Related pages
Forums
- Lil Wayne HQ - http://www.lilwaynehq.com/forums/
Books
- Lyrics
- Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop
- This is by an English professor, so I wouldn't expect much from this book.
- The Complete MC ← Website is dead.
- How to Rap
- This series seems like it's probably the most legit of those in this list, but Vol. 1 covers the entire process of rapping, so the process of writing lyrics only takes up a fraction of the book.
- How to Rap 2: Advanced Flow and Delivery Techniques
- This seems like probably the most-useful book of the books in this list.
- How to Rhyme Vol. 1
- Seems useless. There's no table of contents, the rating is 3.5 stars with 39 reviews, the book just looks shoddily put-together.
- How to Rhyme Vol. 2
- Seems useless for the same reasons as with Vol. 1.
- The Rap Rebirth Lyricist Guide: How to Write Amazing Hip-Hop Lyrics
- 16 reviews, 4.5 stars, but the sample was pure fluff, and the samples on the author's website are not good.
- The Rapping Manual
- This is a song by the author, so I wouldn't expect much from this book.
- Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop
- Beats / Melodies
- Books about different rap songs' lyrics, but not exactly a 'how-to' for writing lyrics:
- Check the Technique: Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies
- Decoded by Jay-Z
- The book consists of lyrics "decoded," where Jay-Z explains both where the song ideas came from and the way all the lyrics are connected to each other, as well as portions of his real-world story
- Rap-Up: The Ultimate Guide to Hip-Hop and R&B
- This is just a simple history of hip-hop.
- Not rap, but related:
Rap-analysis websites
- http://www.rapanalysis.com/
- https://genius.com/posts/1669-The-rapper-s-flow-encyclopedia
- https://genius.com/posts/1610-How-to-listen-to-kendrick-s-backseat-freestyle