i just watched a thing on youtube about diggy simmons and it made me think about where he is at his age vs. where i was at his age
he's way more advanced than i was at his age.. however i'd say he had more instructions and help probably.. and that's not a diss to diggy.. i'm just saying he grew up with a studio in his house and his dad knew how to rap i had to build studio stuff from the ground up with no real help or support and i didn't understand the structure of rap for a long time.. the whole 3-16 format.. i used to just write paragraphs.. i didn't separate the rhymes or anything.. i used to just try to memorize what rhymed as opposed to having structured sentences i didn't learn about bars til i was about 18 in 2002 when i got the album "the eminem show" and that was a big growth period for me when i got that album i was amazed at his lyrical prowess to the point where the beats didn't even matter.. i kept listening to that album over and over.. anyone who had that album at that time understands exactly what i'm talking about.. it was just like rap 2.0 or something.. it was very advanced.. i had never heard anyone rap with that much clarity, precision, and also like.. rhyming dexterity.. emphasizing and de-emphasizing syllables to make things fit and bounce off of the beat in an exhilarating way but here's the thing.. in that album booklet he printed the lyrics.. that was IT for me lol.. i was so captivated that i used to bring that booklet everywhere with me and just read it and re-read it and study the format and admire it this was where i learned about the format of rap.. i counted all the lines and realized each verse was 16 and i peeped how the rhymes sat within the lines, and everything that was where i finally began to get polished in my approach.. everything began to make more sense after that and i began to make a lot more progress but anyway.. i guess my point in writing this was like.. just to talk about how we all have our different ways of growing into our hobbies and stuff.. everyone has a different background story u kno
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