When You Started Rapping...

[complexity]

How ill did you think you were. Tell stories.

[The Gonz]

I never thought I was ill. I still don't. Only reason I say that I am is because others do. I think I'm above average. And that's only in writtens. All my friends think I'm an awesome "rapper". Compared to whats on the radio, that may be true these days. But I know there are sicker. Plus I can't free very well lol.

[- Mutual -]

when i first started like very first started i thought i was ill then i started listenin to more rap and i realised that i aint shit compared so i upped my shit got practisin, now i like Ruckus thing i am average, i dont think i'm as good as Ruck but i aint ill, there are few people i would say are ill but thats my opinion

[MOEstradamus]

im a multi artist i do alot of things such as write books. comics. edit videos, and i attempt to draw. I just decided to try it i knew i wasnt good by listening to other people but i thought it was easy to understand so i think i rapped for two weeks or so then joined this site. and here i am today

[FlipSide]

I Started Rapping when i was 16 or 17 when my mother sent me to NJ to Live with my dad cuz She though chicago was dangerous lol....Any ways i met a couple guys ..and we used to ride around with a boom box and one day dude puts on a beat tape....just starts killing it...and a group formed...and when it was my turn i was scared like a lil bitch...and choked...and then i started writing.. i did not join any site until i was developed in freestyling.. But i have a passion for this even if im not that good...i love making music and exploring my creativity.. Its part of me

[DaPrince]

I use to write poetry a lot when I was younger and then just fell away from it for a while, but after hearing some of the better lyricist that were signed I wanted to start writing more to beats. At first I thought I was alright and I had some average punches but after seeing other people's writtens and reading up on technique (multi's, inner rhyme, varying rhyme schemes, etc.) I feel like I'm much better than when I started and would consider myself an above average writer now, but my delivery still needs to work so that's where my focus is now days.

[Momeijah]

i Thought i Was ill as Fuck When i Started And The Better i Got The More i Realised i Wasn't All That. Just ur Awareness Of What's Dope And What's Not Expands The More ur Exposed To More Rappers u Wouldn't Have Heard Of Before u Started, And When u Try New Things Etc.

[$eR!oU$ SK!LL]

I always felt that I was the best when it come to lyrics.
When I started text battling, I thought i had it all under control...until I started losing all of my battles.
I never even knew what a multi or punch or personal was.
Stretched lines and played concepts were never existant to me.
I wrote all of my battle just as if I was writing an audio. But i learned slowly but surely that the arrangement is totally different.
So I actually hit the tutorials and started reading battles of veterans on all types of sites.
Im still building my foundation but not at all a vet.