The Positives of Making Hip Hop Music
Everyone loves listening to music, or at least the vast majority do. However, not everyone gets to experience what it’s like to make music. As a hip hop artist myself, it’s always going to be part of my campaign to inspire others to start rapping as well. As someone that has been doing it for over 10 years, I’ve seen the benefits firsthand, and I want others to as well. In this article, I’m going to take a look at just what some of those things are. Let’s go ahead and get into it.
It Takes Discipline
Believe it or not, when you listen to hip hop music, those songs did not write themselves. Creating hip hop music takes diligent, consistent work, and can be a great exercise of discipline. Afterall, it’s so easy to sit down, write a few lines, crumble it up, and throw it away. It’s so easy to come up with a song idea or have a creative vision and never fully execute it for various reasons. Either you think it isn’t good enough, or you don’t feel like you have the time, or maybe it’s more work then what you’re willing to put forth at the moment.
There are so many great young artists out there that for whatever reason, just don’t release music. They have all the talent in the world, and yet when you visit their page, you see the same song that’s been sitting there for 2 years with nothing new in sight. A big part of that could be lack of discipline.
When you record a song, it is a full process from start to finish. Writing, recording, mixing, and releasing. To follow through with that requires concentration and ambition.
It Is Yours
If you ask me, one of the most personal and vulnerable things that you can give the world is your own music. Especially if it’s something you’ve worked on with care, passion, and dedication. In my opinion, it’s one of the greatest aspects of making music, is it’s all yours.
Fans, record labels, and other people may try to steer you in a certain direction or help provide constructive criticism, and that is fine. But at the end of the day, it’s you sitting down to write the lyrics, select the beats, and record the vocals.
One of the cool things about that is that you don’t have to wait for anyone else’s permission to create new music. When you have a favorite artist, you wait excitedly for their next project to drop, or next single to come out. However, with your own music, if you want a new song, you can sit down and make it yourself. And then you get the added gift of being able to share it with others and bring them in on the excitement. It really is a positive experience.
It Can Make You A Lot of Money
Even though the rap industry is largely considered to be “over-saturated” there are still new artists coming on the scene and finding a way to make a living doing what they love. Even if that money isn’t made off the music directly, the music can help guide them into other opportunities that can turn out to be highly lucrative.
In a world where having the ability to work remotely, be your own boss, and have a flexible schedule is largely sought after, having hip hop as a part of your portfolio becomes an attractive option. Especially considering that music can generate passive income that can be earned around the clock, even while you sleep.
With that said, this alone isn’t a reason to start making hip hop music. In fact, if that’s your main objective, you will most likely fail. The only way to get really good at hip hop is to have a genuine passion for the sport. It takes a lot of hard work and consistency. Every artist that made it to a position of success did it by sticking with it and putting their all into it.
It’s Worth Giving A Try
As said before, I would love to see more and more people start making hip hop music. I would love to see it become a sport just as popular as playing soccer, volleyball, or basketball. Of course, not everybody will want to make a full time job out of rapping. But even just being able to jump in a freestyle cypher and participate can be an incredibly fun and bonding experience.
That’s actually how I personally got started. Friends would freestyle and I would want to jump in as well. I kept practicing and practicing and eventually got good enough to start writing full songs. Over 10 years later and I am still working as an artist.
If you’ve never had the chance, it is worth a try. Whether it’s freestyling, writing down a few bars, rapping along to your favorite song, or just kicking a few lines acapella, it’s a positive thing.
Thank you for taking the time to read this article. I hope you have enjoyed, and I will see you on the next one!
