Rappers With Unlimited Flows

[Murkman]

So you're saying in order for someone to be considered as "switching up" they have to change their whole tempo, while changing the rhythm or cadence alone doesnt matter?

Well, it has to in a way stray from your overall style of flow, otherwise it will sound like minor variations other than obviously noticeable "switching". And no not exactly, I'm talking about shifting your whole method of flow, from cadences to tempo, meter, etc.

Tempo for example greatly affects what flow you might be prone to using. Biggie isn't one to change up tempos on the fly, he usually has steady grooves and was interesting for how many ways he could add twists to that.
A lot of that had to do with his beat selection too, you can infer a LOT from an emcee's choice of production.

When Biggie raps fast, like on "Notorious Thugs", instead of flowing in his own way, he went the Bones route. You can tell that was suggested to him to try that out for a hit single, as he has breath control issues on speeding up to that level of pacing.
Him sticking to one overall template of flows, made him even more distinctive, so it's more of a pro than a con.

Some Rap fans don't like variety in flows. Which is ridiculous they like something that is rhythmically constant, throughout a whole album, sometimes discographies.

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

Well, it has to in a way stray from your overall style of flow, otherwise it will sound like minor variations other than obviously noticeable "switching". And no not exactly, I'm talking about shifting your whole method of flow, from cadences to tempo, meter, etc.

Example verses where this is done?

 

[FappleMeOff]

Wayne

 

[The_Third_Man]

Pharaoh Monch

 

[Murkman]

Example verses where this is done?

shyt, we could start with "Warning" that's the most obvious and recognizable.
Even in the hook, that type of flow he uses is consistent as hell, as it is damn near perfect.
But all the parts of that song, share the same structure, flow wise.

Verse 1:

"[Who the hell is this]? __[Paging me,] [at five] -/
[Forty-six]?_ [In the mornin' + ___crack of dawn and]/"

Compare to Verse 2, same tempo, cadence, syncing - except a slight variation in the meter (length of bars)

"_________________________[Call the coroner!]/
[there's gonna be + alot of],___ [slow singin'] + [And flower -/
bringin])___ [if my burgular alarm], [starts ringin']/"

Slightly longer phrasing than the 1st verse, he changed the amount of units he grouped. That section in the 2nd verse has 5-7 syllable brackets, (just like the 1st verse).
But instead of reusing a set of 4, in the 2nd verse he used groups of 3 (Slow' singin', starts ringin'). Then he mixed a single unit (bringin') with another 3 (And flower) to throw you off the track.

You can barely tell the difference, but you can hear it, subtly and then count it out.
That's what I meant on his flow seeming like it switches. He may change the grouping of some of those units in meter, but that's where all that slickness I mentioned comes from - that's how well he rode beats.

It's unbelievable the shyt he does with meter, he didn't even have to put in more effort.
nikka was a magician with sticking to a flow style and doing it in underhanded ways.

 

[-InFeRnO-]

Lupe and Jay first to come to mind

 

[Jimmy the gent]

I can really see how Bigs flow and bounce was influenced by King Tee in this song

Time stamp: 1:26

 

[the cool]

over 90 replies and no one has mentioned Lupe Fiasco yet?

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

shyt, we could start with "Warning" that's the most obvious and recognizable.
Even in the hook, that type of flow he uses is consistent as hell, as it is damn near perfect.
But all the parts of that song, share the same structure, flow wise.

Verse 1:

"[Who the hell is this]? __[Paging me,] [at five] -/
[Forty-six]?_ [In the mornin' + ___crack of dawn and]/"

Compare to Verse 2, same tempo, cadence, syncing - except a slight variation in the meter (length of bars)

"_________________________[Call the coroner!]/
[there's gonna be + alot of],___ [slow singin'] + [And flower -/
bringin])___ [if my burgular alarm], [starts ringin']/"

Slightly longer phrasing than the 1st verse, he changed the amount of units he grouped. That section in the 2nd verse has 5-7 syllable in brackets, (just like the 1st).
But instead of reusing a set of 4, in the 2nd verse he used groups of 3 (Slow' singin', starts ringin'), mixed with a single 4 (Flower bringin') to throw you off.

You can barely tell the difference, but you can hear it, subtly and then count it out.
That's what I meant on his flow seeming like it switches. He may change the grouping of some of those units in meter, but that's where all that slickness I mentioned comes from - that's how well he rode beats.

It's unbelievable the shyt he does with meter, he didn't even have to put in more effort.
nikka was a magician with sticking to a flow style and doing it in underhanded ways.

Sorry i meant examples of the other way,not what big did.
I've mastered biggie's flows
I meant the shyt you said big didnt do.
Who did this?: "I'm talking about shifting your whole method of flow, from cadences to tempo, meter, etc."

 

[Mac Casper]

Easily Mac Dre

 

[GzUp]

Young thug

 

[Mac Casper]

Young thug

mumble disqualification.

 

[GzUp]

mumble disqualification.

U must not listen to young thug if u think he's a mumble rapper.

 

[Mindfield333]

Thugger

lol it took 3 pages for this. I'm not really a fan but dude raps different on every other song

lol @ some on rappers being named in here with 1 flow

 

[Mac Casper]

U must not listen to young thug if u think he's a mumble rapper.

For the most part his words are superfluous, he's melodizing = you never see people share quotables