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......ghostwriting?

i mean, ive been paid 50 bucks here & 100 there to write shit for some no-name rappers, but im trying to ghost write for some bigger names.... anyone know how?
 
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that's a very hard career to get work in...especially for rap music because everybody wants to uses their own lyrics...no matter how terrible they might sound


instead of selling verses for money directly you should try alternative methods

for example you could team up with a producer to sell beats w/ choruses and/or verses included. if im not mistaken the neptunes do this...but there is always a chance that the rapper picks the beat but uses his own lyrics.

or you could use some kind of bartering...a beat for a song

a lot of times the bigger artists use ghostwritters who they are close with on a personal or ones who have a big resume of hits that they wrote.

just curious....when you sell your verses do you just hand the person a lyric sheet or do you demo it as well?
 
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DeWalt

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Try going to a couple studios and write a couple verses and leave them there, you wont get paid but you'll hear your shit. PS anybody need a ghostwriter get at yo boy, Im confidential if im getting paid. Shit give me some weed and ill write a lil sumthin sumthin.
 
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Sicc OG
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well... see..... i aint trying to GET MY SHIT HEARD....... i can do that...... i know FAMOUS emcees that will take shit if i give it to em for free...... but i think they are afraid ill say something..... so im trying to let dudes know that they can trust me..... but they see that i also rap & know how competitive shit gets & they think i might open my mouth to get me name out on their songs with my lyrics.......

i dunno........ real frustrating...... i mean, it seems like its either cool with them if u do 1 or the other.... but not both.
 
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Sicc OG
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T.C said:
just curious....when you sell your verses do you just hand the person a lyric sheet or do you demo it as well?
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i usually am in the studio with them...... & i say like..... SAY THIS PART LIKE THIS.......

the thing is.... when i ghost write..... im not scared to get creative & sound like an idiot...... KINDA SING THIS PART...... etc.....

but on my own shit..... i dont want ANYTHING seeming corney..... so i dont experiement as much...... sucks & im trying to get over it......

anyway...... i either usually send them a track with the lyrics & me rapping on it....... or im in the studio with them.
 
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DeWalt

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I thought you said you wanted a career, your saying youve been doin it keep doin what your doin and start asking for mo money.

Let me ask you a question tho, How did you approach a rapper to ghostwrite?
 
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Sicc OG
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DeWalt said:
I thought you said you wanted a career, your saying youve been doin it keep doin what your doin and start asking for mo money.

Let me ask you a question tho, How did you approach a rapper to ghostwrite?
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the way it started off was.... i was doing a collaboration track with a rapper from watts.... who will remain nameless..... i spit my shit& he did his & his verse just lost its throttle...... dudes verse wasnt up to par..... no multis.... dude sounded like he rapped in fucking 1983 with Whodini....HAHA!.... he origanlly asked me to help him write the verse....... only shit he wrote was the opening line.....then, after that..... i showed people the joint..... & was like, YEAH..... I WROTE HIS PART TOO..... & it went on from there....... more dudes started asking..... ive done, probably about 6 different rappers (all no-names).... on probably 20 occasions.
 
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Sicc OG
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Jae iLL said:
you talkin bout freal rappers that's really doing it or unknowns?
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im talking about dudes that can get my name exopsed..... ive been writing for dudes that im on the same level with..... "A FUCKING NOBODY"..... y'feel me.
 
BETO916

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^^^^damn slowpoke....just like the last piece of chicken @ homestyle buffet...u beat me to it.

I advise putting an entertainment lawyer on retainer, or hiring a publisist.

Create a portfolio of your work and GET OUT THERE & NETWORK!!!

Hit any & all music conventions, talent shows, etc. Go to the MAGIC Convention in Vegas in August. There is ALWAYS alot of people from the industry there networking.

Shit..go find you a has been with a familiar name, write him/her some hot shit, and put them (and yourself ) back on the map.
 
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