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

[pointproven]

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.

same im from usa
i think mad rhymes with can because they both have the same vowel sound.

and ill rhymes with grin because they have the same vowel sound

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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

both pill and grin have the same vowel sound

[TheShaman]

I used to dislike slant rhymes in actual songs; it shows a lack of linguistic finesse. But if you've ever freestyled, you'll find out that this is actually the way to bridge the gap to other ideas than the very narrow list of actual rhymes any given word has. And because of this status it has in freestyle rap, it actually has it's own aesthetic criteria; e.g. a slant rhyme that's somehow very far off from the actual rhyme can be even more impressive because it's so hard to find that rhyme in the back of your mind. So it's actually more original. And I feel like in battle rap where multisyllable rhyme structures are so common because there's no other rhythmic element to keep interest, slant rhymes are way more accepted and even encouraged. Cuz e.g. if you're rhyming a 14 syllable word like supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, there's never gonna be an actual rhyme. And also, all the most natural rhymes will have been used and reused a million times, so you need to come up with something else. But there always has to be a balance, ofc. I don't know about e.g. the UK, but some Danish rappers barely rhyme at all nowadays as if the whole idea of rhyming is even passé, lol.

[Bag Mandela]

same im from usa
i think mad rhymes with can because they both have the same vowel sound.

and ill rhymes with grin because they have the same vowel sound

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both pill and grin have the same vowel sound

Hence the part that says "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."