Multisyllabic Rhyme Tutorial: Word Clouding 101

I break down a technique I commonly use to write dense, complex rhyme schemes, "Word Clouding".
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[@xexeed1363]

Omg yes this is what I adore about great rappers like j Cole Eminem Kendrick Lamar etc. they use the syllables of the rhymes to string you along on a melodic adventure of highs and lows in the form of different vouls

[@wearetheledbetters]

💯

[@darnellblake6955]

This term gets thrown around a lot, but you are a true wordsmith Adam L. Keep this content coming!

[@wearetheledbetters]

Darnell Blake thanks fam!!!

[@SeanCJohnson]

This is SO informative!!!! I love this breakdown.

[@wearetheledbetters]

Sean C. Johnson awesome! Glad you’re digging it. ✊🏿

[@LonerBecause]

Pefect for beginners ...Multis are beautiful 🔥🔥🔥. They definitely make a difference in someone's cadence This 2nd nature to me 💯

[@wearetheledbetters]

Multis really are beautiful! 💯

[@LonerBecause]

@@wearetheledbetters Yes They're !

[@aarrowaudio]

The single most helpful rhyming video I've found on youtube. Easy to understand, beautiful demonstration, and very actionable. Thanks!

[@wearetheledbetters]

Thank you so much! Glad you got something out of it. Are there any other rhyme related topics you'd like to see a video about?

[@aarrowaudio]

@@wearetheledbetters I've always found it a bit of a mystery how artists choose when/how to go between their rhymes, as well as how rhyme schemes come about when doing an organic process like this. I recognize each of these has an effect on the meaning/depth of the verse, so how do you go about choosing them; and if it's guess and check, how do you appraise them?

[@wearetheledbetters]

@@aarrowaudio I think what you're talking about is really the most personal part of any artist's craft. I think that the art of rhyming (really all art) is about managing tension and release. So we create and break patterns to achieve that. For me choosing is about listening and seeing what comes. A lot of times when I'm writing I don't have an end goal in mind - just wanting to create for my own spiritual and emotional health. So I try to find the truth of the message as I'm going about the process. As an exercise sometimes I'll write within specific parameters (which I think I'm going to make a video about) but when I'm just creating I just see what comes out really. I believe that the best way to appraise how well you achieved your desired effect is by feeling which is really honed through time and experience. I always ask myself at the end - did I tell the truth? Was it worth listening to again?

[@aarrowaudio]

@@wearetheledbetters I'm really glad I stumbled upon this channel. I see what you mean, and as honest as the answer is, it's nice to hear it frankly and directly. The mindset is the most important part. Thanks

[@vicvega24]

Stories that I share in my rhymes have been told realistically My records will be remembered throughout modern history

[@wearetheledbetters]

BARZ! 🔥

[@Jay-Nazir]

I want to thank you for this tutorial as it is HANDS DOWN the best video for anyone looking to make conplex rhyme schemes. I've been using word clouding for about 2 years now and I must say that I think my potential rose off the charts because of it. Keep in mind I'm only 16 years old rhyming like I will in the reply to this comment

[@Jay-Nazir]

Verse: I wonder what year that people forgot knowledge and wisdom is power and vision because now we all follow what fits in It's uncommon to give the power to victims and if it's given then it's a hollow decision allows em to benefit Judges giving time for little bribes didn't commit the crime But still that doesn't mean you ain't gon get the time You could be living the prison life but you're innocent And in a sense you died lost life now your picturing What it's like outside the bars riding in cars Now your slowly going crazy hope is fading life's a mirage I rap divine god, but for now I'ma just pause

[@Jay-Nazir]

Peep that 5 syllable rhyme scheme: Knowledge and wisdom, Power and vision, Follow what fits in, common to give the, power to victims, hollow decision, allows em to bene(fit). I do believe you've created a monster with this fine video, once again, this was done by a 16 YEAR OLD

[@ChilledTV]

@@Jay-Nazir 🔥🔥🔥

[@ChilledTV]

@@Jay-Nazir Yo, I’m 16 as well and don’t see many people working at a decent level or above - nice to see my brother. Would love to see more 🔥

[@Jay-Nazir]

​@@ChilledTV Definitely, I'm making music but rn my setup and my delivery are my biggest weaknesses

[@Swaggyplino]

It's been a year later, but I am glad I've found your video. You have me support. SUBSCRIBED!!! 👑👍🏿

[@wearetheledbetters]

Man, thank you thank you! Your support is everything, fam. 🙏🏿

[@bsinatra145]

Bro. You're a real gem to come across. Can you expound more on letting the syllables take the place of notes like a piano please?

[@wearetheledbetters]

Sorry for the late reply but the concept is really about musical pitches are a language but an abstract language. They convey feelings and emotions but not necessarily concrete ideas. Like if I say book it usually means a literal book but the space I like to explore is using words in abstract ways to convey feelings and emotions the way notes might. I can play the note C 100 different ways and in thousands of different contexts to give it different meanings or emotional charges. So instead of saying book and meaning a literal book - I might call it taxidermy for trees, or I might even deconstruct the word like "If I right (write) my wrongs enough I'd be double ok." (B-O-O-K). Wordplay when done well can take a word with limited meaning and give it unlimited nuance and feeling.

[@MrMikomi]

@@wearetheledbetters That's clever.

[@lupinjit2101]

I love this creative process mine is similar cant wait to try this method for myself

[@wearetheledbetters]

Dope! Share what you come up with I'd love to hear it.

[@samurai_hksniper1948]

I’ve been rappin for almost 6 years still trying to perfect my craft this has definitely opened my thoughts and ideas thanks this is what I was able to come up with I used some of your lines but I changed the idea of the bars Yo I got bars and boards They might string u up like harps and chordes They go hard if course When my cd hits the target stores Hordes will be charging for the armor door Stumblin over corpses on the harvest floor Guess the fame was more than I bargained for Cause my words can start the war Like a marksman my pen is sharper Than a light saber from Star Wars

[@wearetheledbetters]

Thank you so much for sharing! I'm glad you found this helpful. I'd love to hear what you do with the concept or if you have any other rhyme related topics you'd like to see me do a video about?

[@NotEvenOverThere]

So it's kinda like writing a rhyme log but actually using it to make a song, makes sense. That was how I got better at freestyling, and what you said about vocabulary is top tier rap advice. I became a much worse lyricist after school even though I matured as a rapper, simply because I didn't have as deep a bag to pull from. A thesaurus and a dictionary are a struggling writer/rappers best friend. Plenty of inspiration from basic words in there, and it increases the number of connections your brain makes between words through exposure to a larger volume of them. But honestly, just having a love for words or learning/ other scholarly acts will make you a better rapper because rapping requires *intelligence*.

[@wearetheledbetters]

That's so real. Our currency is words so we gotta keep investing all the time. We don't want no lapses in our synapses.

[@mrshillow]

Love the process, fam. Thanks for sharing it with us. #moreplease

[@wearetheledbetters]

Thank you for watching and leaving a comment! Planning to post more very soon so make sure to hit the notification bell. 🤛🏿

[@guischard6]

This made it so easy to understand

[@nimamotif3068]

I was looking for this so badly

[@keimforeignking]

I’m sure im gonna watch this more than once from now

[@nonprofet]

brooo, you really helped me with your word cloud thing, makes rhyming soo much easier !! todays rhyme (still basic) punch lines hit chris tucker better be quick lil muda or smith will weston dont wanna hear no stutta or brains get beat like blubber or when your in deep no rubber consequence steep pipe cutter better roll heat no bakka

[@wearetheledbetters]

Barz fam! 🔥 Glad you found this useful. Let me know if you'd like to see more videos like this in the future on other rhyme related topics.

[@nonprofet]

@@wearetheledbetters thank you ^^ was very helpful, will be always incorporated in to my writings. yes please, explaining this topic in this way really helps breaking it down into manageable chunks. you did cover this in the video, but maybe a in depth break down into the profound ^^ as in how metaphors can be played with as ideas and translating the punchiest of lines can be utilised. or maybe just something to think about. either way what ever you come up with will still impact and i believe this community will enjoy it. thank you :)

[@bad_juju911]

great vid!

[@Doctor-Manhantan]

amazing video! I am a big fan of multisyllables, I hope one day to be a good rapper amazing video! I am a big fan of multisyllables, I hope one day to be a rapper girl

[@wearetheledbetters]

Very kind thank you! Don't wait for permission get them barz going. The world needs it.

[@Iku94]

The best tutorial! Many thanks

[@bitbybit1231]

Awesome video and technique, and you always use and 2 words to start off? "Barz & boardz" being replaced with any set of random words in other instances ex: cats & dogs, sing & song etc.. I'll try it out!

[@artemis2378]

Keep doing videos like this! Golden information

[@legoh911]

super helpful video man, love it!

[@wearetheledbetters]

So glad you found it useful! Thanks for sharing. Let me know if there are other topics you'd like to see covered.

[@sebastianhendrix8919]

Love your work, thank you

[@wearetheledbetters]

Thank you! 🖤

[@keonatkinson2511]

I like Big L, he was a multi syllable rapper, i enjoy writing songs myself

[@wearetheledbetters]

Big L was definitely one of the GOATS. Underrated for sure.

[@trainline100]

Exactly my technique, no one taught me it.

[@wearetheledbetters]

Dope! Thanks for watching.

[@Coatomc]

Dope 🤙🏿

[@wearetheledbetters]

Coatomc thanks fam!

[@tristianileogben4803]

God bless you for this🔥

[@wearetheledbetters]

God bless you and thank you for watching!

[@kwaysee]

Knowledge!!!

[@wearetheledbetters]

Thank you fam!

[@Made_In_Heaven88]

Bars and boards: ask for more Sharpen swords Basketball Archibald Shark with jaws Start before Something like that?

[@wearetheledbetters]

Almost just make sure every syllable sounds the same for example - bars and boards & start before work but shark with jaws doesn’t because jaws is a different sound than boards. Basketball and archibald end the same but start differently.

[@Made_In_Heaven88]

@@wearetheledbetters Okay noted :) but in my case it all rhymes because I was thinking of it in my accent, lol I'm aussie

[@oceanwaves95]

The initial and end rhymes should have the same assonance. Like your initial rhyme should all have an "ah" sound and ''oh" sounding end rhyme Eminem is probably the best MC to study bended multisyllabic rhymes

[@888records]

The one and only master of Rhyme Scheme Highlighted videos

[@robontube12]

Very nice! I like to add some multis ... juggernauts ... summer shorts ... bugreports ... hungry hordes ... adored for ... the short straw ... a locked door ... have fought for ... man will fall ... distress call ... will stand tall ... have to crawl ... mother called ... unappalled ... somersault ... other's fault

[@CXIIIPHER]

Love this video man

[@wearetheledbetters]

I'm so glad! Thanks for sharing 🙏🏿

[@fooli91]

Could u do Curse & cuss Worse of us Uranus Burst at us Ursinus Urban bus Does that work just as an example

[@wearetheledbetters]

sry for late reply. Of these combos Uranus doesn't completely work because of the hard "A" sound which is also the emphasized syllable meaning the rhyme scheme you established of "Ur + Us" would be broken unless you purposely mispronounced Uranus to "YOU'RE an US" as a stylistic thing - which you can totally do.

[@robontube12]

very nice! I like to add some · ... perjurers · ... worth the fuss · ... give a buzz · ... is a plus · ... seldom does · ... wearing cuffs

[@robontube12]

may I add some more ›... just one more ›... come up for ›... nothing more ›... blood and gore ›... just ignore ›... love her more ›... up since four ›... guns of war ›... drums of war ›... public law ›... cover for ›... hundred more ›... tug of war ›... done before ›... other door ›... number four ›... hum and haw ›... come back for ›... one man war ›... punished for ›... Dumbledore ›... shut the door ›... coming for ›... such a whore ›... gunned down four ›... come no more ›... marching for ›... arms in store ›... heart beats for ›... are you sure ›... heart was pure

[@wearetheledbetters]

Dope! Would take the right kind of accent to make these all rhyme but thats a robust list right there.

[@Mistic00727]

Thank you

[@wearetheledbetters]

Thank you! 🙏🏿

[@bluvibesmusic]

Something I wrote couple days ago jam packed like a crowd piled in a place punches leave your plans whacked pow right in the face you dogs are lost end up stuck pound right in a cage hardly eating starving while im passing seconds to the plates stand back just like you i want them bands stacked with a brand attached rapping repping to the name blu vibes no diss guys im clashin destined to shoot to fame disable there skills quick knew they were a handicap they just hallucinate beating me but i use the stage eagerly to show the world i won't lose my faith to plan to ram sack the games frequency my memory getting worse so are the chances of these damn wack lames speaking heat we got enough mumbo jumbo in the cramped dance shack bringing cheese i dont got to worry my fam stand clap believe in me you cant match me i don't care what man bash me ill be grand on the gram like that man bach be

[@wearetheledbetters]

I dig it

[@gstun2402]

Can i drop some of my lyrics here 😅 i want ur honest opinion on it pls 🤣

[@nielnosyl4170]

Go for it bro.

[@bingusfrmLA]

@@nielnosyl4170 he didn't go for it

[@wearetheledbetters]

Please do!

[@Envera_]

Do it man, it's been 2 years, u shouldn't feel awkward now

[@sockysworld8010]

dope vid appreciate it!!!!!

[@wearetheledbetters]

I appreciate you!

[@sockysworld8010]

subbed, hit the bell

[@lyricallygod]

Your voice is 💕

[@wearetheledbetters]

Oh snap! Thank you! 🙏🏿

[@theofficialmystery3715]

I start a war every time I fart an' snore

[@wearetheledbetters]

Lol! I come in a two-pack (Tupac) cuz barz galore / lowkey (Loki) I'm part Marvel lore - the other part's Shakur.

[@theofficialmystery3715]

@@wearetheledbetters How much more "pain I can endure? It's too heavy, I fell and "faint-ed to the floor" Voices in my head, "brain is gon explode".

[@theofficialmystery3715]

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[@Popeiz]

yo thank you fr fr

[@wearetheledbetters]

Thank you! 🙏🏿

[@tambourinh]

this is kinda easy and clear, but for me it becomes very hard to decide when to apply another rhymescheme

[@wearetheledbetters]

True that. This is an exercise to get some content for rhyme structures but you definitely have to consider the larger arc of the verse you're writing when applying this.

[@victor_autopilotliving5786]

awesome

[@wearetheledbetters]

Thank you so much!

[@layskrauterbutter]

g rap is actually often simple as fuck

[@wearetheledbetters]

Truth. Charles Mingus said "Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity."

[@jahlion2402]

Dope🔥

[@wearetheledbetters]

Bless you! 🙏🏿

[@rossprod9586]

Thanks !!

[@wearetheledbetters]

Thank you!!! 🙏🏿

[@OTHATSBISKETS]

In my sleep I pump gas I'm talking FARTS AND SNORES 💪🏿💪🏿

[@wearetheledbetters]

Snap! I wish I thought of that I could've used it.

[@Harrykesh630]

resembles shady's technique of rapping

[@wearetheledbetters]

Yeah, most of who I'd consider the great MC's string together multiple syllable rhyme schemes. Eminem is definitely one of them.

[@Harrykesh630]

@@wearetheledbetters I appreciate your response, but I commented 3 months ago😅

[@nellledbetter]

Don’t blame him, I gave him two daughters, he’s a bit busier these days than he was 4 years ago. 😄🤷🏽‍♀️

[@Harrykesh630]

@@nellledbetter ohhh, that explains a lot 😁

[@wearetheledbetters]

@@Harrykesh630 fa sho - sorry fam lol

[@theofficialmystery3715]

New music video is out kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6a1pKh5jJaEjaMsi=tldPbndV3TALGmVE

[@OldNerdLogan]

I would listen to a song called fart and snore, for me it would be an autobiographical song

[@wearetheledbetters]

LOL

[@theofficialmystery3715]

I deserve to live in a "nice hood" It was difficult to "find food".

[@wearetheledbetters]

Dope! Sad lyrics - well written. Keep it going!

[@theofficialmystery3715]

@@wearetheledbetters thanks fam! Check out my new music video

[@theofficialmystery3715]

Thanks fam! Check out my new music video kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3nbqGqGjN-VpNksi=md_LrabH6yTvIfTG

[@NoLimitsCODM]

Did he just call Eminem the new guy

[@wearetheledbetters]

Haha! New comparatively speaking. Newer than Big Daddy Kane lol. Em is a vet and a monster! No disrespect.

[@sketchinbeats]

Sharper sword. Not sure how u didn't get that one

[@wearetheledbetters]

Funny - when I went back and watched again years later I thought the same thing. Missed opportunity lol.

[@NEXUSQUAD741]

am bad but l tried ima start my verse jotting down words sending you downwards our styles are diverse but mine better with these rhymes you need a digester your a curse clearly biased fans stand behind you it for the worse am more averse to your rule am a foreigner after my mistakes am more alert this is like a freestyle so you can call it a oral verse, moreover this is immortal verse you may never be the best MC small like a SMC irregular in the galaxy this mic a fallacy wake up to reality you never be as good as Rakim and Andre three

[@wearetheledbetters]

BARZ

[@josebermea3843]

Department store

[@wearetheledbetters]

Wow! That's a good one. Totally missed it.

[@josebermea3843]

Im forcing the sharpest sword in a charger port to start a war

[@nevergonnagiveyouupnevergo7796]

I be like Subscribe him for/ A lot and more/ That's whack asf 🤣🤣🤣

[@wearetheledbetters]

Haha! BARZ keep going fam!

[@stroxer]

Hey, thank you for this. I wrote my first poem after watching this video and I made myself cry. I always wanted to try poetry but didn’t know where to start. This was very helpful. 🫰🏼🙏🏼

[@stroxer]

Sometimes it can feel Like I’m not really here Bombarded by fear They’re all I can hear These voices inside Gon’ start a new fight Not one soul in sight Or him by my side To grab me and say It’ll all be okay So, then once again I’m feeling the pain I don’t really know What to do, where to go Neck-deep in the snow Since how long ago? It’s nobody’s fault I’m all on my own Will I ever molt This skin I’ve outgrown? I’m gonna give up Or maybe I won’t Can’t even make up The thing that I want I’ve been here before A million times, maybe more This never ending war That I just can’t ignore But someday I might Wake up and see light At least for tonight I know I can write

[@wearetheledbetters]

@@stroxer amazing! Thank you for sharing this. Please keep going. The world needs your voice.