I write raps in my head but when it comes to rnb I have to do his process. I play the whole beat and just create the melody and say a bunch of random shit and then if I like the melody for the hook ect I write around those melodies until the song is done. The problem with that is eventually melodies can become redundant and stagnant. At that point you have to create the melodies ect as you go. But the key is to stick to the concept and don't always settle for the 1st line that pops in your head but rather the line that makes the most since and push forward. As you can see with lupe its a constant rinse and repeat until it all makes sense.
For some reason I can relate to this as well from a photography and editing standpoint. This kind of dialog is just what it looks like in my head while I'm out and when I get back to the editing room. I was just never good at explaining why I saw what I saw in the field or in the edit as well.
When you see a legend...just being human. It's amazing to see that the man behind Kick, Push, Mural, Tetsuo & Youth...is a goofball. Watching him work warms my whole soul.
This is so relatable. Figuring out flows, lyrics and syllables so that it all fits is like trying to figure out the most ridiculous puzzle sometimes. Enough to make you go crazy for sure. But it’s all for the love of your craft and SO fulfilling when it’s all done.
@@BakhaMaster-d8v Maybe that's the reason. He's been on the game for a long time and he might been trying to push his mind further since he's got nothing more to prove at this point lol
Now I understand how you came up with "Ghetto Mythologies Colonise my mind constantly, To shine sonically in the Chi divine comedy I vibe consciously to override suicide inside..."
@@Music-tf1yn most people that heard of Lupe Fiasco know his song "The Show Goes On" it got a lot of radio play but get into his older stuff watch some of his freestyles, he's got a lot of stuff out there
The only difference between you and the greats is the work. Look at how many takes this guy was willing to go through. The building frustration turned into more work… thats inspiring
He literally started by saying he's taking a break from working on multiple albums. This is his break. He doing this for fun 🤷♂️ some of y'all critiquing his process for this loosie pretty seriously lol
@@tecno8335 I usually write the whole 16 bar verse and then spit it in a one or two takes the old school way. But what Lupe's doing here is an interesting alternative method. It means you don't need to have any high level breath control... so in that sense i think it's easier. I gotta give it a try.
ur not alone man, i thought so too. and seeing lupe work, i was like damn this is super similar. thought i was crazy for replaying the beat so much then lupe dusted me with how many times he is replaying the sound
this dude is a national treasure, this video is very inspiring and comforting knowing I’m not alone for acting a very similar “crazy” when writing and recording 🖤🙏🏼
this is what 15+ years of crafting a skill looks like. grateful to see this process lupe is a legend. just to think he can make a song 100 different ways
@@nickf8247 The diss tracks are fine - but they didn't turn out to be what they were supposed to be: a respectful display of lyrical skill from two top MCs. Things quickly devolved into hour long lives of circular talk here and there, when each party had the other's phone number. That never made any sense to me.
@@Beaumont99 not down to paper, but if you think he didn't have 25 tracks across the beat to work out 100 different versions of the song before he collapsed it all down into the track we all know-- you're crazy. He didn't just drop Mural off dome in one take. He's also on record as saying 'my entire career was a warmup for mural'.
People don’t understand how long the process is to make a great song!!!! I always thought I was the only one who took 2 hours to get the first verse! If that!
When you care about your craft and a beat touches your soul as a writer I feel like I’m disrespecting the producer if I don’t do my due diligence 😂. Sometimes it’s hours and other days it’s weeks
@@xldrizzylx1153My shit takes months because my scatterbrain ass likes writing 20 songs along side each other. i love my work but my process is chaos 😭
Lupe I thank God for you. I have been a student since about 11 listening since about 4-5. I have a similar process. I always thought I was crazy. I wondered how some of you legends would get these certain cadences out. I just decided to stop writing everytime and clean it up. I'd record over and over and listen for things and make edits. I lost my love a while back but I have a new boost of confidence and I'm going to start up again. Peace Lu.
It’s quite amazing just off some boxing sounds to keep him on track, not the soundscape with a ton of other instruments. Sometimes rappers struggle to fit between the flow.
You dont get it if u dont write.. this is what I call magic... that creative process is the magic. Its krazy. Once u find the flow... ball game lol. I luv it
@@rodri1971 same. Its hard to explain. Thats why I call it magic cause. cause when I create the bars I always myself where does this come from. This video is bad azz. Peep. how my brain works. Notice how he starts w/ boxing. To my ear, the noise sounds like a speed bag being punched
he's just looking in new directions with music and not retiring per say. He said he wants to bring rap into areas (globally) where it's not really seen and deep dive into why it's not present and how rap (as a form of rhythm & poetry) can enrich the people in those unique areas. basically he feels he's completed the main quest and is doing all the side quests 😅
He records on GarageBand then sends the trackouts to his engineer G-Ball who mixes on analog gear. But technology has improved so much you can get decent quality sound for free
This is my writing process as well but with script writing… I never knew this is normal process. I just thought I was crazy. Lol Thanks Lupe for sharing your process! 🙏🏾
I'm so stuck in the pen to paper method (or the word processor) but I don't record line for line like Lupe is doing here on the mic. I usually write the whole 16 bar verse and then spit it into the mic. i should give this method a try just to see how it sounds
Haha its cool as hell seeing im not the only one who writes this way, and im thinking a whoooole bunch of ppl who rap for a hobby (or living) are thinking the same thing watching this, cuz ppl rarely discuss process.
This is mad interesting. There's a guitarist from a band called Polyphia named Tim Henson and all the crazy riffs and shit he comes up with is recorded just like this.
Another cold potential bar “it’s too hot to rock not thinking out the box you know I got the got the speed pack” lol I literally finished the bar before he did lol
28:22 “Ohhhh Yeah!. Oh You Thought It Was A Game,Didn’t You?!Oh You Thought I Was Playing Didn’t Chu?! You Thought It Was A Game,I Ain’t Playing Nigga! Watch This Shit Right Here!😂😂😂😂
I didn't know Lupe was a 'miracle lyrical' flow. I miss the flawed concept album. I still miss The Cool I guess. Either way I'm excited to see Lupe in Bellingham come July. The setting is beautiful especially in summer. Hey Lupe! I enjoy your music.
I do this same shxt lmao nowhere this level of dedication in one sitting at that speed but its fun, frustrating, exhilarating, annoying because we're constantly challenging our abilities while knowing that we can hit those lines. Just take sme flexing lol i love this~
Yall might be thinking too hard, you can hear the speed bag, and clearly he's using boxing references so this Is either a concept record of his own creativity or being used in some upcoming boxing video game, or promo for....etc.....I've rapped over dirt bike sounds for a Baltimore bike culture tribute....if you know you know ✍🏿
@@staybalancedn if you keep working and practicing, write a verse spit it while looking then keep going without till you get it, then shit gets easier. Lu wasn't doing this day one this is years or work and honing a craft.
oh this makes sense now. Hes actually just crazy
Lmao 😂
Lol
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂
most genius folk tend to be on the eccentric side
Being a writer now it's crazy to see people's writing techniques very inspiring
@@deannacollay1466 yes u can
I write raps in my head but when it comes to rnb I have to do his process. I play the whole beat and just create the melody and say a bunch of random shit and then if I like the melody for the hook ect I write around those melodies until the song is done. The problem with that is eventually melodies can become redundant and stagnant. At that point you have to create the melodies ect as you go. But the key is to stick to the concept and don't always settle for the 1st line that pops in your head but rather the line that makes the most since and push forward. As you can see with lupe its a constant rinse and repeat until it all makes sense.
Also do what allows you to be the most creative as you go
@@tayras7880 Do you visualize the raps in text or associate specific words with different mental images?
Only real writers can relate to this, having a concept, staying with the content and delivering. This is a masterpiece! how to work, take notes
For some reason I can relate to this as well from a photography and editing standpoint. This kind of dialog is just what it looks like in my head while I'm out and when I get back to the editing room. I was just never good at explaining why I saw what I saw in the field or in the edit as well.
Where can I see your work?
yea thats why lupe fiasco is everyone number 1 rapper mcc, fuck out of here
Or literally any artist ever😊
& we taking the time to watch his crazy creative self lol shrug.
When you see a legend...just being human. It's amazing to see that the man behind Kick, Push, Mural, Tetsuo & Youth...is a goofball. Watching him work warms my whole soul.
of course he is he made kick push mural and tetsuo & youth
Lupe inspires the mess outta me. The fact that he’s using a Dude boxing as a beat is the type of stuff hip hop needs. Originality at its finest.
wholeheartedly agree...its beautiful.
I didn’t even realize he was using a sped bag as a beat, that was dope asff
@@XxCrasHERxX bro and he killed it too lol
This is so relatable. Figuring out flows, lyrics and syllables so that it all fits is like trying to figure out the most ridiculous puzzle sometimes. Enough to make you go crazy for sure. But it’s all for the love of your craft and SO fulfilling when it’s all done.
but my only question is why he is not writing it down? I mean its getting more hard if you don't write and just give vocals to beat.
@@BakhaMaster-d8v Maybe that's the reason. He's been on the game for a long time and he might been trying to push his mind further since he's got nothing more to prove at this point lol
Now I understand how you came up with
"Ghetto Mythologies Colonise my mind constantly,
To shine sonically in the Chi divine comedy
I vibe consciously to override suicide inside..."
Lupe was before my time best lines by him?
@@Music-tf1yn most people that heard of Lupe Fiasco know his song "The Show Goes On" it got a lot of radio play but get into his older stuff watch some of his freestyles, he's got a lot of stuff out there
His sway freestyle is a vibe
Great opening bars 🫴🏾
This why he 3 on my top 10 oat
This guy insane on that microphone,say what you want .The Best lyricist in this era.
any era***
Protect Lupe at all costs!
Lupe: I'm going to go back to writing for this next project.
Also Lupe on his next project: *freestyles*
Okay Fredo Santana,oh Rip to him .He wrote ,him and souja boy.
To see lupe using such basic tools is a beauty.
The only difference between you and the greats is the work. Look at how many takes this guy was willing to go through. The building frustration turned into more work… thats inspiring
This was so dope to see you in your element Lu! Your passion was shining through for sure.✊🏿💜
Real spill I’ve never seen him rap in the studio this was special to see.
@@johnhurd4878 right! I was like holy Sh!ft 🤯 lol 💫💜 It was super lit!
Real emceeing damn this is crazy most emcees will NEVER expose the magic this is beyond dope!!!!!
Facts!! Most artists not writing ✍️ anyway
He literally started by saying he's taking a break from working on multiple albums. This is his break. He doing this for fun 🤷♂️ some of y'all critiquing his process for this loosie pretty seriously lol
More rappers need to do this. Its too much scarcity mentality.
This is hard to do.
@@tecno8335 He means they should show their proccess of writing songs.
@@tecno8335 not really hard for me just dont got the tine
Time
@@tecno8335 I usually write the whole 16 bar verse and then spit it in a one or two takes the old school way. But what Lupe's doing here is an interesting alternative method. It means you don't need to have any high level breath control... so in that sense i think it's easier. I gotta give it a try.
Thank you for the post. Great to know you are looking out for the people...❤
More artists should do this. This is BEYOND dope.
ur not alone man, i thought so too. and seeing lupe work, i was like damn this is super similar. thought i was crazy for replaying the beat so much then lupe dusted me with how many times he is replaying the sound
If you're not rapping to yourself when writing then you're definitely doing something wrong lol. Everyone does this
this dude is a national treasure, this video is very inspiring and comforting knowing I’m not alone for acting a very similar “crazy” when writing and recording 🖤🙏🏼
The irony of Lupe doing this joint knowing Royce is a avid Boxing fan. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@Pull up your pants black man LMBO
@@coates27 lol
Reach
🤣😭🤲🏾
Lupes a black belt …
This is LEGENDARY
One of the greatest individuals to ever speak on a microphone
This is wild i just seen homie on the speed bag!! Lupe so crazy he took a sound from a guy teaching boxing into some fuckin fire... insane!!!
I'm so thankful and happy this content is available. I have tickets to see him in a few months and after that I can die happy 😊
this is what 15+ years of crafting a skill looks like. grateful to see this process lupe is a legend. just to think he can make a song 100 different ways
This is literally insane. Do you know how original and talented you have to be to just do this shit?? And he does it effortlessly
Your lyrics is an art of your feelings within...Much-Love.
This is what lives are for: documenting dopeness; not for fruitless beefs that could be sorted with a simple phone call.
I get that but the diss tracks were really entertaining for the fans
@@nickf8247 The diss tracks are fine - but they didn't turn out to be what they were supposed to be: a respectful display of lyrical skill from two top MCs. Things quickly devolved into hour long lives of circular talk here and there, when each party had the other's phone number. That never made any sense to me.
@@AFO_AnalyRics true true
To all the fans that think every lyricist is flawless, Lupe shows you flaws n all to create something epic. This is awesome!🔥🔥🔥
discipline is what separates us all. degrees of discipline, bless Lu
This is amazing watching this genius work.
It's annoying
@@theconsciousobserver6829 you're annoying, go watch the backyardigans
Watching this again after album drop is super fascinating 💪
After seeing this, I can only imagine how tedious writing Mural was. Beautiful.
He didn’t write mural but I get what you’re saying.
zzGod Speed What do you mean he didn’t write Mural???
@@turu3498 *Evil Laughter* Lmaooooo Yes mannnnn As Lupe said in the video "Yes my dear boy!"
@@turu3498 yeah he didn’t write it he’s on record saying it wasn’t pen to pad
@@Beaumont99 not down to paper, but if you think he didn't have 25 tracks across the beat to work out 100 different versions of the song before he collapsed it all down into the track we all know-- you're crazy. He didn't just drop Mural off dome in one take. He's also on record as saying 'my entire career was a warmup for mural'.
This dude is mad crazy flowing to a speed bag throwing punches
You gotta love Lupe
Dope to see how other rappers do their thing! Plus you're in my top 2 right after Hov
Man one of the best MCs left!! I miss him doing his thing outchea man smh
Man I bet there's some gems in those waste tracks
Thank you for linking the verse in the description. It helps to keep up.
I seen the video of the boxing trainer hitting the speed bag, & making a beat with it‼️🥊 Shoutout LUPE, for using that concept for a freestyle 🔥💯
the GOAT. so amazing
People don’t understand how long the process is to make a great song!!!! I always thought I was the only one who took 2 hours to get the first verse! If that!
When you care about your craft and a beat touches your soul as a writer I feel like I’m disrespecting the producer if I don’t do my due diligence 😂. Sometimes it’s hours and other days it’s weeks
@@xldrizzylx1153My shit takes months because my scatterbrain ass likes writing 20 songs along side each other. i love my work but my process is chaos 😭
This is a historic artifact that will be studied alongside Shakespeare in the year 2940. Thank you Professor Jaco
Lupe I thank God for you. I have been a student since about 11 listening since about 4-5. I have a similar process. I always thought I was crazy. I wondered how some of you legends would get these certain cadences out. I just decided to stop writing everytime and clean it up. I'd record over and over and listen for things and make edits. I lost my love a while back but I have a new boost of confidence and I'm going to start up again. Peace Lu.
This A Peace Of Artwork 💯 "Marvelous Masterpiece"✨
Yo seeing this and realizing this is how he made mural just further proves Lupe is just different
facts
Wow. This is mad similar to the way I make music! So glad I'm not alone in my craziness, not to mention that Lu is at the top of my hip hop trinity 😅
The video or audio he’s listening to is of the guy who’s considered the “Godfather of the Speedbag” this is actually Legendary ASF!!!
This is actually amazing
It’s quite amazing just off some boxing sounds to keep him on track, not the soundscape with a ton of other instruments. Sometimes rappers struggle to fit between the flow.
everybody has their own style it’s important to retain judgement and take a little knowledge from everything
You dont get it if u dont write.. this is what I call magic... that creative process is the magic. Its krazy. Once u find the flow... ball game lol. I luv it
Truly, it is magical.
I love the process.
Every 1 writes but sometimes it doesn't hit the paper
Oh I know feeling alright
@@rodri1971 same. Its hard to explain. Thats why I call it magic cause. cause when I create the bars I always myself where does this come from. This video is bad azz. Peep. how my brain works. Notice how he starts w/ boxing. To my ear, the noise sounds like a speed bag being punched
The reason i write verses is cause doing that many takes would drive me mad 😭. Thanks Lupe
he said he wrote this one tho didn't he?
Could you imagine the process for Mural? Sheeshhhh!
Every time I hear his name I think of that sadness that hit me when he announced his retirement from Hip-Hop
he's just looking in new directions with music and not retiring per say. He said he wants to bring rap into areas (globally) where it's not really seen and deep dive into why it's not present and how rap (as a form of rhythm & poetry) can enrich the people in those unique areas.
basically he feels he's completed the main quest and is doing all the side quests 😅
@@manxexplorers Unc is trying to 100% the story mode
omg lupe records on gargeband IM NOT A FAILURE !!!!!
Facts I caught that too lol
He records on GarageBand then sends the trackouts to his engineer G-Ball who mixes on analog gear. But technology has improved so much you can get decent quality sound for free
Right...I use Band-Lab on my phone to make songs.....Kanye made an album on his iphone......we can use the smallest of equipment nowadays.
💀
@@Skrewz d4vd (guy who made Romantic Homicide) also uses bandlab and his sisters closet to record his songs
Truly incredible
Thank you for this Content!!!
This is my writing process as well but with script writing… I never knew this is normal process. I just thought I was crazy. Lol Thanks Lupe for sharing your process! 🙏🏾
Really? How does a method like this even work for scripts? Genuinely interested. I'll bite. 🤷🏿♂
@@IKARIking67 exactly. I wanna know too!
@@IKARIking67 You know, trying hard to make a scripy have sense and actually manage to shock the audience should be similar to writing raps.
“Vinimin, cinnamon, all feminine, heart venomous, all men are friends”
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
thanks for posting this, cool stuff
This is the new process for alot of rappers. Wayne does the same thing, stringing together bars on the fly.
Bruh this has literally been my way of writing lately. So crazy I can relate to a legend
I'm so stuck in the pen to paper method (or the word processor) but I don't record line for line like Lupe is doing here on the mic. I usually write the whole 16 bar verse and then spit it into the mic. i should give this method a try just to see how it sounds
@@Gorguruga very important for improving and carving out your vocal style
@@GorgurugaIk this old but I use to do that as well but now I switched to this method on my own and it just works for me it just clicks yk
Haha its cool as hell seeing im not the only one who writes this way, and im thinking a whoooole bunch of ppl who rap for a hobby (or living) are thinking the same thing watching this, cuz ppl rarely discuss process.
Bruh I laughed out loud when I realized what he was doing as far as the technique & stubborn repetition
golden gloves, i wear them out, i know the game, i know myself, i win the belt, win the ring, yeah i'm winning everything
Bars.
who’s crazier, him or the person watching this for an hour and thirty minutes?! lol
This is mad interesting. There's a guitarist from a band called Polyphia named Tim Henson and all the crazy riffs and shit he comes up with is recorded just like this.
Is he rapping to a speed bag?
😩😩🤣🤣🤣
I never seen anything like it
Some true artists are what you call "weird" you have to be humble with it. The fact that he can put this out to show all of us is awesome
I got that a sec before reading your comment lol
Why am I watching this at 6:43am LMFAOOOO I am crackin up, the ending is HILARIOUS
Why am I about to watch this whole thing. The noises he makes in between takes sounds like me 😂
This why him and kendrick takes decades to drop albums.
Kendrick’s writing process is much different from what he explains
I appreciate all the Land Before Time references.
Glad to see I’m not the only one talk to myself when I get stuck on a bar
Another cold potential bar “it’s too hot to rock not thinking out the box you know I got the got the speed pack” lol I literally finished the bar before he did lol
Making classics on Garage Band. 🧘🏾♂
Funny as hell that all you write like Lupe..😂😂😂😂😂😂🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢
Ok...so I'm not crazy for talking to myself and making funny voices while Editing ✅ I'm just checking boxes lol
😂😂 he still checking boxes while in a box😂😂🙏🏾🤦🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️🤨
He's still checking boxes...while in da box, boxing and boxing out of the boxes.
- by Me
Writers: justadrum, SKULLS !!!!
I do that too. Just because I'm a Gemini. I do voice impressions lol for example Randy Macho Man Savage
@@jameslightsey1761 😂😂😂
Only true MCS understand this process
Where did he post this?
facts
Wtf is the thing he rapping over???
@@SashaFujiwara Boxer speedbag
is Lupe really sitting in front of an Audio Technica at2020? that's crazy.
28:22 “Ohhhh Yeah!. Oh You Thought It Was A Game,Didn’t You?!Oh You Thought I Was Playing Didn’t Chu?! You Thought It Was A Game,I Ain’t Playing Nigga! Watch This Shit Right Here!😂😂😂😂
FOREVER 🐐🔥
Idk in what world
This is amazing 👍
I didn't know Lupe was a 'miracle lyrical' flow. I miss the flawed concept album. I still miss The Cool I guess. Either way I'm excited to see Lupe in Bellingham come July. The setting is beautiful especially in summer. Hey Lupe! I enjoy your music.
Golden gloves I know the game; I train n reign; I went through pain; its not a game; i know myself ... LETS GO LUPE
Thank you
I do this same shxt lmao nowhere this level of dedication in one sitting at that speed but its fun, frustrating, exhilarating, annoying because we're constantly challenging our abilities while knowing that we can hit those lines. Just take sme flexing lol i love this~
Yall might be thinking too hard, you can hear the speed bag, and clearly he's using boxing references so this Is either a concept record of his own creativity or being used in some upcoming boxing video game, or promo for....etc.....I've rapped over dirt bike sounds for a Baltimore bike culture tribute....if you know you know ✍🏿
❤️🔥💯👉🏽 Aint een take one sip of d@mn water. I luh him. And I mean I LUUUUUH Me some LU Cheeeah!!! ❤❤❤❤❤
😅 I know the feeling it’s hard to rapid flow perfectly but enough practice it’s a banger
brings me back to child rebel soldier days
He wrote to the boxing video i just saw yesterday, kinda crazy the coincidences music creates
Incredible
If u say “in the mist the fist of this” one more time 😂😂
SMH! This guy here…….. beautiful and so Ef in creative. Hip hop at its pure finest.
How didn't Lu take a drink of water? Lol
Clearly he’s hydrated 😂
Drogas
So his writing process is that he doesn't？
Writing doesn’t have to be done with your hands and with pens or pads.
@On The Road Author my mind can only hold one or two sentences at a time
@@staybalancedn thats all you need. Keep adding 2 on to that 2.
How can we hear the song
@@staybalancedn if you keep working and practicing, write a verse spit it while looking then keep going without till you get it, then shit gets easier. Lu wasn't doing this day one this is years or work and honing a craft.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Maaaaan....the process!!
I’ve been using this concept for years
He's slowly turning into Judge Mathis
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
They kin fasho gotta be 😂