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How do I make a full length rap song?

ThisIsLyriCall	Date: June 22, 2005 @ 1:37 PM Hi. I write rap/ spoken word songs and I'm trying to record and put some beats to it with fruity loops. So far, all I've been able to mkae was techno loops, but I'm trying to make full length hip hop songs, with kind of an old school Public Enemy meets new school underground (i.e. Sage Francis) kinda sound. If anybody could throw me a bone on how to do something like that, it'd be great. Peace.
ThisIsLyriCall	Date: June 22, 2005 @ 1:40 PM also, if anyone kn ows what might be a better program to do this, that'd be great to. thanks
iOrbit	Date: June 22, 2005 @ 2:07 PM Start bye making a simple break beat (or use a sample). Record your vocals. (make them interesting) Make a bass line with the 3x osc (I think most hip hop basses are sine wave based) Click on the ins tab and choose LP as your filter type instead of LP fast or whatever it says. Play around with the cut/res knobs until you find a sound you like. Express underground hip hop done in 10 minutes.
Qnerve	Date: June 23, 2005 @ 12:08 AM If I have the lyrics done before anything this is what I do: 1.) I put the lyrics in the playlist. 2.)I find the tempo by putting a snare in the step sequencer and adjusting the tempo. 3.) then the kick. 4.) then the bass line and 5.) hi hat chi chi chi chi. just keep adding after that.
2step-4eva	Date: June 23, 2005 @ 1:38 PM get a tempo around 95-115 bpm. for hip hop its good to have 2 bass sounds. one normal that u can hear and another really low bass played at the same time as ur kicks to give them depth. maybe try mixing a soft kick and a harder kick to make it interesting. add a bit of distortion to kicks as well. as orbit says 3xosc is good for bass, i usually prefer square or triangle waves, and try adjusting the coarse on one of the second 2 oscillators down to -5, and mess with the oscillator volume. this sometimes gives a deep chorussy sound but doesnt always work). hip hop is pretty simple to make once u get the hang of it. if u use pre recorded vocals chop them up into little bits if u have time, the more u chop them up, the easier they fit.
2step-4eva	Date: June 23, 2005 @ 1:40 PM also mess about with the fine tuning on each oscillator of the 3xosc to produce more warpy bass sounds.
monkvolcano	Date: June 24, 2005 @ 3:40 AM rip some samples from some old record or something.. sample make hip hop cool.. another thing that's good to think about, is making your song in layers, and you could add or take away layers every 8 bars or so
loxal	Date: June 24, 2005 @ 8:14 AM hi thisislyricall, would you be interested in makin some rap vocals for my song? my music is kindof hardcore/hardstsyle and i want a cool rap interval, cheers
monkvolcano	Date: July 1, 2005 @ 2:32 AM hmm i was just looking over this thread and i noticed that IO said.. "Record your vocals. (make them interesting)" you know.. I wish more people had access to your brilliant lessons in hip hop. I think a lot of people skip the second part of this step. ...
2step-4eva	Date: July 1, 2005 @ 4:11 PM god if only some1 had told 50 cent that...just 1 look at that sentence and everything wud become clear in his mind...but now its too late
iOrbit	Date: July 1, 2005 @ 4:26 PM Lol.
moam	Date: July 1, 2005 @ 4:32 PM agreed
Dizeazed	Date: July 6, 2005 @ 5:42 AM I want to make hip hop music on Fruity Loops too!
horusrogue	Date: July 6, 2005 @ 4:51 PM MAKE RAVE MUSIC WE NEED MORE INTHE WORLD!!!!!!!!

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