A Problem With "Multies"

[Slim Fiasco]

Yeah, so, I appreciate how some rappers can make everything a fucking multie, it does take skill, but more often than it puts the artist in a corner and that's what all he does. Plus, I kinda hate it when it's all rhyming rhyming and there's like no headroom for chilling. Less Is More I guess.

What say you?

[Slim Fiasco]

can you give an example of a rapper?

Well, Big L and Elzhi are kinda like that but they're 2 of my favorite rappers, so I do love them, however it's still a bit one-dimensional I'd say.

RA The Rugged man would be another like that.

However, I'm trying to name not so obvious examples here i.e. not so extreme.

[Snakebeast]

can you give an example of a rapper?

Well, Big L and Elzhi are kinda like that but they're 2 of my favorite rappers, so I do love them, however it's still a bit one-dimensional I'd say.

RA The Rugged man would be another like that.

However, I'm trying to name not so obvious examples here i.e. not so extreme.

You mean like Tech?

[Slim Fiasco]

Well, Big L and Elzhi are kinda like that but they're 2 of my favorite rappers, so I do love them, however it's still a bit one-dimensional I'd say.

RA The Rugged man would be another like that.

However, I'm trying to name not so obvious examples here i.e. not so extreme.

You mean like Tech?

Yeah, I guess.

if you don't give examples its really hard to understand what you exactly mean, i have no issues with multies it makes your raps sound so much better and flows better than very simple rhymes but yes i get what you're saying sometimes too many multies takes you away from actually saying what you wanna say and it comes off as just rhyming words with not much sense put into it, how ever multies are a lot harder to write and take much more time.

Gotcha

Edit: Actually, a great example would be Infinite Em vs. TES let's say

[Snakebeast]

I think he's talking about how Infinite Em overused multis while TES Em used less but used them better.

Tech N9ne is a prime example of abusing multis.

[Slim Fiasco]

I think he's talking about how Infinite Em overused multis while TES Em used less but used them better.

Tech N9ne is a prime example of abusing multis.

Exactly!

[JamaicanPattlez]

Yeah, so, I appreciate how some rappers can make everything a fucking multie, it does take skill, but more often than it puts the artist in a corner and that's what all he does. Plus, I kinda hate it when it's all rhyming rhyming and there's like no headroom for chilling. Less Is More I guess.

What say you?

I think if you're more multi-obsessed rather than what you're saying in your lyrics, there's a problem. If you're a technical lyricist, mutli-syllable rhyming should be simple for you, but the problem is that a lot of the rappers trade multi-rhyming for lack of sense or it sounds forced altogether. Rappers should be focusing on sharpening all areas of their abilities, and that includes flowing as well, cause the last thing I wanna see from a rapper is stringing 10-syllable multies but can't seem to flow well within a drumbreak.

[Slim Fiasco]

Thanks for the input guys!

[Notalius]

Definitely RA ..

[ronnie56]

can you give an example of a rapper?

Well, Big L and Elzhi are kinda like that but they're 2 of my favorite rappers, so I do love them, however it's still a bit one-dimensional I'd say.

RA The Rugged man would be another like that.

However, I'm trying to name not so obvious examples here i.e. not so extreme.

r.a rugged man is not a heavy multisyllable rapper imo.

now big l and elzhi or somebody like az all they spit is multis. and sometimes it don't make sense or they not talking about anything profound.

[ronnie56]

if you don't give examples its really hard to understand what you exactly mean, i have no issues with multies it makes your raps sound so much better and flows better than very simple rhymes but yes i get what you're saying sometimes too many multies takes you away from actually saying what you wanna say and it comes off as just rhyming words with not much sense put into it, how ever multies are a lot harder to write and take much more time.

this could'nt have said it better myself but to add onto if u can write multisyllable rhymes that make sense
and be "saying something" then yeah im all for it.

[ronnie56]

@ menzo

nah homie not imo is he like big punisher or eminem with the multies consective multie after multie no not imo.

[Elision]

more rhyming almost always = better for me. obviously once you're just getting into bullshit gibberish it loses value but until then i'm all for multi stacking out the ass, whilst minimizing the amount of non-rhyming syllables in between. i love it

i'm not here to listen to poetry nigga, this isn't spoken word. i'm wanna hear some crazy flows coupled with ridiculous rhyme structures. i'm here to hear flows that shouldn't even fit over a beat but the artist some how makes it work. now, that said there's definitely a place in hiphop for faggoty emo poetry, it's just not my preference. i don't want to hear anything that i'm capable of writing myself.

[ronnie56]

@ hesky

rugged man is not a heavy multisyllable rhymer type mc not saying he don't spit multis shit what decent mc doesn't most mc's spit multies but in the eminem sense of rhyming or g rap way of rhyming no.

[Notalius]

Ra is the perfect example of a "heavy multisyllable rhymer type mc"