I havn't written a lyric on paper in a while.It's not taking Biggie's shit either because many writers never write rough drafts, brainstorms etc. They just formulate everything in mind and type out the final draft in one take. I've always been like that, but in rap, the final take is spitting in the booth(a $20 mic in the tub, in my case). Many slam poets who perforn never write either. I just hate to write on paper. The only time I do write on paper is a phone number here and there. I even never do rough drafts for school papers. I just organize in my head and write the whole shit in one sitting and still managed to get an A in college comp 1, and a B in college comp 2.
Ups to it:
-Everything's memorized, so you can record in one take most of the time
-You wont loose a rhyme book with months of work in it
-You can be anywhere doing anything, and write in your head
-You can have a new verse memorized and written in 15 minutes
Downs:
-I don't have the stamina & focus to do 3 16s & a chorus in one sitting
I may add mor ups and downs. Does anyone here practice the 'fuck-a-pen' style of creation, and what do you think of it?