Success isn’t necessarily a science. Most individuals come upon it after much trial, tribulation, and experimentation. They push themselves to keep taking risks, even if they don’t seem to be getting anywhere. There is no better teacher than mistakes – your own, or even the ones others make. But you’ll never create learning opportunities for […]

Yo, TJ Bear here. It’s never been easier to be a rapper, and the over-saturation in the rap scene is a testament to this fact. There’s rappers floating around per capita than ever before. Why wouldn’t there be? The cost and difficulty of resources and accessibility to the rap game is at an all-time […]

Modern day battle rap is largely based around prewritten lyrics. It’s become the norm. If you can therefore freestyle battle rap well, you instantly give yourself a huge advantage over the majority of other battle rappers. No longer will you have to think of all your lyrics before hand, then lo silly when they say […]

Today we’re going to lo at how to write battle rap lyrics like a pro. You could have top ivery, a good image and some finely tuned stage presence. But if your lyrics aren’t up to scratch, all the rest won’t matter anywhere near as much; the audience and the judges won’t want to hear […]

Today we’re going to lo at how you should present yourself when battle rapping. This is part of an ongoing series on how to battle rap and win. You can see the overview guide and other parts here: How To Battle Rap For Beginners. Check the above for battle rap tips. Today though I’m […]

So you’ve watched all the battle rap videos on Youtube. You’ve picked your favorites, and you feel like you could probably step up and start battling yourself. But how do you go about getting good? What do you need to do to become one of the battle rap stars of this generation? And how different […]