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Show HN: Rappad - Write better lyrics

by overload119 on 4/10/13, 4:01 PM with 65 comments

  • by orangethirty on 4/10/13, 5:46 PM

    Now, that is fun. Good job.

        To all my homies
        commenting in hacker news
        I just brought a little rhyme
        that it helped me do
        Cause when I bust all around
        even PG looks
        and every hacker here says
        Go orange go.
    
        And as I type this
        I dont know what else to do
       so give me a mic
       and Ill show you how its done
       Its not about being the best
       or simply two plus two
       but being a *killa*
       when it comes
       to committing code.
    
       So check out my github
       and star a  thing or two
       plus fork my repos
       but hey, no pycon stuff
       And as I finish up rhymes
       and downvotes creep
       I say hola to my peeps
       and go back to work.
    
    Peace.
  • by endian on 4/10/13, 11:46 PM

      I've got people in the Delaware D.O.C.
      I send 'em 89 bucks, they send me equity!
      
      Collaborate or compete, 'til HN's header goes sable
      I'll put a cap in your ass
      or put your ass in a cap table.
  • by rdl on 4/10/13, 9:23 PM

    This is awesome.

    Y Combinator procrastinator, hacker news representer

    Running up in pretty colos constantly

    And Dame said he proud of my newfound honesty

    And don't bother me, high as shit from my broccoli

  • by malcolmmcc on 4/10/13, 10:57 PM

    Needs internal rhyme. Like http://www.b-rhymes.com/

    Something so key for rap is rhyming more than just one syllable.

    http://rapgenius.com/posts/1669-The-rapper-s-flow-encycloped...

  • by zackbloom on 4/10/13, 5:02 PM

    The "try hovering over the numbers on the side" bit is odd to me, if I'm going through the intro, I know what those numbers are. I ended up hovering over them expecting to get more details, and just got a label.
  • by bennyg on 4/10/13, 9:36 PM

    Quickly before I get back to work:

    --------

    Jazzy beats creep up in my seat,

    My back arches low as the words start to seep

    Straight out my mind, and down through the keys.

    Thoughts and feelings show, so slow with the release.

    Complementary to all the pain I hide inside,

    I'm literally getting paid to rhyme on my boss's time.

    Blasting words off of neuron connections,

    A convex complexion changes all direction.

    But that's what freestyles are for right?

    Fleeting moments of feeling, no reason for stage fright.

  • by endtime on 4/10/13, 6:37 PM

    Freestyle is the best part. You can generate an entire (gibberish) rap song from one line:

    What light through yonder window breaks?

    To be great, i'm giving it all it takes

    Lookin' at me, now they know my face

    Driving my car to a foreign place

    This is no trial, this a closed case

    I ain't looking in her eyes but her face

    Prps cover my eight’s, uhh, lemme switch my pace

    Pluck ya ace, take ya girl, fuck her face

  • by dylanz on 4/11/13, 2:23 AM

    The first instrumental that it played for me was "Shook Ones Pt. 2 Instrumental" by Mobb Deep, off of their Infamous album. That's in my personal top 10 list of favorite hip hop albums, and was super excited that this site somehow knew that ;)

    On a side note, this is really clever. I love being able to quickly pull a random instrumental. The syllable counts are on point too, and it's nice that it makes you mix up the tempo of your flow.

    Great job!

    - edit: The landing page is great that it has a huge "Try it" button, but I actually went back to watch the video on the homepage thinking it would show me some examples, but it was some dude rapping instead. He's good, but not really my cup of tea at all. If I didn't click the "Try it" link and only clicked on the video, I would have most likely bounced.

  • by scottoller on 4/10/13, 5:09 PM

    This is awesome! The drake video on the landing page was confusing/pointless to me, and I agree with zackbloom's comment about hovering over the numbers on the side. Other than that, really great idea & execution.
  • by alexgodin on 4/10/13, 5:10 PM

    This is awesome! Why is Drake on the homepage?
  • by vowelless on 4/10/13, 6:54 PM

    Oh man, I would love to see this integrated with http://www.rhymezone.com/. Awesome stuff!

    Edit: just realized, double clicking on a word shows some possible rhyming words. It was a little unintuitive, but pretty cool nonetheless.

  • by bionsuba on 4/10/13, 4:58 PM

    Hey, I saw you show this off at MHacks and I was deeply impressed with you then and to see that you have taken it even further is great. Good job and hopefully have a great product launch!

    Also, I have a suggestion. You are already using emails as ids, why not use Persona?

  • by Johnyma22 on 4/10/13, 5:41 PM

    Integrate Etherpad, give users the ability to access old revisions and collaborate on rhymes
  • by rhema on 4/10/13, 10:41 PM

    Anyone see tpoem? http://tpoem.com
  • by smallegan on 4/10/13, 5:58 PM

    Great job! I love this and I'd love to collaborate, I own rap.io and want to build something very similar but with more of a social twist. Hit me up if you are interested in talking. E-mail's in my profile.
  • by dsschnau on 4/10/13, 4:51 PM

    Welp you made exactly what I was trying to make. Way to go!
  • by amarbirchahal on 4/10/13, 4:34 PM

    Would love to have this build full raps that have a chorus and verses. For example - 16 bars and then a catchy hook. Really cool start, though.
  • by jedanbik on 4/10/13, 4:24 PM

    I really like the Freestyle feature, but the Beat control and Shuffle options aren’t working for me in the latest Firefox 20.0 on OS X 10.6.8.
  • by Mankhool on 4/10/13, 11:19 PM

    I think that should be, "Write better [Rap] lyrics".
  • by sgdesign on 4/11/13, 5:22 AM

    This is awesome! Also confirms that just because I've been listening to hip-hop for the last 15 years, doesn't mean I can rap…
  • by gailees on 4/10/13, 9:24 PM

    I feel like this is something Ben Horowitz at a16z would love haha. Also, definitely chat with the guys at Rapt.fm
  • by trent_91 on 4/10/13, 6:01 PM

    I love this sort of thing. I remember playing with patternsketch.com with some friends. It's the future!
  • by chatmasta on 4/10/13, 5:26 PM

    Awesome! This is fun. Any plans to introduce rudimentary recording capabilities?
  • by sebcioz on 4/10/13, 7:58 PM

    Can I see a name of the track currently playing in the freestyle mode?
  • by gailees on 4/10/13, 6:14 PM

    I saw this hack at MHacks. Its amazing -- future of rap.
  • by khamoud on 4/10/13, 7:59 PM

    Did you build this at the M-Hacks Hackathon?
  • by ajhit406 on 4/10/13, 11:41 PM

    Monzy would crush everyone on this thread.
  • by WiseWeasel on 4/10/13, 4:51 PM

    "Write lyrics better" would be a better tagline than "write better lyrics", which could be taken as an insult.
  • by radiusq on 4/10/13, 10:39 PM

    I see this as just a toy. No serious artist/rapper write lyrics like this or would even attempt to.