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R is for Rap: My A to Z Wish List

April 20, 2012 By: Patricia

I wish I could learn to rap…like that elderly lady in The Wedding Singer. I think she might be a little older than I am, but I liked her style.

It’s not that I haven’t tried. I think it’s the rhythm and moves combined with remembering all the words…a lot like rubbing my stomach and patting my head while reciting the Gettysburg Address.

Or trying to twirl a hula hoop around my hips while doing the Electric Slide.

Or eating peanut butter while standing on my head.

Not that I can stand on my head or twirl a hula hoop without hurting myself…

I just wish I could learn to rap.

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Comments

  1. Arlee Bird says

    May 15, 2012 at 3:07 pm

    Rapping is not too bad when it’s kept clean, intelligent and witty. I can’t stand the violent, misogynous, obscene stuff–it’s quite offensive to hear especially when it’s loudly thrust upon me.

    Lee
    Wrote By Rote
    An A to Z Co-host blog

  2. Jemi Fraser says

    April 20, 2012 at 3:07 pm

    I love rhythms and beats – I love the sound of rap – at least some of it!

  3. Lynn Proctor says

    April 20, 2012 at 2:50 pm

    i don’t think i could rap in the way it is done today–maybe kinda like the old beatniks did it ๐Ÿ™‚

  4. Alex J. Cavanaugh says

    April 20, 2012 at 9:56 am

    Maybe rapping while eating peanut butter?

  5. Eric W. Trant says

    April 20, 2012 at 9:55 am

    I’m a drummer, so I’d rather supply the backbeat than try to rap. I have rhythm, but it would take some vocal training, because I am absolutely talentless when it comes to singing.

    My son got some of that rhythm. He made percussion heading into junior high! That’s a big deal, since 50+ kids tried out and they only took 8. The tryout was simple — he asked him to tap along to a song however he felt like tapping. Con tapped his hand, and alternated feet, all of it on-beat. It looked like he was behind an invisible drumset!

    Then he knocked out a paradiddle test (RLRR LRLL) beat. Right-Left-Right-Right Left-Right-Left-Left.

    Simple.

    Good luck with the rapping. I saw the title of your post and had to check it out!

    – Eric

  6. Hilary Melton-Butcher says

    April 20, 2012 at 9:39 am

    Hi Patricia .. certainly sounds like an excellent thing for your wish list – both brain sides working together .. more than I could do … but so wonderful if we take the time out to listen ..

    Cheers Hilary

  7. Jessica Bell says

    April 20, 2012 at 9:24 am

    I’d love to be able to rap too. What a great skill to have. Would certainly make rhyming easier ๐Ÿ™‚

  8. Margot Kinberg says

    April 20, 2012 at 6:02 am

    Pat – I know what you mean. Rap is a form of expression that I couldn’t even come close to doing even though I love music. There’s something about the way it flows…

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I read, I write, I blog, and sometimes I do the laundry and cook. My 2014 novel, Dead Wrong, was a finalist in the thriller category of the 2015 Colorado Book Awards. Wishing Caswell Dead (Five Star/Cengage, December 20, 2017) is a historical mystery set in 1830s Illinois in the fictitious Village of Sangamon. The novel was a finalist for the 2018 Colorado Book Awards for General Fiction. Read Moreโ€ฆ

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