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[Jack Hallows]

good question. i really don’t have “topic ideas” per se. i usually just start writing & the topic forms as the verse progresses. then once the theme establishes itself, i follow it to its zenith.

i’m not afraid of anyone jacking my theme though so i’ll let you know what i’ve been writing about, not that i’m finished/polished or anything, but the verse definitely found its direction already. kinda similar to the theme “ransom writers” i’m writing about how society writes a check to the youth and holds their minds & lives for ransom. often costing our lives to get it back. military, the streets, police, drugs etc. not sure how i’ma flip it all yet but that’s part of the challenge.

my advice would be to just think outside the traditional box & then kick the box into the fire pit. sometimes your lyrics will help you find your voice once you start writing. maybe that approach doesn’t work for everyone, but it could be a start for some.

sorry if this all sounded like incoherent rambling. i’m been smokin lmao.

[mal diction]

good question. i really don’t have “topic ideas” per se. i usually just start writing & the topic forms as the verse progresses. then once the theme establishes itself, i follow it to its zenith.

i’m not afraid of anyone jacking my theme though so i’ll let you know what i’ve been writing about, not that i’m finished/polished or anything, but the verse definitely found its direction already. kinda similar to the theme “ransom writers” i’m writing about how society writes a check to the youth and holds their minds & lives for ransom. often costing our lives to get it back. military, the streets, police, drugs etc. not sure how i’ma flip it all yet but that’s part of the challenge.

my advice would be to just think outside the traditional box & then kick the box into the fire pit. sometimes your lyrics will help you find your voice once you start writing. maybe that approach doesn’t work for everyone, but it could be a start for some.

sorry if this all sounded like incoherent rambling. i’m been smokin lmao.

i just wrote about a broken relationship... and my track is finshed; just needs mixing ... maybe you can metaphor your topic to talk about a broken relationship also

[Jack Hallows]

oh that’s dope. looking forward to hearing it. unfortunately i already have 2 tracks recorded about broken relationships so in an effort to not drake it up i think i’ma refrain from giving these wicked bitches any more of my energy lmao.

plus i don’t wanna bite your steeze.

[Bag Mandela]

Oh shit @mal diction & @FaQEyeReddit are in too? Fire

Due to the obvious subjectivity of music & unrestrictive nature of the competition it'd be unfair for me to judge this alone so I'll come up with something that works.

@ChatGPT linked up with an AI vocalist & some wannabe producer & has a track ready to go too.

Probs best not dropping the tracks until everyone is ready to go, but feel free to PM me the links so I can post them up in the entries thread

include lyrics too please

[TheShaman]

I was thinking of making a beat and just dropping some bars, not write a song per se. Also only if I feel like it at some point. Been a bit busy lately. But since it's in all these different formats, video vs. homemade beats vs. existing beats, I guess it will be kinda hard to judge. I was thinking of just making a killer beat to compensate for my obvious disadvantage of having a foreign accent, lol. But anyway, let's see if I even get around to it. Dope to see some more ppl join, though.

Jack, are you making a beat? You said you were an audio head, but maybe you just have a killer mic setup?

[Jack Hallows]

@TheShaman lol nah i’m rapping over a youtube beat. i don’t have any production equipment & i def don’t have a killer mic setup. i have an iphone mic

i’m an audio head in the sense i used to record music at my boys studio all the time, never had a set up of my own though.

[TheShaman]

Ah, fair enough. Maybe I'll just skip the beat part then..

[Slayerr.]

Ah, fair enough. Maybe I'll just skip the beat part then..

I’m going bareback too join the real men

[Jack Hallows]

lmao @ bareback

y’all batter not sleep.

Shaman you should def make a beat. you have to make a beat. tell him guys…

[TheShaman]

Ok, ok. Will do.

[Jack Hallows]

dope shit. i was thinking about beat boxing at first but i have about negative one percent of the energy it takes to beat box for minutes at a time anymore.. & let alone rap over it after lmao.

[mal diction]

@Bag Mandela

i have my track ready ... where should i post it?

[Jack Hallows]

@Bag Mandela

i have my track ready ... where should i post it?

PM it to him! damn i can’t wait to hear it.

[TheShaman]

dope shit. i was thinking about beat boxing at first but i have about negative one percent of the energy it takes to beat box for minutes at a time anymore.. & let alone rap over it after lmao.

Hahaha you beat box? Just make a loop. Or use an inward k snare. If I'm making a beat, you're beatboxing my dawg. Could you also do the Rahzel If Your Mother Only Knew routine back in the day?

[Jack Hallows]

lol nah i ain’t that talented.. i’ll see what i can come up with though. i don’t know if i have editing tools to loop a sample but i’ll see what apps are available. no promises.

& you gotta use you tourney earnings to pay my hospital cost if i pass out from the attempt, cuz i warned y’all lmao.