Only post links to freestyles by you and/or friends. The post title should be a quote of any line or phrase from your freestyle. Append any details/notes in parentheses. Append track length in brackets. Then add flair, if appropriate.

EXAMPLE

"any line from my freestyle" (details/notes) [length]

Rules (must read & follow)

1. OBEY THE GOLDEN RULE - Listen to and comment on others' freestyles if you wish for your own freestyles to be heard and recognized.

2. NO WRITTEN FREESTYLES - Freestyle submissions must be "off-the-top" (i.e. improvised). This sub DOES NOT respect "written freestyles" (an oxymoron)... this is a sham invented by money-hungry radio stations. Truth is, "freestyle rap" and "rap" are different art forms that sound very different.

3. ONLY POST YOUR FREESTYLES - This is not a place to post freestyles by known rappers. Only post freestyles by you and/or friends. Just use TEXT POST for any other purpose!!

4. BE CONSTRUCTIVE & POLITE

5. Post ALL BEATS elsewhere. /r/freebeats is our sister sub if applicable.

We Encourage

• Phone or laptop recordings

• Alternating bars/verses with friends

• Ill flows straight off the dome

Make Someone Smile...

Receiving recognition feels good! It's biological. Give someone a lil dopamine (reward chemical in the brain) by commenting on someone's freestyle with...

• your favorite line, or

• your favorite part, or

• your favorite invented word

THE LOUNGE LESSON SYLLABUS...

• The Science of Syllable Manipulation — how to deal with an incorrect syllable count

• Visceral Vocabulary via Rhyme Stacks — how to build a library of rhymes of your own

• Tips on Advanced Multisyllabic Rhyming — uneven rhymes and insignificant syllables

• An annotated track to learn mr manager's tricks

^{More to come!! just as soon as I type out some more of that knowledge and experience I've been hoarding. If you have your own advice you would like to share, please message the mods. I hear that those guys are pretty cool... — no_downside}

OUR PARTNERS IN RHYME...

• /r/FreeBeats

• /r/Rap

• /r/hiphopheads

• /r/appers

• /r/hiphop101

• /r/backpacker

• /r/amateurOC

• /r/dometop

• /r/arttocope

EXTERNAL RESOURCES...

• Audacity — free open-source audio editing and recording program

• Audacity Survival Guide — learn how to do everything that isn't rapping

• FlowFoSho — tips for all skill levels

• RapPad — an online notepad with freestyling tools and exercises

• RhymeZone — a rhyming dictionary

• LetsBeef — start a rap battle; text, audio and/or video

• DatPiff — your gateway to the land of mixtapes

• RapGenius — lyrical analysis of rap music

• Rapp — record, share, and hype your raps

• Youtube to MP3 Converter — get that instrumental you want as an mp3

• Online-Convert — upload and convert into acceptable formats

FREESTYLE RAP LOUNGE DIRECTORY

• Freestyle Rap Lounge #1

• Freestyle Rap Lounge #2

• Freestyle Rap Lounge #3

• Freestyle Rap Lounge #4

• Freestyle Rap Lounge #5

• Freestyle Rap Lounge #6

• Freestyle Rap Lounge #7

• Freestyle Rap Lounge #8

COMMUNITY SOURCED TIPS AND ADVICE. BASK IN THE CUMULATIVE SHARED KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR PEERS AND CONTRIBUTE YOUR OWN PERSPECTIVE SO OTHERS CAN KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW!

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO MESSAGE THE MODS WITH SUGGESTIONS, COMPLAINTS, OR ANYTHING ELSE YOU FEEL THE MODS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT!

Thanks to /u/BerenKaneda for the design of our header image.