song “Big Fish” is a masterclass on flow and riding a beat perfectly

[@KleenxkuT]

All things considered, Rakim has the best flow. He's never off beat, syallbles are intentionally organized and he also isn't wordy in a way that takes you out of what he's saying. A true demonstration of rap mastery.

[@hip-hopbodybuildingmotivat1804]

Pac's flow is the Core... and Pac is more closer to singer than to Dry Rapper, just because he sings short notes. He got deep voice and a great dynamic range with combination with the Hi-Hat rythm. I ve asked a music teacher for him and she said that he is a singer not a rapper :d

[@linass283]

Yeah I thought I was mistaken by thinking that, specially with the song Dear Mama, I'm always indecisive about whether he's singing or rapping

[@jmitch474]

This is an incredible video dude. Seriously keep doing what you are doing, this is underrated quality content.

[@manueldouglas5180]

Back in the day when I rapped a little bit I didn't have my own beats but kind of added my own verse to an existing song I liked.

[@thelegoreaper]

Same yo

[@syjay]

i got a pretty decent flow and i'm really good with all of the things you mentioned since i been rapping for 7 years but this advice right here 8:15 is really golden , i smoke a lot and have real trouble with breathing , i always find space for breathing with long bars, but when i write short bars with double rhymes i can't even get to the 3rd bar without running out of breath , i learned how to work around it when freestyling but when i'm in the studio i always have to record in small segments to get the flow right but never thought of prewriting or planning my breath that's actually brilliant

[@junvloeberghs6999]

Imo B.I.G.'s flow is undefeated and near perfection

[@e-zm7198]

BIG flows are very buttery smooth

[@AAG007]

After listening to so many songs of different rappers old or new I think Kendrick has the most amazing flows in the game.

[@phillipsrandal]

True Kendrick at times raps like a drummer He is unpredictable Listen to Duckworth ,Alright ,Swimming Pools Backseat Freestyle Then second greatest flow in my opinion is the Notorious Big

[@kxngdiablomusic5686]

Yo this came out at the perfect time i just started practicing rapping to a beat thank you

[@iTalkALotDontListen]

You should start a series where you listen to fans songs and give advice or praise. Its something i have been looking for on youtube for a while.

[@HowToRapOfficial]

We’ll look into it

[@kybiggjune]

Great idea

[@Problematic_Music275]

Token is one of the rappers with incredible flows

[@scariespaghetti9028]

Man the writing to the beat thing is very true. For writing, i freestyle to beats and put stuff in my notes that I like. Sometimes ill have a concept for a bar cause i like word play a lot. I just repeat the lyrics over and over again adding more and more.

[@Urmashouldvswallowed]

I love how we’re always taught what we already know

[@prajiturel2902]

literally, ig it is free education so

[@Urmashouldvswallowed]

@@prajiturel2902 free regurgitation you mean

[@THELEAGUEMUSIC]

@@Urmashouldvswallowed Yeah you can really tell you've mastered your rap flow by all the songs you've released 🤣🤣🤣 just leave if you don't want to watch it lol

[@blackstacie_ibe]

We’ve been taught…but have we applied?

[@blueskymaster8132]

fax@@blackstacie_ibe

[@symesalexander5294]

Cadences and Rhythm 🗣️🎶❤️

[@WhatWouldBojackDo]

not making claims about best flow of all time, but Eminem on "Superman" always stood out to me.

[@youngsike]

I don't got a problem with my flow I just can't make a new flow (and melodies too). They're too similar and I can't adjust them too much, I'm not that creative ://

[@DarrenKent3039]

My homie DREN told me he was struggling with the same stuff, he loves chopper type rap, but he doesn't know how to do many different flows

[@super-novaofficial5771]

Bro am all over the sea's.. Asian me don't even know how to improve my skills.. the more am watching this channel you Motive me much more.. Really am inspired buy your technic

[@joshuamagooda1120]

Really love your in depth analysis guys. Prolly the best I've seen

[@HowToRapOfficial]

Thanks Joshua

[@michaeltaylor9566]

Thank you for your time and knowledge brother

[@TheUncheckedComments]

I'm here because I write a lot of poetry and share it on SM. My brother saw some of it and told me I should rap (he raps) Told me to work on a flow, so now I'm here. I feel good that I have, on my own, done may of the tips you gave here. I'm 37 though, so I'm thinking I'm probably too old to be a rapper, but I'm an artist so I'm definitely going to give it a shot. But I'm not a rapper 😂😂😂 I've got something I've been working on, wrote it to Royce Da 5'9's Boom beat (anything by DJ Premier is always bumpin) now I'm just working on the flow. Definitely subscribed and thank you for sharing the knowledge 🙏🏾

[@joegardnersmusic]

I watched this video because I often get told work on your flow I get told this more than anything I am on the rap fame app where the rap fame team will give us reports on our songs and they will tell me I have excellent delivery but to work on my flow I always thought it was something to do with my voice or something but imma try to use these tips and think of my voice as a drum beat next time I rap and see if I notice a difference

[@JJBAMM]

I love to practice on flow I practice almost everyday today I really didn’t feel good but I still continue to watch the vids to keep up Ty for these tips.

[@tambourinh]

actually maybe it could be good to learn konnakol aswell, its just basically the same thing but instead of actual words speaking the sounds that a drum would make

[@encyclope]

drum patterns in word form. excellent

[@maxnyack4406]

The weird thing when I write a rap is it takes me a lot of time to think of one bar, I literally can get rid of it (I might need help for this lol)

[@a_rush_sa]

Eminem easily won the best flow in all styles of rapping 😭 Then there's tech n9ne, Hopsin, Buster Rhymes and Me 😇

[@jmadz2024]

Em the best 👌 kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXfVknyEh6qWmdU

[@coltonanthony999]

juice wrld i think had some of the best flow switches, at least in his freestyles. murdered any beat and had fun while doing it. he will always be in my top 5. truly a legend

[@just.ronrishad]

The Notorious BIG

[@robinsonjoseph2031]

Jadakiss' flow to me is the best 👌

[@SKANDA_THE_G]

Imagine your a drummer and need to play the instrument with the words. Check your flow.

[@whistlewetter7598]

RAP-R-hyme A-nd P-oetry!!!

[@FyaahTV]

If it's about flow. pac, big, busta rhymes, rakim and andre 3000

[@bigkj2.027]

One thing I'm trying to improve with in my music

[@Thenochillofcomedy]

This right chea, is dope advice. Thx fam

[@HowToRapOfficial]

💪🏽

[@6trictyWorld]

Jayz bro best flow of all time

[@joshuamagooda1120]

The overall flow artist for me has always been technine Eminem and then Busta rhymes🔥🔥🔥✌️

[@terabhai_boogeyman]

Thank you!!!

[@indianhiphop4ever643]

Love from india

[@ghostzone946]

My mentor,your boy here parfait "6ix_Xsa" from south Africa.First one at the door.

[@JunyL]

i forgot how much info you get in this channel thanks coach

[@HowToRapOfficial]

Cheers Juny

[@1tslore]

These are things that ive ran into and wish I would've fixed earlier

[@KaentukiTheFuki]

Idk man..I don't struggle with flow. Maybe because I'm primarily a jazz pianist. But I can understand if you don't do anything else musically, and just rap, flow can be a pretty tough concept to grasp. Ironically i do a lot of syncopation, which is one the main characteristic of jazz/blues. Lyricism is my struggle, you typically don't write lyrics to jazz.....

[@jadeobsessed1281]

HTR really ain't messing around this year

[@HowToRapOfficial]

👀

[@Amarilo1]

Big pun has the best flow

[@davidloacker5461]

No rapper has THE BEST flow. This culture is so beautiful, because if its diversity and reducing flow to only a few names would take that away from it. So I will mention songs instead of artistis: Sean Price / BarBarian - P talking about beating the shit outta you never sounded harder Pumpkinhead/Emcee - i just love this track. I cant put my finger on why I love the flow here (+ the lyrics) so much but it gives me goosebumps anytime I listen to it. Lauryn Hill part/The Fugees/Family Business - "Cause I ve seen fire and I ve seen rain " 😍 The Fugees / ManifestOutro - Everyone on this track is killing it Eminem / No Love - what he does on this track is just not human anymore. He mocks the rhythm and everybody else who ever tried to create a unique flow. Incredible. (I am quiet good at rapping along songs and no part took me as long as this one to manage - but I did it after failing many many times)

[@SamWitThaDrip]

Intro was correct

[@darrenraphael]

Go through 50 cents mixtapes om youtube and study them. That is why he got hired. As Eminem has said, 50 cent is the best Flow master in hop hop. Study these well mixtapes well Specifically( first 2 are crucial) Power of the Dollar Guess Who's Back mixtape Big 10 No mercy No fear The lost Tape For modernized flow( since you struggle) Kanan Tape

[@jamesshockley769]

Not my all time favorite MC but bizzy bone might have the sweetest flow I've ever heard

[@kevin_256k]

It's really sad that Wale is not included in these comments...

[@Ay_Ayron]

Man I've got a big question, I work on my flow a lot and I record it on my phone it sounds good but recently I have gotten a mic for my computer and when I record my rap songs they sound WACK and really offbeat do you have an idea of how I could fix this?

[@hellracer0]

R.A. the Ruggedman

[@Maelzelmusic]

Great video. Where can I find the link to the course?

[@HowToRapOfficial]

freestylefortnight.com

[@stephenking5081]

kendrick the best for sure. that man be sliding

[@M_G738]

Juice wrld has the best flow ever 🕊

[@djdarq6311]

Simply untrue

[@249budz]

Biggie's flow is the goat

[@BrandonTheGreatest]

I got the best flow of all time!

[@NerdAlert66]

tech n9ne and king iso need to be mentioned for their amazing flows, strange 👌

[@wagwanbennydj6003]

I really like chillinit wombat and a few other aus rappers even though I'm UK aha

[@GG-rc1pl]

A great top is. If you have that little voice in your head come up. And keep stopping you. Then you're not doing something natural to you. Try picturing the scene. Try anything you feel most comfortable to that song that'll fit. I would say the word flow represents you in life.

[@thelonepo3t]

the best flow i would probably have to say jay z. Some of the beats he raps on, it just doesn't make sense how he flows on them

[@VersatyleMusicGroup]

A few things. Best flow pretty much goes to biggie. See I love it when they call me big poppa song for reference, pure flow! Next Absolutely rapping is at its core foundation percussive, which is why there's an issue with the qualifying hybrids with adding autotune, when it get melodic it begins to turn into singing. And now we seem to have blurred lines on the interpretation. For instance I have a problem with post Malone winning awards in all the rap categories because he is NOT a rapper and not rapping he is singing, but for some reason they keep calling him a rapper or putting him in the category when he is not and it's taking away from actual rappers. Even with autotune you are qualified as a rapper based on how much you lean on one versus the other. You are more percussive, your a rapper, you are less and more melodic and holding notes your a singer. Lastly there's nothing stylistic about being off beat. It really just means you suck. Because rap is musicianship, if the vocals are like drums then your vocals should hold time and cadence like a drummer, everyone can hear when a musician falls out of rhythm, it's obvious and horrible! It's like slipping a pedal while riding a bike. And thats one thing the masters all have in common, Supreme musicianship (timing and pocket) most whack lazy rappers who don't cultivate their craft use the excuse that they rap off on purpose and it's their style when it's really just complete bullshit and a reason to continue mediocrity. And this is why we currently have a subpar state of rap musicianship currently, because people accept these ridiculous excuses and allow a lower bar of what is acceptable in terms of skill and mastery.

[@MrKimKim]

yes sirr but don't discredit eminem tho have you seen him spaz on the ringer? fucking insane

[@VersatyleMusicGroup]

@@MrKimKim definitely not discrediting Em. The best lyricist ever and one of the greatest rappers ever living.

[@CrimZonOnYT]

Alternate title: "we've coached thousands of rappers"

[@NesDaKid]

writing in breaths isn’t as important nowadays since most rappers punch in lines instead doing single takes

[@skaldlouiscyphre2453]

Right, but even if you're punching in lines you still want it to sound like it's natural so you still need to consider breaths - especially if you intend on performing it live.

[@christianskills9816]

2pac

[@amirrezaahmadi8690]

Awsome

[@kelpie2631]

Best flow and storyteller Joyner Lucas, by far!

[@blackstacie_ibe]

Trugoy, Posdnous, Phyfe, Myka9, Abstract Rude

[@wagwanbennydj6003]

Facts

[@skessisalive]

Well damn.. I got 2 full songs written but no beats, I been looking for beats but nothing fits so I was thinking to make my own beats but I gotta learn how to make beats first.

[@MG-wz6hx]

Good

[@FrescaBlunts]

#7 ! Yes, if that's not the truth! We out here with a song called Pain by Islands. Smfh.

[@lescape2834]

Nipsey Hussle got the best flow of all time!!!!!!

[@antonionorriselbey777]

🗣SOME PPL ARE BRON WIT IT CAUSE IM ONE 🔥👁🔥

[@HowToRapOfficial]

Haha

[@AppleBloom21]

Nicki Minaj and Kendrick Lamar the best flow of all time. Kanye west even said Nicki Minaj flow is crazy

[@darrenraphael]

Both of them eg ttheir flow from 50 cent. Nikki sounds like 50 cent.

[@encyclope]

Excellent video but we need exemple ! You should put some excerpts of music to underline your points

[@HowToRapOfficial]

Will get de-monetized and even the video will be blocked from posting with too many music clips, unfortunately. Thanks KZbin 😡

[@dominickloog1971]

Biggie has the best flow, it sounds like a fucking drum solo or something like that.

[@cold___bone]

OK SO I HAVE A FLOW FROM BOUT 6 MONTHS BUT I WANT FLAWLESS FLOW MAYBE I WILL GET SOME HELP FROM THIS VID

[@GuardianReborn_ArcBladeDancer]

Been rapping for a while now and can stay on beat no problem, but now my music manager is telling me that my flow/delivery is outdated. Any suggestions for rappers/flows I should study that embodies the modern rap flow?

[@kybiggjune]

Be sure that the person giving you this advice really has a musical ear. Make sure they're not just a new school engineer that doesn't understand or appreciate the art in every form.

[@HowToRapOfficial]

Check out this playlist we have of multiple flow techniques: kzbin.info/aero/PL64p83Iz6-6H_3Jfs8hGCqC9S-7OIzz-xDIl F8

[@darrenraphael]

Go through 50 cents mixtapes om youtube and study them. That is why he got hired. As Eminem has said, 50 cent is the best Flow master in hop hop. Study these well mixtapes well Specifically( first 2 are crucial) Power of the Dollar Guess Who's Back mixtape Big 10 No mercy No fear The lost Tape For modernized flow( since you struggle) Kanan Tape

[@GuardianReborn_ArcBladeDancer]

@@darrenraphael thanks!

[@darrenraphael]

@@GuardianReborn_ArcBladeDancer You're welcome

[@mikeyj6300]

I have to disagree with seven because you can always rearrange your written verse to fit the beat once you learn proper bar form and learn to get on beat.

[@robinsonjoseph2031]

Yo! Hey how to rap drew, I'm trying to order the flow freedom course but the website won't let me order it unless I buy the freestyle fortnight course. I already have the freestyle course. Can you help?

[@HowToRapOfficial]

If you email us [e-mail] we can help you with that 🙈

[@wagwanbennydj6003]

🔥🔥🔥❤❤❤

[@Shadekay]

I dont know who had the best but biggie had the smoothest

[@phillipsrandal]

True Biggie and Kendrick had the greatest flows

[@musannifmusicxx]

❤‍🔥❤

[@GrimFowler]

I play metal on guitar, so I literally just use my tounge on the roof of my mouth like id use my pick 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@martinsminutemessage9572]

Does anyone know of some examples for No. 4?

[@deucerjunior1530]

Yh am Deucer a young rapper from Nigeria I wish to know how write a song from ur head feels cause someone like me if I hear a beat I can hook to it but can't write then I also want to start to write I have try but if I want to start everything go of my head so pls pls do a video for me on this

[@Brintley08]

For Best flow I would say Twista or Tupac

[@pthreelarry]

Best flow is def Prodigy or Big L

[@realitycheck1092]

Prodigy’s flow fell way off after 2004

[@pthreelarry]

@@realitycheck1092 east flow went hard back in the day tho

[@realitycheck1092]

@@pthreelarry Dave East ?

[@JHARRYX]

I freestyle everyday while doing an activity, what other exercises should I do to get better at rapping ?

[@siphiwesithole7186]

word jump starts and memorising rhyme schemz

[@HowToRapOfficial]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHnUf4F9gcifjq8

[@ethosmoris44]

I want to learn

[@Newma_ai]

2PAC Greatest he got the money making Flow of all the that's why he was gun down

[@hanshoti4335]

My Musikvideo is the definition of an cold flow. First you will not feel or here the rhymes. Lissen twice, than you wil understand.

[@Riann438]

yo the problem is I'm not able to make new flows and melodies. I'm always stuck to one and don't know how to make new stuff . But if I find another flow and melody after a few seconds I realize that's another artist's or that it is used in another song. I've been struggling with this a lot and don't know how to fix it. As a melodic rapper I wanna make new melodies but it doesn't sound good coz the flow is the same. My 2 main problems are flow and melody and I just don't know how to fix it .

[@Adsterr]

Try rapping and scatting to the beat before lyrics. Also can use the snare to know when to stop and dtart

[@LUEOTTI3]

That’s what’s wrong with the rap game . Everybody think they can do it. Just like everybody think they can do other things . That’s why it’s so much bad stuff that’s out . Because a lot of ppl try to rap an wasn’t put here to be rappers . But now it’s the coolest thing to do . Everybody wants to do it now.

[@KidFriz]

Tbh either Tech N9ne or Eminem

[@LoyisoVabaza-wu3fq]

What is a flow? Is it a rhyme pattern?