How To: Write Perfect Multies

Whilst they're not the most important in a rap battle when it comes to Letsbeef if you don't have multies you don't get votes. It's sad but they're effectively the benchmark, often less experienced voters won't even read a verse if it doesn't appear to have multies. Whilst I don't encourage that it's the hard reality and therefore we have to make sure our multies are on point.

There are three types of multies:
Perfect Multies = Everything adds up. All of the words rhyme and the syllable count is perfect.

Slanted Multies = The words partly rhyme but not perfectly, syllable count might be slightly off.

Broken Multies = The words don't rhyme and/or the syllable count doesn't add up.

It goes without saying that perfect multies are the best, followed by slanted and then broken. Here are some examples of all three types of multies...

Perfect: LETS BEEF, GET TEETH, YES SLEEP

Slanted: BAGUETTES HEAT, ACCEPT STREET

Broken: LETS BEEF, GUY EATS, YOUR KEEPER

I've bolded the bits that don't work.

The reason we want to strive for perfect multies is that they make the verse flow better and make you technically better than an opponent that fails to write perfect multies.

Connective Words:
People often end up breaking there multies due to connective words for example: CREW THAT SUCKS, YOU FUCK, SHOOT UP. For some reason lots of people forget to rhyme the connective word, it needs to be done.

Here's the best example I can find in one of my recent verses:
Wait! This TWAT ROCK THAT CLIQUE! Your leaders are 'Walking Dead' since the two I battled LAST, LOST AND QUIT!!

Rock and Lost are slanted rhymes as are and, and that. The syllables match up though so it flows ok.

How To Get Away With Slanted Multies

So lets use the multies I gave as an example earlier to construct a bar.

He's coming on LETS BEEF but with that 'Micro-Wave' he's generating couldn't bring the 'Beef' to bagUETTE HEAT!

If you lower case the start of the word (assuming that's the bit that doesn't work) then you acknowledge that it doesn't rhyme and encourage the reader to emphasise the GUETTE rather than the bag. Whilst this is still a broken/slanted rhyme people tend to be far more forgiving when it's structured in this manner.


How To Write Multies
This is very basic and I'm sure most of you know it already. When you write a verse you should be capitalising your rhyming words so that the reader knows what to emphasise. Multies should look like this:

This KIDS THE WACKEST FOOL IN BOOTHS so if in this Battle 'Cube-A, Bruhs Ill' it's a INTERNATIONAL DISPUTE!

Capitalized, no additional grammar is necessary. Don't do this:

KIDS~THE~WACKEST~FOOL

or

KIDS-THE-WACKEST-FOOL

It's unnecessary, outdated and it makes the verse harder to read because all the reader can see is squiggles and lines.

Hope this helps, please feel free to ask questions.

Whilst they're not the most important in a rap battle when it comes to Letsbeef if you don't have multies you don't get votes. It's sad but they're effectively the benchmark, often less experienced voters won't even read a verse if it doesn't appear to have multies. Whilst I don't encourage that it's the hard reality and therefore we have to make sure our multies are on point.

There are three types of multies:
Perfect Multies = Everything adds up. All of the words rhyme and the syllable count is perfect.

Slanted Multies = The words partly rhyme but not perfectly, syllable count might be slightly off.

Broken Multies = The words don't rhyme and/or the syllable count doesn't add up.

It goes without saying that perfect multies are the best, followed by slanted and then broken. Here are some examples of all three types of multies...

Perfect: LETS BEEF, GET TEETH, YES SLEEP

Slanted: BAGUETTES HEAT, ACCEPT STREET

Broken: LETS BEEF, GUY EATS, YOUR KEEPER

I've bolded the bits that don't work.

The reason we want to strive for perfect multies is that they make the verse flow better and make you technically better than an opponent that fails to write perfect multies.

Connective Words:
People often end up breaking there multies due to connective words for example: CREW THAT SUCKS, YOU FUCK, SHOOT UP. For some reason lots of people forget to rhyme the connective word, it needs to be done.

Here's the best example I can find in one of my recent verses:
Wait! This TWAT ROCK THAT CLIQUE! Your leaders are 'Walking Dead' since the two I battled LAST, LOST AND QUIT!!

Rock and Lost are slanted rhymes as are and, and that. The syllables match up though so it flows ok.

How To Get Away With Slanted Multies

So lets use the multies I gave as an example earlier to construct a bar.

He's coming on LETS BEEF but with that 'Micro-Wave' he's generating couldn't bring the 'Beef' to bagUETTE HEAT!

If you lower case the start of the word (assuming that's the bit that doesn't work) then you acknowledge that it doesn't rhyme and encourage the reader to emphasise the GUETTE rather than the bag. Whilst this is still a broken/slanted rhyme people tend to be far more forgiving when it's structured in this manner.


How To Write Multies
This is very basic and I'm sure most of you know it already. When you write a verse you should be capitalising your rhyming words so that the reader knows what to emphasise. Multies should look like this:

This KIDS THE WACKEST FOOL IN BOOTHS so if in this Battle 'Cube-A, Bruhs Ill' it's a INTERNATIONAL DISPUTE!

Capitalized, no additional grammar is necessary. Don't do this:

KIDS~THE~WACKEST~FOOL

or

KIDS-THE-WACKEST-FOOL

It's unnecessary, outdated and it makes the verse harder to read because all the reader can see is squiggles and lines.

Hope this helps, please feel free to ask questions.

[Phracture]

thumbs up to this thread bro .

[Phracture]

thumbs up to this thread bro .

[Dono]

[Dono]

Originally Posted by Dono

How To Rap - Writing Multisyllable Rhymes - YouTube

Tryna steal my thunder bro?

Hahaha I'm kidding, I can't watch it right now I'll check it out later.

Originally Posted by Dissizit

thumbs up to this thread bro .

Thanks Diss. You'll see it all later in the crew forums anyway lol

Originally Posted by Dono

How To Rap - Writing Multisyllable Rhymes - YouTube

Tryna steal my thunder bro?

Hahaha I'm kidding, I can't watch it right now I'll check it out later.

Originally Posted by Dissizit

thumbs up to this thread bro .

Thanks Diss. You'll see it all later in the crew forums anyway lol

[Dono]

Steal your thunder? I'm 27k views deep boy, if anything I am the thunder.

But nah, just a supplement. People learn in different ways, different mediums are often helpful. I figure anyone looking into this could get a little knowledge out of that as well.

[Dono]

Steal your thunder? I'm 27k views deep boy, if anything I am the thunder.

But nah, just a supplement. People learn in different ways, different mediums are often helpful. I figure anyone looking into this could get a little knowledge out of that as well.

Originally Posted by Dono

Steal your thunder? I'm 27k views deep boy, if anything I am the thunder.

But nah, just a supplement. People learn in different ways, different mediums are often helpful. I figure anyone looking into this could get a little knowledge out of that as well.

27k views nice. I didn't click the link. I agree I'm just messing with you.

Originally Posted by Dono

Steal your thunder? I'm 27k views deep boy, if anything I am the thunder.

But nah, just a supplement. People learn in different ways, different mediums are often helpful. I figure anyone looking into this could get a little knowledge out of that as well.

27k views nice. I didn't click the link. I agree I'm just messing with you.

[Dono]

Likewise amigo, just throwing banter.

Good look on the article.

[Dono]

Likewise amigo, just throwing banter.

Good look on the article.

[Phracture]

I see @Dono Rackin up on titles !

[Phracture]

I see @Dono Rackin up on titles !

[I AM EGO]

Nice man, it's good to read this over and refresh the memory. I'm sure this will help a lot of less experienced people trying to learn more.

[I AM EGO]

Nice man, it's good to read this over and refresh the memory. I'm sure this will help a lot of less experienced people trying to learn more.