Hip-Hop: Mix Rhymes and Beats

Section 3 Write a Rap Verse

• Listen again to rap example 3. This track has four beats to a measure. Pay close attention to the count-off at the beginning of the example to hear where the beats fall.
• Below is the first line of lyrics. Each word that lands on a beat is underlined.

• Without listening to the audio file, repeat the line a few times, clapping a beat at a slow tempo and synchronizing the underlined words with the beat.

Write New Lyrics

• Think of another set of lyrics to accompany the track. Beats 2 and 4 should rhyme, or nearly rhyme. An example is provided below.

• Write at least four lines of your own. You can rhyme beats 2 and 4 of a line, or every beat 4 of consecutive lines. The following lines have both examples.

• To help you keep the rhythmic flow, underline the words that occur on the beats in your verses.

Perform Your Lyrics

• Rap your verses over the accompaniment track you chose in Section 1.
  

Mellow track

Medium track

Energetic track

Caribbean track

Choose a Performance Activity in which you will work more with rap verses and hip-hop musical ideas.