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Have you ever wondered either what multis are or how to get better at them if you already know what they are? If you have, this thread is for you. Multis can make your verse flow better, look better, and hit harder. It takes time to learn how to write skilled lines and still use multies, but once you learn it, you will find it gets easier every day.

What is a multi?
Multis are a method of rhyming more than one syllable together. Before we go into what a multi is, however, you will need to know what is not a multie, because there are a lot of people out there that think they use them, but really don't.... I've seen it many times.

These two examples are not multis
Example 1:
grabbin the four, bust thru the door to murder a whore/
smash the slut wit a board and lay her head on the floor/

Example 2:
if i catch u fussin u get busted in the nugget wit musketz/
tucked in the mud wit ur fingers thrown in a bucket/

The first one was just rhymin words together more than once (four, door, whore, board, floor). Though it seems that would be multiple rhyming, it is not. Multi is short for multi-syllable rhyming, which is exactly what it says: rhyming together multiple syllablez. The second example is not a multi either. The reason? Musket, bucket, fussin...these are all suffixes...suffixes do not count as a rhyming syllable. The mud wit, or tucked in, those would count as a multie, but I try to stay away from using words such as is, in, the, if...as a multie. It sounds better when u use full words. These are not "prominent syllables" (keep reading).

This next example IS a multi
Example 1:
snatched off ya feet, breakin-ya-neck, stick a stake-in-ya-chest/
then start chokin ya soul, fuck ya life, i'm takin-ya-death/

You see how breakin-ya-neck, stake-in-ya-chest, takin-ya-death all rhyme together at more than one point? break, stake, take...and neck, chest, death. Words do not always have to rhyme EXACTLY. Rhyme, crime, time would be exact rhymes. Nine, life, five are not. However, in rap, they both work just as well, tho exact rhymes do sound ever-so-slightly better to the ear.

You do not have to put three multis in one bar (two linez)....You can put only one in each line, or as many as you want, as long as you don't stretch your lines! (See Wyzerd's tutorial on Wording.) You will see in rhyming multis that not every syllable has to rhyme. It so happenz that the two middle syllablez in the example above are all in and ya. That's great if it happenz to be, but take for example exit-woundz, next-to-you, wreckin-crew.




What has to rhyme and what doesn't.

You will notice in rhyming that you have both "prominent" and "silent" syllables. in the example above, in and ya would be silent. You hear them, however their soundz are not prominent or stressed when spoken. In two syllable multies (wu-tang, blue-flame), of course, both syllablez will rhyme, or it wouldn't be a multi! In three syllablez, usually the first and last syllable rhyme (stomp-his-back, drop-the-batz, cockin-macz). You can variate on this, such as (babblin, travelin, abdomen, javelin, snatchin-men), but we'll get into that more next lesson. The same applies to four syllables as with three. Most often the first and last syllable rhyme, tho if the ones in between rhyme as well, more power to you! When u get into five syllables, usually the first, second and last, or the first, fourth and last rhyme: (shit-in-ya-stomach, rippin-em-from-it, spit-when-i-gut-him...these are all first, fourth, fifth). You also have your first, second and last (slap-bitches-wit-batz, my crack-itchez-so-bad, cats-spittin-like-fagz). As always, if more than those syllablez rhyme, more power to you. You may ask, what about six syllablez and so on, but after u get to five syllablez, anything more doesn't flow right. It's too long for your brain to really pick up on when you hear it. I suggest keeping it at five or under. Of course, it should go without saying, the first syllablez will always rhyme, because that is the start of the multi!




How do I get better at multis?

The best thing you can do to get better at multis is to read the dictionary. This soundz pretty simple, but I mean literally read it once, all the way through. There are rhyming dictionaries out there as well, but I personally feel as if it takes away my own style and personality...I also feel like I'm cheating, so I have never used them. I couldn't even tell you where to find them. I have read most of the dictionary, almost the whole thing. Just skim-read it...you'll be surprised how much you retain. Vocabulary is they key, because no one wants to see you rhyme the same things over and over again.

Another great way, probably the best if done in supplement to reading the dictionary and thesauruses, is to practice them. Take a certain rhyme scheme, such as...rhyme scheme! Now sit down without a dictionary, and make as many multis as you can out of it. When you can make about fifty multis in one scheme, you know you've got it. Do this with various rhyme schemez. Not writing verses, just lists of rhyming words. I have notebooks full of rhyming words and almost nothing else besides some wack verses written as a newbie.

Finally, just expiriment. Don't use the same rhyme schemes but different rhyming words all the time...mix it up....Mix up how many syllables you use, etc.



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Tutorial written by PJK

MAD-VISION

pjk sucked why did he write this?

MurkinDem

Dont matter if he sucked or the best, you learn from a strong & weak opponent.

MAD-VISION

yeah but his examples suck

MurkinDem

Lool, its just an example if he wrote a better one I bet you wouldn't even understand it.

MAD-VISION

shut up biotch and go answer my fight night verse

MurkinDem

Murdered the TOPIC.

barracade

those are horrible examples of a multi/non-multi

i'll break in ya couch, after i break in ya house, start raping ya spouse and staining her blouse, battlin me your screwed like music made in the south.

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Murkel

the examples are good enough, its not like its a verse for a battle, its just to show people what multis are

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Can't say I'm original, Mercules did it first.

citric

"However, in rap, they both work just as well, tho exact rhymes do sound ever-so-slightly better to the ear."


i disagree, when i write i actually try and use slant rhymes rather than exact.

UnDecided

I cant believe this is still around. I remember stickying this post when I was a MOD a few years ago, ha. Whatever happened to the StaticKaos tutorials???

PoizonusJK

uppin for philosophies haha

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Breaks

i feel ppl put to much stock in multi's,i mean they don't do much in
actual battles,sure they can help to help decide a batlle but they
shouldn't be in a class of their own,i.e.like punches or wordplay...
...peace.

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PoizonusJK

you could maybe argue that in text, but even then, i think they deserve their own class for the simple fact it takes just as much skill to be truly great with rhyme schemes as it does to be truly great with wordplay...i'd even say it's easier to come up with wordplay than to make a coherent sentence where like nine syllables rhyme...

but when spoken aloud, multisyllabics make your lyrics sound ten times better...simple phonetics...'tis a shame so many people have forgotten how much of a difference flow an phonetics make...but hey, your opinion...pz

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good stuff why every body hating ?

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PoizonusJK

wow who the fuck are you? i didn't write this to drop ill crazy multies, i kept it simple ON PURPOSE...you forget, this is for people who don't know what the fuck a multisyllabic rhyme scheme is...

i coulda been like

i blaze-chizzies, aim-semi's.. them federals-can't-get-with-this
metal-in-hand,-it's-the-incredible-man-gifted-with
a knack for gram-flippin, made several-grands-shippin-bricks
cuz i been pushin more keys than medical-transcriptionists
bring it to ya porch-whenever,-with-heat-dude
so when i do, of course-ya-better-retreat..-who'd
wanna stomach the sorts-of-lead-i'm-a-feed-you
i'm packin a gatlin, like schwarzenegger-in-T2
leave-you see-thru.. you can't match-with-the-damn-master
sprayin macs-at-a-man-faster-than-sand-blasters
smack you up till the back-of-my-hand-fractures
record it on tape an dub it over with canned-laughter

but i didn't do that cuz i was tryna be overly simplistic for those who don't know nothin about the topic...asshole

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PoizonusJK

they hate cuz i've always been notorious on this site...half the kats thought i was the illest thing since sliced bread, the other half couldn't stand me...as RC put it, i was unbearably arrogant to some...but hell, it was a battle rap website, ain't you supposed to talk shit an be cocky namean?

cool beats by the way

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Burt Blaze

your outdated lingo frightens me sometimes.

anyhoo...i dont see y you had that angry response to Mad's comment from 2008

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Runaway Angel

well regardless of what anyone else said I am a newbie and this post helped me because I didnt know what a multi was! Yes I admit it!LOL I never really thought about why some peoples work seemed to flow better than others I guess I figured it was just talent. It may be but I'm sure mastering the art of multis helps. SO maybe now with some work I can take my writing to another level? We'll see. Ya'll have a good one.

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