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    Dear Stranger (First OM)

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    Re: Dear Stranger (First OM)

    ok...welcome to your first om


    the verse showed alot of emotion

    but i think you kinda of lacked imagery/metaphor speaking so make me draw a picture about what you were dealing with..how your dad has changed and why you resorted to takin his almost lifestyle

    the vocab could of been better but the flow was decent and smooth

    good try on this first om...but i think you got potential to elevate


    good shit..



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    Re: Dear Stranger (First OM)

    I see exactly what you mean. Reading over some others work I got a feel for actually painting a picture in the readers mind. I'm going to try and work on a something thought out rather than just typing and see how that goes. Thanks for the feed, helps me grow.

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    Re: Dear Stranger (First OM)

    Quote Originally Posted by Chef Boy OG View Post
    I see exactly what you mean. Reading over some others work I got a feel for actually painting a picture in the readers mind. I'm going to try and work on a something thought out rather than just typing and see how that goes. Thanks for the feed, helps me grow.
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    Re: Dear Stranger (First OM)

    I'll take a look.

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    Re: Dear Stranger (First OM)

    Like Rush said you have a lot of emotion in this piece & a lot of space for imagery. As you write a piece never skip the opportunity for a sense of imagery. The piece carried itself well, but try to instill the imagery & with it change the wording. Example:

    They say times are hard, but they'll only get harder
    Thats how they delt the cards, but I don't run like a coward

    With imagery could be:

    They say that times are hard,but why bother when they'll only get harder
    With the hand I was dealt I couldn't go much farther,
    But I never folded and ran like a coward


    Sure the structure is odd, but you give yourself 1 bar with a supporting line. You can now feed off of it to your next. Take your time with every bar. Sometimes I reword a bar 5-10 times until it seems just right.
    But...
    He can never touch her again


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    Re: Dear Stranger (First OM)

    whoa bruh...FIRST DROP?!...dude welcome to tha game mayn...u dropped that shyt good...agreed with DP...i rewrite lines alot...fix em...mix em...lol ditch em even...just w/e to make it tha best...i was rele feelin this shyt...very emotional without gettin all gay n touchy feely...u kept this shyt HOOD...storytellin was rele good...n u hooked me in like 4 lines...good shyt to do...never got borin...ur flow was great...i mean no joke THIS SHUDNT GET SLEPT ON...dude just refreshin to see GOOD SHYT FROM NEW PPLZ ON HERE...anyway...great flow...good conceptz...ok vocab n shyt...great storytellin...n not rele many metaphorz...but then again STORY DROPZ dont rele use em much...GOOD FUKIN READ...KEEP WRITING THAT HOOD SHYT HOMIE!!!

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    Re: Dear Stranger (First OM)

    Not bad man it was deep. i thought each bar connected at perfect timing and could almost pick up a beat in my head little longer and a break for chorus you got a track goin

    Check out rough draft: http://www.rapbattles.com/forum/show...st-399800.html

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    Re: Dear Stranger (First OM)

    Thank you all for the feed, its greatly appreciated. This shit makes me better for sure.

    Deadpool: Thank you for laying that out for me, rather than people making a post like 'youre doing this wrong' or something, you gave a nice example on how to change it, and that really made it clear for me. I have a pretty good idea on how to improve this, so thanks bro

    DJKingDavid: Thanks for the compliments, I'm working on metaphors a bit, starting to get the hang of them, I should have some new work up soon that will demonstrate my new found knowledge

    IStabMidgets: Thanks man, I wasn't looking to write a hole song really, just threw up something quick, but glad you can see it like that!

    Anyways, I should have a new piece up some time today displaying a little of what I have learned. Anyone else... Feed me! I need to grow!

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    Re: Dear Stranger (First OM)

    Uppin for a little feed.
    If it falls again, I'm letting it die.

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    Re: Dear Stranger (First OM)

    Quote Originally Posted by Chef Boy OG View Post
    This is going to be my first OM post. Just a quick keystyle. I'm new to writing, but I've always thought about writing about this, so heres my attempt.

    Dear Stranger
    "Keystyle" by ChefBoyOG


    Dear stranger, who I used to look up to
    Older now and don't give a fuck bout you
    Do you wonder where I am, or what I've become?
    I can't help but be sad, but i can live on
    They say times are hard, but they'll only get harder
    Thats how they delt the cards, but I don't run like a coward
    Remember when the world was care free
    A Saturday at the park, with just you and me
    Spin me till i'd puke on that marry go round
    How is it one man could be so strong
    You'd help me with school, while mom was cookin dinner
    Jokin about fools, tellin me not to be a sinner
    You gave it all up, only to become a drunk
    I'm your only son, dad.. what the fuck
    I thought love was unconditional, I guess I took it to literal
    Now I'm just another criminal, Though damage done is minimal
    I mean, when I was young I saw you dealing, so I got this feeling
    saw you make a killing, so I had to start dealing
    I didn't want to be you, I thought I was better than that
    That may be true, still I can do better than that
    I been locked up for some little things, and sure it stings
    To see my mother giving up on her kids
    I ain't got a 9 to 5, but to some suprise
    I'm still gettin by, Nickles and dimes
    commit some petty crimes, sold a few rhymes
    For me this is living big, because I'm giving it
    My all, and not forgiving shit, that fucked up my past
    Thought the time has passed, the memories still last
    Only meant to get a little money and then I'd be done
    But I got to deep in, lost more than I won
    You showed me the game, and I'm not having fun
    Sincerely, A guy who once was your son.

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    For your first Open Mic dude, this was great.

    A concept of a criminal who is forced into what he is by his childhood, & so hating it & also vehemently blaming the person he feels pushed him towards it is a great little idea that I can adapt to. There was one bar that stood out to me,

    You gave it all up, only to become a drunk
    I'm your only son, dad.. what the fuck
    I sometimes think things are better when they're explained, but I thought the sudden storytelling of his Dad giving up dealing only to become something worse had more of an impact than you could have if you stretched it out into ten lines. I like this bit a lot, it was small & interesting for me. I can almost believe it because I don't know, I feel with that little light you shone on it you can see you actually relate to it, in that one little bar.

    The overall piece garnered it's own emotion as your built on it, & opening with Dear Stranger & ended with Sincerely... your Son was an interesting touch &, without the line I quoted, perhaps would have been a neat little twist to close it but it's not actually worth cutting those lines I liked. This was an emotionally impactful piece, so it's lack in depth and storytelling are just common because it seems like if you want to form certain things you have to bypass others, something which when you're a young writer you find hard to accomplish.

    At times your flow wasn't great, & perhaps a few inner multis mixed in every so often might help this flow better, & giving up certain bars like "harder" to "coward" wont be neccessary because with an inner multi you can be rhyming elsewhere rather than just the last few syllables of each line.


    I like this piece, you obviously have things to learn & if you elevate & attempt to attribute things you learn & build from this piece, you will be a good writer. A few inner multis or inner rhymes might help the reader see the poetic side of the piece thus helping them read it, & a better structure might make it seem like you have actually prepared the time to make it easier to read, but what you've shown here is something good writers build from: a decent concept with emotional value that will help access you to the reader. If you just keep writing, stay at it, then you will see how things develop in your own way.

    Stay active, write as much as you can when you feel it but don't feel you ever have to force it out if you're not writing for any league or deadlines, & overall just try to develop what you already have & build from that. I don't believe this was a keystyle, because unlike Freestyles they have concepts and topics that they keep to, & where a freestyle will burst out in one minute, a keystyle usually takes about 10 or 20 & is an actual piece.

    Perhaps take a few hours perfecting your next piece brother & drop it over the weekend, & read & feed as many as you can until then to build up a rep as a serious writer who is willing to support the rest of us.


    Good luck, mate.



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    Re: Dear Stranger (First OM)

    Wow. Hands down way more then i ever expected to see in some feed. Thank you for the pointers, I'm working on a new piece now that I'm actually putting time in to. Thank you for the compliments as well. If they had an award for giving feed, I would definitely nominate you aha. Anyways, I appreciate it man.

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