How To Make A Rap Punchline That Doesn't Suck (Tips + Examples)

[@nekronbeast3981]

I run with felons that spend more time in the pen than ink, Chino XL

[@snakeeyes7907]

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[@santz5621]

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[@fooli91]

@Monal Phantom 😂love it

[@manutdlists2442]

I needed this, I came up with a shameful bar in the shower earlier: "Call yourself a fire detector, cos you cant handle my smoke" 😂😂

[@hemaan9830]

Thats really sick man.

[@hpdam6650]

😬

[@mystacris]

Fire detectors literally don't handle smoke. I get it.

[@manona...mission1478]

Boyz droppin bars like he broke out of lock up

[@TheVisioneye]

@@manona...mission1478More like "Boy dropping bars, like he soap clumsy." Or "Rappers wanna break this sky (me) shine, looked at as damage stars. 'cause I soaps drop, metaphor for how clumsy I am with bars."

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"uhh...umm..groove?" lmao

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[@dabariummalak348]

The set ups are basic but it's good because you wouldn't believe how simple things go over people heads and before the complexity you must have a basic form. I enjoyed this!

[@dakotaburton4400]

1:00 Drew: "it"s pretty interesting." He sounded like my grade teacher. Sorry Drew. LMAO

[@jerryreyes0243]

Shit is golden, we’re out here using this without even knowing. You summed it up perfectly for those who want it enough to look it up. Good shit out here bro.

[@YoungIntell]

I'm grooving like a chess move, I set clues, and let loose, When I step through, my rep grew, and I will proove, That I make moves, and paint truth, in a rhyme, And ill break you, with the same tools, that take minds.

[@itsprincetut]

thats logic

[@YoungIntell]

@@itsprincetut logic as in the rapper or logic as in the words i said 😂

[@dengtothekhrawkhongwar1322]

Who wrote that? You or logic?

[@YoungIntell]

@@dengtothekhrawkhongwar1322 me haha

[@dengtothekhrawkhongwar1322]

@@YoungIntell for real?

[@hewrecbizman]

I feel it's good to find good videos like this about how to come up with great rap punchlines, because I want to make sure I'm getting great punchlines in my rap songs I write.

[@plarks-guddaboyz]

Word up Drew what you do is crazy. It takes mental skill to be able to brake bars down & teach them like this, truly beast level. Salute & respect.

[@HowToRapOfficial]

🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@zachclement7586]

Your videos are honestly helping me so much, much love G thank you!

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U shouldve said head not brain

[@joanbeaubrun3580]

But dope line

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[@HowToRapOfficial]

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[@marcusmvpgoat1236]

Pls help me my raps suck did u buy his course

[@marcusmvpgoat1236]

@@sirburr6602 help me broo I can't rap

[@shravansivakumar8706]

@@marcusmvpgoat1236 See his other videos about rhyme schemes, rhymes, rapping and songwriting Good luck

[@crowchild16]

Homie this is battle rap Ill uppercutt you so high catch bobby shmurda hat

[@vice2versa]

that wasn't a multi rhyme though so the bar ends up sounding like some dr sues shit.

[@Causewisdom]

​@vice2versa The 38, don't have any respect for persons, but there's an exception for you.

[@relz9245]

Wow!!! This is my first video from this channel and I learnt a lot about rhymes in less than 9 mins. Totally worth it. Thanks Big Homie ✊🏾

[@HowToRapOfficial]

Thanks Ramon! Glad you liked it!

[@firstpersonstupidity]

great video drew, i like the whiteboard! also, ive been rapping for a year and a half and i did teach myself this, but i didn't fully understand it so you really brought it to life. thanks!

[@Keepit100Dre]

What drew should have said “You know my niggas Making chess moves If you looking for a king You better Go and get Drew My whole team fly You know Like jet blue Team full of green Despite all the classes We slept through. I’m ready to dance with the devil If you down, Then let’s groove Dissect these niggas Leave em holy Like a scientist experiment Have their blood In a test tube I got bullets in my chamber Know you I’m bout to let loose And keep your head On my wall As a prize Like a dead moose.”

[@youngceaser8078]

I Phil in banks I want the house upon the Hilary, fresh prince you could say that there's will in me, don't even know what I metaphor (met her for) that's a similie

[@wavegangaj7995]

Young Ceaser are you my English teacher

[@snakeeyes7907]

Young Ceaser THAT SHIT WAS HOT FRFR

[@mikhailfrancis1024]

But nothing in that line was a simile.

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Tht was real good actually 😆⚡️

[@ancientmelanesiatimes]

Thank you sir. Much appreciated! Following you all the way from Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania I'm following you for 3 years I felt like a pro rapper

[@tymjones9969]

GREAT VIDEO!!! Major 🔑 for success here!! Keep doing videos like this Drew ! Very helpful! Keep hustlin..✊🏾

[@luckydoo369]

Hey Drew, (No im not hear to summarize this video into a sentence again), but after a bit of practice ive come up with this. Could you tell me if this is good? My minds wrapped with rhymes tight as Hoisted ankle braces/ Tangled chains with phrases like annoying cable placements/

[@samyrandome425]

it's good dude :) keep practicing and good luck

[@OMIMreacts]

Did you just rhyme 8 syllables? probs

[@luckydoo369]

Thanks!

[@luckydoo369]

Thanks!

[@killerinstinct115]

that is eminemy to me

[@canarybans]

love your bids bro I'm an upcoming rapper and I usually watch your videos to help me keep going👏😎🙌

[@Causewisdom]

Trvp Shifty Are you a careful poet with your poems?

[@johntabares3039]

idk i just do music. its natural. till this day i dont know how to read music notes. i just do what i think is right. that part of being og sun

[@BestOfHasanAbi]

Finally someone who makes this clear because so many people commit to the first word they come up with that rhymes and it's like they don't even care about their craft, at least that is what it sounds like. You can definitely tell when someone does that.

[@gggangasssmang245]

Can I get some feedback for these bars I used in a diss? "When you see me coming sound the alarm/ I'm knocking niggaz off the board like they're motherfucking pawns/"

[@MikeeJ]

I pulled up to show you what we can do, me and you, just isn't just like that beetle juice, peekaboo leaving you scared like I'm meaning too, we been through, I'm ballin leaving you shocked just like pikachu

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+MikeeJ rap battle me right now

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+MikeeJ naw write here in the comments

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If my school is planning to start a rap class,,,I would like to ask the principal to hire you

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I always have room to improve. Once i think I've just limited myself and stopping my growth. I really enjoy this!

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[@joshewan1227]

i move pawns around you squares like a chess move, ill make your chest groove when i let loose, with hardcore metaphors that rock you and leave ya on the ground like a dead mousse, you wanna hang with my style? ill bring a neck noose, and lift you up out your dress shoes, and let you know like big daddy kane that im not to be stepped too.

[@60secondrhymes]

Solid stuff

[@thatguy5720]

Nice But I'm getting a slim shady vibe

[@vice2versa]

@@thatguy5720 who cares, it was still dope

[@thatguy5720]

@@vice2versa u right

[@11donny]

That guy cuz he said “dead moose”?

[@davydoomz]

I do multi syllable naturally but I do struggle with punchlines. Thanks for the info

[@HowToRapOfficial]

Thanks for watching David!

[@latitude1671]

The way he said "so they're already fucked!" Got me dead😂😂

[@MookaMG]

4:41 “Like a dead noose i’ma let loose” fml 😂😂😂 idk why i even try

[@Yungmilll]

Like a blade without the grip I'm hard to handle I'll light you up like a fuckin candle Watch the wax drip Pass me a drink to sip Cause my throats burns from the fire that I spit

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"If we ever cross paths forensics'll know how to sketch you"

[@seegui1971]

Damn

[@dominickoquin3103]

Ty for being strait forward.

[@draynamichisakuragi]

So thats why i feel better with my bars with multi syllable rhymes.

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This is an old video but I'mma comment anyway So I'm really bad with tutorials and videos like this for things like singing or any other thing because it easily feels like I'm being talked down to, however, your channel makes me feel really comfortable in learning so thank you for being a good teacher lol

[@HowToRapOfficial]

🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@Jay-eg9mv]

I am gonna blow when i make my best groove Its just like the English opening chess move (English opening is the pawn to C4 opening move and C4 is an explosive hence I am gonna 'blow')

[@criticalthinker907]

Wow thanks 👍🏾 Man ♂️ This helps a lot This is gonna help me for sure thanks again 👍🏾

[@bluj3974]

Nice Video NEVER STOP YOURE THE BEST

[@franciscochavez8424]

I feel the vibe of the video but I personally feel you could've went a bit more into detail about whag the punch line how to work it or how to choose what you should be using as the punchline. I'm honestly just a worker that sometimes wants to learn this stuff. And I day sometimes because I'm so busy I can't really sit fown and practice but as I work through out my day I kinda think of things or put things together. Really in all reality I'm looking to keep the flow going. While keeping the same topic. (I am diagnosed with ADHD)

[@dabaryammalak884]

So depending on the word(s) in use, the use of off rhyme technique is essential.

[@mikbob627]

@howtorap: I'm brand spanking new to rap, anf I have been studying your videos for a couple months, and aI think re watched all your videos at least 3 times. Really thorough , detailed work . I'm on your email newsletter, but how do I get in the exclusive classes you've mentioned in some your other videos? Is there a monthly due to be paid?

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this is really gonna help thank you i subscribed

[@JagaJonez]

awsum... been waiting for a video like this...

[@olaikintel]

1shot, 2 down, make a fork, two birds one stone, Fame equals fortune, but know that kings stress too, we all part of a game where we gotta move smart like a chess move (Fork is a chess refference)

[@MikeTwice42]

Here 2020 really helped u described me with what not to do

[@aKidNamedBrady]

I thought that dead moose rhyme scheme was dope lmao

[@offbrandbret5868]

great video, gotta work on my stretched rhymes more

[@symboltherapper]

Man you really stepped up the video production lol...in your newer vids

[@Deadpool-px2nm]

Chess and Stepped are slant rhymes, right? Btw thanks for this. Ur right i do some of this without even realizing it, but its nice to learn how to consciously improve my punchlines :)

[@exert8853]

That was very helpful for me thanks for this video drew

[@JagaJonez]

When rhyming multis, you've got to watch the syllable count, fot example if you rhyme 3 syllables you got to rhyme it with another 3 ... am i right?

[@SkemeKOS]

99% of the time, yes. But there are exceptions.

[@AnastasiJoel]

not always. its all about the flow.. heres an example.. i "smacked ur momma".. for practice, now I'm " back on her" first multi was 4 syllables.. practice has the AHH assonantion and "back on her" is 3 syllables. heres an example from EM. "i sit back, with this pack of zig zags and this bag of "this weed" that "gives me" the "shit NEE"DED to BE"

[@onyx31914]

I don't get technical. Make it sound good, have fun is what I do

[@mhutto1020]

In the beginning of the video chess move, stepped to, test you, this is how Eminem raps by changing the way he says words. This is because of the vowels in the word each words main vowel is o, just wanted to point that out.

[@inderpalrahi50]

yes drew mad video appreciate it bro

[@joshuaromero1699]

I think outlining your white board with a layer of colored type would help.

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Good stuff here bro. This video made me hit the sub button.

[@Causewisdom]

You have to expect the honesty, standing in front of the realist ( realist)

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[@tylerstevens3839]

Lmao throw some comedy in this bih, good video drew

[@santz5621]

This was actually really help cup thank you

[@HowToRapOfficial]

Glad to hear that it helped!

[@TheScorpion615]

yup this is crazy and random but I'm not new so Drew i salute you! thank you for sharing your knowledge. with the who's who of the rap game if it wasn't for you most would come unglued and get stuck like Big League Chew on the bottom of a shoe. btw that's just a little word play:) hope you like and thanks very much for sharing your wisdom and knowledge.

[@dylanlicon4548]

My colden flow throws you through loops To tounge tie you frozen goons Cant let yo ur soul flow if your heart had open wounds

[@itzVictom]

bless for the fundamentals.

[@BruvahSulaiman]

"The truth is the best muse, duck when I let loose Have ya head mounted up on the wall like a dead moose I move like a Vet move, in the jungle I'm lurk'n The heater pop his ass drop to the floor like he twerkin"

[@HowToRapOfficial]

Haha! Nice

[@dylanlicon4548]

I had *actively* *practiced rap* *every aspect* To *eject plenty venom* *within* *seconds* So when I *bitten* your style I *left it dead * Without a *chance* to *resurrect* it so you *can't* make *an* *attempt*

[@macthemessenger]

Should you focus on the rhyme scheme first or what you want to say first? or does it happens together?

[@elonmusk5384]

i’m watching this four years later. i have been trying to rap in the shower and stuff so this really helps

[@michaeldangler5414]

Tryin to avoid things that cause me pain but life with out you just isnt the same prayin every night to the lord for direction questioning if i was the one who needed correction thought spinning in my head like a carrousel will my past actions drag me into hell? im asking for forgiveness baby please i miss everything about you girl, even yo sneeze.

[@rorythelynchpin]

I feel like I'm all over the place, but I'll give it a try. I'm lyrical like chess moves If we fight no-one'll miss you That's right, you'll dead lose Class is over and you're excused

[@DissectingThoughts]

This video made me want to make "chess move" and "dead moose" work as a two-bar punchline. I'm not gonna' make it, but it made me want to.

[@ballistic2513]

Gravity Rabbit he - Eminem

[@nxfxrtune6356]

@Monal Phantom And it's a strategy, I got em hopping on stage for some batteries I energize her (Energizer) with my wicked morality Brittany got the mentality of a kid with a cavity, she's too toxic

[@staghead8710]

I literally thought of this all by myself in the sense of a hamburger years ago; you got your topic, (bread) you expand on it (meat) n then link it back to the start! (bread)

[@ItsJusFrequency]

@HowToRapDrew In all honesty i'm a student in Miami (majoring in Music Business Management) I write a lot but don't have said equipment to actually record anything cool. What do you think my next moves should be for me wanting to be a well-known rapper?

[@captain1148]

"coming up with a motherfuckin chess move, I was with yo momma she was an S Grove"

[@EatTheCookie100]

"People of society with rather sit back and complain, and disregard the fact that we all feel the pain; The pressure from this world I can't withstand(withstained), so I said f**k it and broke its back on my leg like I'm Bane"

[@draynamichisakuragi]

Drew i need tips on how to make my original flow.

[@JulianLearns]

+Grab Nuts Practise

[@blakeweiss3042]

Hey hi, Mr. Drew Morissey Uhm, I'm an upper coming rapper {hopeful, you know...} anyway, I was just wondering if you explain a little more in depth about the "stretch," and maybe a couple good examples out there to analyze a bit. *pushes nerd glasses up*

[@calphon]

The technical term for most stretch rhymes is assonance

[@Annymus-ed2hf]

''yo this is your final chess move i dont need to start a mess to prove a point, you already got the red one on your head'' (what im trying to say is that they can only move the king and wether they move him or not theyll still gonna get it, becausse i have all the soldiers at the spot where i want them to be 1 move and theyre dead like you know when a proffessional sniper aims at your head? yeah.. no going back..) Did i do it right?

[@Mmmulaaan]

An0nym0us you shouldn’t have to explain what your tying to say. If the listener doesn’t get it. It’s wack. Point blank period

[@jodiumkaas630]

Thanks for the video, you are goated

[@HowToRapOfficial]

👊🏽

[@dremehak7404]

GREAT VALUE JOE BUDDEN

[@yellawbird2309]

Fuck this helped me a lot man.. thanks a lot for this!

[@HowToRapOfficial]

Thanks for watching!

[@Nhmusicoffish]

You can shoot me; I’ll let you shoot; I’ll just come back like I’m dead pool (first punchline written lol)

[@ohsohated3033]

Hey Drew can I send you a couple of my songs I would like to get your opinion.

[@smalls5607]

Do i need to put punch lines through the whole song?Or just a few Bars with it ?

[@kross378]

i have learnt a lot from you😍

[@thamsanqagamede3512]

I like a multi syllable rhythm

[@vancetzy6397]

thanks bro it really help me.

[@HowToRapOfficial]

Glad it helped 🙏🏾 Lil Vance

[@morid3938]

wow why didnt i see this shit before my first rap vid LOL damn this makes it more fun to practice and own a beat

[@adamolsen9292]

how can you compare eminem's freestyling to drake or lil'wayne

[@milescrawford5033]

I'm so cold, I make the Human torch freeze. Or I'm the hottest out, I make the sun start sweatin'

[@jimfields5076]

Guaranteed the pump will make ur chest move /if u get stepped to/ then ur dead too/ the 223 lets loose/ and puts ur head on the wall like a dead moose.

[@mr.5501]

James Whitfield good one ;)

[@Skeletonboss12]

Yo, i am pretty good my flow is good my written lyrics are great but when i go to freestyle all that comes to my head is lyrics from other artists, help?

[@lovetto636]

Bro, what are you clacking your teeth for at 6:34 and 6:35?

[@colemado4117]

I don’t know how to execute it properly... but something referring to the rap game as chocolate chip cookies like how there’s a good part and then the better part

[@flowdag]

something wrong with brightness

[@MellowShortsofficial]

He look like Crazy 8 from Breaking Bad that F*cking cool Vro

[@michylefenner755]

Drew we need a video bout making hooks.. Srsly