I practice by once a day alternating doing ‘like’, ‘as’, ‘than’ & ‘is’ metaphors. Remember: a simile is a comparison between two different things using like or as to make the comparison. It creates an image in our heads that we don’t expect, creating surprise in the listener.Rarely will you ever find a good simile or metaphor in a bar without another technique beside it.

For an explanation of Metaphors and Similes check out MC Lyte’s classic single “Lyte As A Rock”…Milk (of Audio Two, most famous for “Top Billin'”): Do you understand the metaphoric phrase ‘Lyte As A Rock?’ It’s explaining how heavy the young lady is, you know what I’m saying King?King of Chill (a Producer for Lyte, made the beat for “Paper Thin”): Yes my brother, but I would consider ‘Lyte As A Rock’ a Simile, because of the usage of the word “As…”That is the distinction.

An analogy. “They extracted a kind of splinter from my head, and now my head is easy and empty” (224) (Metaphor) Our Nine Favorite Uses of Creative Metaphors and Similes 9. Similes use the words ‘like’ or ‘as’ to compare two dissimilar things. D-503 describes the Benefactor as a "the wise white Spider" (136). Personification is when a rapper compares himself to an inanimate object, or he gives an object human qualities. “Pimpin’ hoes and clockin’ a grip like my name was Dolemite.” (Snoop Dogg in “Nuthin’ But A G-Thang”) Or, to use a more recent example, “Got Draggin’ balls like my name was Vegeta.” (Joey Bada$$, “Christ Conscious”) he literally compares himself to a Dragon Ball Z character, and uses wordplay with the word “Dragon/ Draggin'”.Hip-Hoppers use the word ‘metaphors’ to refer to all comparisons and metaphorical concepts that we use in lyrics. Raekwon: “Rhymes rugged and built like Schwarzenegger.” Ol’ Dirty Bastard: “I’ll be stickin’ pins in your head like a fuckin’ nurse.” GZA: “Now that thought is just as bright as a 20-watt light bulb.” And many more…“Protect Ya Neck” does not tell a story, nor does it have a rhetorical purpose (except for GZA’s verse at the end,) other than trying to prove how dope the Clan really can be. Or no one. The best rappers all have great metaphor game in their arsonal. 2,744. "Coming from the deep black like the Loch Ness, And it is better used in the context of an extended metaphor, and not as a one-off technique. However, a metaphor is a little harder to practice and requires a deeper explanation.“All the world’s a stage, and all of the men and women merely players” is Shakespeare’s most famous metaphor. He points out the fact that people are aware his speech is outlandish and dope at the same time. For our purposes we will try to isolate words to build metaphors, like we can easily do with Similes.But first, let’s delve a little deeper into the concept of Similes…“I smoke on the mic like Smokin’ Joe Frasier/ The Hellraiser, raisin’ Hell with the flavor/ Terrorize a jam like troops in Pakistan/ Swingin’ through your town like your neighbourhood Spiderman.”Wu-Tang’s “Protect Ya Neck,” the first single from their debut album, is full of creative comparisons, especially similes. Though they knew it not, their baby’s cries were lovely as jeweled butterflies. I call this an ‘image system’, when a rapper uses images that can be categorized together to elicit an emotion in the audience.It’s a hard technique to practice, because it is difficult to breakdown in a simple way unlike the previous techniques.

I will have to think of a proper way to practice this technique and come back to it later.The master level of metaphors. Nas uses the word “is” to express a relation between sleep and death. Compare yourself to a famous actor, another rapper, the fucking pope for all I care. "Well, I hadn't ought to complain about that trap," came the answer.But he remembered that he had once before been caught and had escaped by squeezing the trap.He dragged off the trap and its clog, and went clanking up the mountain.Kirkwood poked his cane through the trap, repeating the address.

Synonyms for trap at Thesaurus.com with free online thesaurus, antonyms, and definitions. Although I don’t think anyone was fooled by this songs structure, we all kinda knew he was talking about our music or you never heard the song because you skipped it. Making a metaphor last the entire duration of a song. "See, I drop the greats like clumsy waiters drop plates." And all great artists [...]Wordplay or Word-play, literally playing with the meanings of words to inspire humor or amusement. For now, let’s move on to the most crowd pleasing techniques: wordplay.Analyzing Lyrics Mos Def’s contribution to the song “Respiration” on Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are Black Star (1998) is notable for it’s use of imagery.

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