In this video, I’m going to guide you through a rap flow drill that will help you come up with tons of cadence ideas to make your flow more dynamic.
We’ll be shifting the starting point of our bars to create different grooves and building upon each cadence to see how many variations we can create from a single pattern.
Here’s how this drill works: just copy what I do and try to keep up! We’ll take turns rapping for two bars each. If you mess up, no worries—run it back and try again. And if you want more drills like this, I’ve linked a full playlist in the description.
We’ll be rapping over a beat I produced called The Hunt, which is available on my beat store
Now, let’s get warmed up with the 4, 8, and 16 count before we dive into the advanced techniques. LET’S GET IT!
ROUND 1 (4, 8 and 16 count, + Triplets)
ROUND 2 Couplets + Other Cadences
Jump out that whip, step in tha store
You burn through money you wanna be poor?
Jump out that whip, step in tha store
You gonna burn through that money, do you wanna be poor?
Jump out that whip, at tha stoe
Bout to get me some new j’s so lets go
ROUND 3
Jump out that whip, at tha stoe
Bout to get me some new j’s momma so lets go
I been grindin yeah you know it
so my pockets stayin swollen
I been grindin yeah you better know it
I been workin’ all tha time so my pockets stayin swollen
I been grindin yeah you better know it
I been workin’ all tha time and I show it
ROUND 4
I been grindin yeah you better know it
I been workin’ all tha time so you know I’m uh show it
I been grindin so hard goin so far better know it
An I been workin’ all of tha time so you know I’m uh show it
I been grindin so hard so it
Feels like I been steady growin
I been grindin so hard man I’m focused
Keep it quite don’t you let em know it
ROUND 5
I been grindin so hard man I’m focused
Keep it quite you better not let em know it
I been grindin so hard man yeah I’m focused
I Keep it quite you better not ever let em know it
I been grindin so hard man yeah I been focused
You been, steady chillin, gamin, on the sofa
I been grindin so hard man I been focused
You been, steady chillin, on momma’s sofa
ROUND 6
I been grindin so hard man I been so focused
You been, steady chillin, on ya momma’s sofa
I been goin’ so hard tryin to get that pie
You been, with an empty plate and you wonder why
I been O time to get some motion
Jus a bunch of hours workin aint no magic potion
I been workin over time to try to get some motion
Jus a bunch of these hours workin no magic potion
ROUND 7
Move it and just get out my way
Tired of hearing excuses oozin from yo face
Even when you grindin you need patience
But you just can’t be sittin around and waitin
If you want it, go an get up on it
Just know that there is gonna be opponents
If you want it, go an get up on it
But you better know that there is gonna be opponents
ROUND 8
If you want it, go an get up on it
fore you flaunt just acknowledge that there’s gonna be opponents
If you want it, go an get up on it
Better not just flaunt it just acknowledge that there’s gonna be opponents
HOW’D IT GO?
Alright, be honest—how did you do? Were you able to keep up with those tricky fast parts? Let me know in the comments!
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Once again, I’m Cole Mize with ColeMizeStudios.com, and always remember:
When it comes to rapping, there are no rules—only techniques.
Peace!
