50 Cent Teaches Rap Songwriting In 3 Steps (50 Cent Writing Process)

“I didn’t actually know how to count bars when I met Jay. I would write a verse and it would be 12 bars, sometimes 14, sometimes 18… everything but 16 bars you know… he kind of trained me to write the chorus… and he was like… he’d write make the chorus to the record 3-4 times before I started. And this is why sometimes I have habits based on that.”

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 50 Cent Rap Songwriting Clip #1 0:46 Tip #1 Melodies Make The Music
2:12 Drake Applauds 50 Cent’s Rap Songwriting
2:42 50 Cent Rap Songwriting Clip #2
2:56 Tip #2 Choruses Don’t Have To Be One Shot, One Kill
4:12 Free Rap Songwriting Course
6:02 50 Cent Rap Songwriting Clip #3
6:49 Tip #3 Mentors Are A Must
9:04 Comment and Pick Up Your Free Course


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In this first clip, 50 Cent has subtly provided us with provided us with a little-known and often unmentioned diamond of a gem in the process of rap songwriting: 

#1 Melodies Make The Music

While rap as an art-form is certainly not only tied to melody as its defining characteristic… 

The generation-defining influence of 50 Cent’s melodic hooks and infectious bridges on Hip-Hop is undeniable. 

In a minute, we’ll see 50 break down further exactly how he used his Southside Jamaica Queens swagger to first grab the attention of his future mentor, Run D.M.C.’s Jam Master Jay… 

But for step #1, it’s crucial to understand that: 

Outside of his well-known marketing skills, business acumen, and larger than life persona… 

50 Cent’s melodic chorus writing ability is one of the main things helped set him apart from other artists in the early early 2000’s.
Many artists had all the street credibility in the world, big artist co-signs, and so on… 

But none of the rap songwriting and chorus constructing capabilities that 50 did to appeal to a mass audience. 

In fact, the current “hook writer in chief” of this generation Drake (someone who could not be further away from 50 Cent in other ways), admitted that 50 Cent had a direct influence on his chorus-writing sensibilities when he was coming up.
So how exactly did 50 go about teaching himself rap songwriting and chorus techniques? 

Let’s run back the clip as we delve into step #2. 

#2 Choruses Don’t Have To Be One Shot, One Kill

“He kind of trained me to write the chorus, and he was like… he’d write make the chorus to the record 3-4 times before I started. And this is why sometimes I have habits based on that. Sometimes I’ll put more than one melody on the actual record.”
50 Cent Interview

50 here describes three crucial rap songwriting secrets that we’ll break down step by step: 
* Develop The Habit of Writing Many Choruses
* Be Able To Write The Chorus Before The Verse
* Put More Than One Melody On The Record

First, let’s talk about the habits needed for multiplatinum level rap songwriting. 

Develop The Habit of Writing Many Choruses

One of the main ways 50 Cent went from underground to mainstream and caught the attention of Eminem and Dr. Dre was by his prolific production of high quality mixtapes. 

50 Cent was notable for having reinvented the public’s conception of what a mixtape could be. 

Instead of simply rapping over random beats or just having his crew on a bunch of unsorted tracks… 

50 would take a famous beat that was “trending” at the time as we would say now… 

And write a completely new chorus and song concept on top of it. 
By doing this, often 50 would not only catch the public’s attention by using a popular beat at the time and show he could rock on your favorite artist’s music…

…He more importantly demonstrated that he could make a CATCHIER SONG than the original artist who paid for the instrumental… and he gave it to us, for FREE.

Therefore, really what this came and comes down to is having a habit of writing many choruses on any form of track thrown at you. 
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