It redefined rap as just being a beat driven hook with some words in between and an entire generation has surrendered to chasing the format instead of chasing the art form. It set up ambiguous rules and systems for success that don’t take into consideration the quality and skill of the rappers craft. Modern Radio and the commercial realm of music has injured rap. We express ourselves creatively and attain a sense of liberation and self-esteem via this sacred mode of creation and communication. We achieve a mastery of language and poetics that competes on the highest levels of discourse across the entirety of human history. But that’s not the point, the point is that what pursuing the craft gives us in terms of the intangibles is something that record sales or fame could never represent. The vast majority of rappers will never sell 100 records in their lifetimes let alone millions.
Rappers who pursue the art form with this level of intention may not become rich and famous off selling their raps to a wide audience but that has never been an accepted metric to begin with in terms of quality or level of skill. But I know a lot of MC’s where rap is the first love and the first thing they think about when they wake up and the last thing they think about when they go to sleep. If rap is a side hustle for you or just a come up then by all means may the force be with you. The phrase “I’m not a rapper” gets thrown around as if it’s a badge of honor. Sales, live performances, realness etc but the one thing that is the most important is the raps themselves at least in the eyes of other serious rappers. Respect from other MC’s comes in many formats.
#Ghost writer raps trial#
It’s takes years of work and trial and error to master some of its finer points. Some of the most pivotal moments in rap have been ghostwritten verses. It is nothing to go crazy over or be offended about unless you are someone who postures him or herself on the importance of authenticity and tries to portray that quality to your fans or the public at large. Ghostwriting, or borrowing lines, or taking suggestions from the room has always been in rap and will always be in rap. To rappers from a rapper…simply write your own rhymes as much as you can if you are able. Here’s the message in full, ghastly pic included: … At the end of the day, for better or worse, rap is alive even if some of its greatest moments are written by ghosts.”
Lupe goes on to muse about the present state of rap and hip-hop as a whole: “ Meek Mill struck a nerve accusing Drake of having a ghostwriter and the entire rap world reacted on all sides of the fence because rap is alive. “It is nothing to go crazy over or be offended about unless you are someone who postures him or herself on the importance of authenticity and tries to portray that quality to your fans or the public at large.”Įven though it’s addressed to rappers, there’s something here for everyone. “ Ghostwriting, or borrowing lines, or taking suggestions from the room has always been in rap and will always be in rap,” he writes. One: What’s the deal with ghostwriting, anyway? Was it common knowledge Drake had someone? What about people like Kanye? Well, fortunately, Lupe Fiasco is here to reteach Hip-Hop Ghostwriting 101 with a lesson plan titled “The Haunting.” In two lengthy Instagram posts, he pens an open letter (with a cool picture of a Charlie Brown ghost) to rappers everywhere, hoping to clear up any confusion or misdirected frustration. When Meek Mill called out Drake on Twitter for not writing his own raps, jaws hit the floor, supporters and detractors rallied, and … questions arose.
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