skant rhyming

[pointproven]

what is slant rhyming i have heard
of the term

but i dont know what it is.

can anybody explain to me what it is ?

[Jack Hallows]

sure. a slant rhyme is a rhyme that sounds like the word it’s being rhymes with, without actually rhyming. it just sounds similar phonetically.

example:
went to dinner with at her folks’, but should’ve passed the date
the mashed potates were bland & had an aftertaste
her father was bothered & hollered “but the bastard ate!”
i dashed with haste back home so i could masturbate

in the 2 bars above, passed the date, mashed potates, aftertaste, bastard ate, dashed with haste & masturbate are all paired for the rhyme because they sound similar, but in reality they don’t exactly rhyme perfectly. same with father, bothered & hollered. all sound similar phonetically but don’t exactly rhyme.

a perfect rhyme, or near enough to it rather, would be something like:
i’ve reached the latitude where niggas need to show me some gratitude
i’ll splatter dudes across they avenue if they have a rude attitude

here, latitude, gratitude & attitude are perfect rhymes while splatter dudes, avenue & have a rude are slant rhymes.

do these examples make sense?

[pointproven]

sure. a slant rhyme is a rhyme that sounds like the word it’s being rhymes with, without actually rhyming. it just sounds similar phonetically.

example:
went to dinner with at her folks’, but should’ve passed the date
the mashed potates were bland & had an aftertaste
her father was bothered & hollered “but the bastard ate!”
i dashed with haste back home so i could masturbate

in the 2 bars above, passed the date, mashed potates, aftertaste, bastard ate, dashed with haste & masturbate are all paired for the rhyme because they sound similar, but in reality they don’t exactly rhyme perfectly. same with father, bothered & hollered. all sound similar phonetically but don’t exactly rhyme.

a perfect rhyme, or near enough to it rather, would be something like:
i’ve reached the latitude where niggas need to show me some gratitude
i’ll splatter dudes across they avenue if they have a rude attitude

here, latitude, gratitude & attitude are perfect rhymes while splatter dudes, avenue & have a rude are slant rhymes.

do these examples make sense?

yes

so would this be a slant rhyme to you ?

mad pill
can grin

[Jack Hallows]

mad pill/can grin? sadly no. there isn’t a rhyme anywhere in those words. the slant has to at least sound similar in cadence.

[Virbius]

Slant rhyming is just posting regular bars but in italics.

[Jack Hallows]

Lmaooooo technically correct.

[Virbius]

Edit: oops disregard

[pointproven]

mad pill/can grin? sadly no. there isn’t a rhyme anywhere in those words. the slant has to at least sound similar in cadence.

i thought cadence has something to do with flow not rhyming.

[Jack Hallows]

it can refer to both. think of alliteration. the sounds have to be similar. where are you from? i’m speaking as a dude with an american accent. i understand that different accents can produce different sounding slant rhymes.

[Bag Mandela]

yes

so would this be a slant rhyme to you ?

mad pill
can grin

Jack explained it pretty well but just to add to it and give you a tool for reference....

Exact rhymes for "senseless" are listed as: defenceless, defenseless, expenseless, offenceless, offenseless, pretenceless, pretenseless

https://www.rhymezone.com/r/rhyme.cg...&org2=l&org3=y

Slant rhymes are, unless I'm mistaken, often referred to as "near rhymes" which you can find a list of here:

https://www.rhymezone.com/r/rhyme.cg...=nry&loc=nonry

Things like "centres" or "genders" which aren't exact rhymes but, as Jack said, rhyme phonetically.

mad pill & can grin both have the "ah-ih" aspect but the ending "L" and "N" in pill and grin are what prevent it from passing off as a near or slant rhyme.

So "I bone bitches senseless, throat fuck your mum so hard that your sister wretches" is acceptable as a slant rhyme
whereas "I bone bitches senseless, I throat fuck your mum into the fifth dimension" is pushing it a bit. If it was "fifth dimensions" with it having the "s" at the end I think that would make it borderline.

Check the rhyme cypher here it's packed with examples of slant rhymes:
http://rapbattles.com/forum/showthre...19#post8994519