is eminem the only rapper that uses meter to rhyme words

[ronnie56]

Ok, so you’ve worked through the basic lesson and you want to take it further. The next thing we need to cover is the difference between prominent (or “stressed”) syllables and silent (or “unstressed”) syllables. It’s the same thing that your English teacher was teaching you when you did that Shakespeare lesson on iambic pentameter. In this case, we’re going to use it to figure out how to create long strings of quality multies that flow well. The general rule is this: you have to rhyme with the prominent syllables; you can ignore the silent ones.

Prominent vs. Silent
The basic idea is that when you speak or rap there are certain syllables that you stress or put emphasis on and certain syllables that you don’t. Usually, when analyzing poetry, you’d place an accent mark (/) over the prominent syllables and a dash (-) over the silent syllables, but since different computers use different font sizes, we're going to underline the prominent syllables and do nothing on the silent syllables.

For example, say this out loud:

Today is the first day of the rest of my life

The meter (a map of which syllables are stressed and which are not) would be something like this:

Today is the first day of the rest of my life.

This is a typical example because often times “little” words (to, is, the, of) are silent. Obviously, when we’re talking about a silent syllable, we don’t mean literally silent. Silent just means it’s not prominent.

The simplest way of figuring out which syllables are prominent and which are silent is just to say the line out loud and listen to what you pronounce strongly and what you don’t.


Why Did I just Learn that?
Because with multies it’s important to make sure you’re rhyming with all the prominent syllables. But you don’t have to rhyme with the silent syllables.

For example, take this line:

Behind my house is the most twisted of trees

If I want to write a multi rhyme with “twisted of trees,” the first thing I need to do is figure out what is prominent and what isn’t. So I’ll map it out like this:

Behind my house is the most twisted of trees

All I really have to pay attention to is the rhyming phrase, “twisted of trees.” As you can see, the prominent sounds are “twist” and “trees.” The silent sounds are “ed” and “of”. That means that when I’m writing my multi, I need to rhyme with “twist” and “trees”, but I don’t need to rhyme with the “ed” or the “of”.

So these work:
Mystical knee
Listen to me
Mess with the bees

Then I just pick one and write a line to it:

Behind my house is the most twisted of trees,
I always ignore the birds, but I mess with the bees

Even though “ed of” doesn’t rhyme with “with the”, it doesn’t matter because they’re unstressed syllables. The line still flows. Take another example from Eminem’s verse on D12’s “My Band”. He uses the line:

I just think you’re trying to steal the light from me

In that line “light” and “me” are accented, but “from” isn’t. So he doesn’t worry about rhyming with “from,” just the other words. Like this:

I just think you’re trying to steal the light from me,
Yesterday Kuniver tried to pull a knife on me,
‘Cuz I told him Jessica Alba’s my wife to be



What About Longer Multies?
I’m glad you asked. Some rappers (especially underground rappers) like to string together long as hell multies to impress their listeners. You don’t always have to do this, but if you can drop a long-string multi occasionally, it will hit like a sound bomb.

Take this line:
Always on point with words that cut sharp

If we rhymed with “sharp” it would not be a multi. If we rhymed with “cut sharp” it would be a multi. Instead of just that, let’s try rhyming with “words (that) cut sharp” to make a long multi. Remember, because “that” isn’t prominent, we can ignore it. We just need to rhyme with words, cut, and sharp. I’m going to use a lot of slant rhymes in order to make a line that makes sense. Using the process of rhyme generating described before we get:

nerds that aren’t smart
burns the white tarp
swords that touch heart
worms make bad art
nervous you might fart

Then we put them together:

Always on point with words that cut sharp,
I’m a paradox like nerds that aren’t smart

Or we can rewrite a little, and include another multi in there as well. Remember, it’s always a good idea to revisit lines and rework them. Cut out the weak stuff, and add more quality stuff.

I spit swords that touch hearts and words that cut sharp,
You’re living proof that some nerds are not smart


this is a article i saw on the internet and i wanted to know is eminem the only mc that does that.

[shadyblogger]

I don't know if Em is the only one who does this but he's definitely one of the better ones at it.

[ronnie56]

I don't know if Em is the only one who does this but he's definitely one of the better ones at it.

what do u mean ?

[shadyblogger]

I don't know if Em is the only one who does this but he's definitely one of the better ones at it.

what do u mean ?

I don't know if anyone else does it. All I know is Eminem is pretty fucking good at it. That's all I'm saying.

[Mr.DGAF]

The simple, efficient answer is yes.

[ronnie56]

The simple, efficient answer is yes.

they are plenty of rapeprs that use it 2pac biggie nas jay-z etc.
but to me eminem the best at it imo


In my mind I'm a fighter, my heart's a lighter
My soul is the fluid, my flow sparks it right up

[Solace]

No Eminem is not the only one who does this lmao wtf

[King Lance]

Can eminem do that ?


"unga bunga bunga ingda bing da binga bunga"





I don't think so

[SliK]

Lmao has anyone worked out who this guy is?

[King Lance]

Lmao has anyone worked out who this guy is?

a guy named The Rhyme King on TheColi

http://www.thecoli.com/threads/official ... ing.23176/

[SliK]

Lmao has anyone worked out who this guy is?

a guy named The Rhyme King on TheColi

Is he like this over there?

[King Lance]

Lmao has anyone worked out who this guy is?

a guy named The Rhyme King on TheColi

Is he like this over there?

http://www.thecoli.com/threads/official ... ing.23176/

[SliK]

[King Lance]

:laughing:

want a good laugh ? look at this:
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/rhyme-sc ... al.154081/


the comments killed me


look at that post:
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/the-rhym ... ons.72855/

dude is known on every hip hop forum as the biggest troll in the history of internet

[Trimss]

No Eminem is not the only one who does this lmao wtf

ehm excuse me but eminem is the only rapper who uses rhyme schemes.