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Flocabulary: he Hip-Hop Approach to SAT-Level
Vocabulary Building
Flocabulary: Hip-Hop U.S. History
ten beats
by Emcee Escher
with Alex Rappaport
Flocabulary Press * New York
www.locabulary.com
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THE RAPPER’S HANDBOOK. Copyright 2006 by
Flocabulary, LLC.
All rights reserved under the Pan-American and Interna-
tion Copyright Conventions.
“Rap is rhythm and poetry.”
- Rakim
No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any
manner whatsoever without written permission except in
the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles
and reviews. For information, address Flocabulary Press,
315 West 39th Street, Studio 1610, New York, NY 10018.
ISBN: 0-9768292-1-5
ISBN (13 Digit): 978-0-9768292-1-8
www.locabulary.com
FIRST EDITION
Written by Emcee Escher (Blake Harrison) with Alexander
Rappaport
Cover Artwork by Jen Swanson
Design by B. Harrison
Illustrations by Allison van Hée
Printed in the United States
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Contents
Preface
ix
Part One - Freestyling
Guide to Freestyling
3
Cipher Etiquette 101
13
Freestyle Rap Games
16
Part Two - Elevating Your Rhymes
Slant Rhymes
23
Rhyme Scheme
29
In-Rhymes
32
Multies
36
Wordplay
50
Metaphors
57
Vocabulary
68
References
76
Other Techniques
89
Part hree - Performing
Flow
98
he History of Flow
111
Hand Gestures
122
Move the Crowd
136
Part Four - Battling
Guide to Battling
142
Punchlines
160
Part Five - Recording
Setting Up a Project Studio
170
Preface
On the Mic
181
A rapper is a poet with a beat. To rap is to spit, and
a rapper spits syncopated words that tell stories,
show of, and teach. A rapper is also an emcee, and
an emcee moves the crowd. Whether he’s rocking a
basement party in the Bronx or controlling the mic
for thousands of screaming fans at the Superdome,
he uses his infectious rhymes to connect with his
audience. A rapper is also a lyricist, and a lyricist
plays with words. A lyricist crafts complex rhymes full
of metaphor, alliteration, in-rhyme, assonance and
enough wordplay to make a crossword puzzle dizzy.
He lows with stylish ease, dropping knowledge on the
beat, behind the beat, or in the pocket, right where he
wants to. A rapper is all of these things.
Part Six - he Motivation Behind Your Rhymes
Why Spit Rhymes
188
he Cure for Writer’s Block
191
Discography and Sources
203
Appendix I - Idioms
209
Appendix II - Rhyming with Famous Names
213
Appendix III - Rhymes for Rhymeless Words
214
Hip-hop music has come a long way in the past 30
years. From back rooms and block parties in South
Bronx in the late seventies to the Golden Age in the late
eighties through gangsta rap in the nineties to today,
where you can hear emcees rapping all over the world
in dozens of languages. In Poland and Italy, in China
and Korea, in India and Ghana, in Peru and Columbia,
a whole generation has adopted hip-hop as their own.
hey’re not just listening; they’re writing rhymes too.
It makes sense. Rap music is the most democratic
music in the world, open to anyone with vocal chords.

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