Elevation Centre: Accent

Change your accent? hell no man, you are who you are. Look at how many battles are judged by Brits done by the Americans and all you see is "that didn't rhyme for me" and the other way around. I don't think you can change your accent unless you want to be phony like you said.. So just be you bro

Man i got that same trouble, fuck em, not all rap is ment too sound the same. Dont even worry about it do what you do, for you, not for anyone else.
Peace.

In my opinion.. There are dozens of talented British/UK artists, but I don't think any are truly famous? ..Not sure off the top of my head, but it's because of their accents and they also use a slew of slang unfamiliar to most of the world.

Ransom wrote: LMAO @ just lose the accent... Yea because you know that shits as easy as putting down a bag of groceries... Smh

Thank You all. I really appreciate y'all took the time out to help me. 


There are two points I would like to share.
First,  accent changes from place to place. Even within the same city. As Im from pakistan,  its natural to have my own accent (but as rutter stated,  It has that american twang. Mainly because i spent some time in Cali.) I dont sould like rest of the pakis tho.

I share another thinking process which says " You cant have your own accent as english is not your first language. Since it's not your mother tongue,  you can neither contribute to the evolution of this language,  nor can you have your own accent. "

As ransom said,  I find it phonny to fuck around with my accent. As changing an accent is not only difficult,  but it also means I'm trying to copy another accent which contributes to the theory of being fake.

Drizzle,  I know what ya talking about. Its because my mother tongue (Urdu)  is one of the few languages in world which makes it's speaker to twist its tongue in every way.  Mainly because it is evolved from a lot of other languages which includes english aswell. So putting an emphasis on syllables has never been an issue for me.

EVP,  what do you mean by dropping an accent?  I cant drop it entirely. But I can work on the words which sound awkward.

Can anybody give a listen to my audios and telme what specific words/Kind of words i need to work on?  I guess I can change some awkward words without being tagged as fake lol

No fuckin way homie, ur the fuckin man imo Tits dont change ur spit for anyone homie. Real shit fam, syn.

Haven't listened to your audios so can't comment specifically about your accent...so just general points:

1. You need to be clearly understood, so if you're changing your voice so more people can understand what you saying that's fine. That's a clarity/pronunciation thing rather than what you're really getting at, I'm guessing.
2. Your rap voice will not be the same as your talking voice. Rapping is not talking. Listen to any rapper spitting a verse & giving an interview, it's not the same.
3. That said, you need to be authentic...your voice changes depending on the environments you're exposed to. But you shouldn't really be putting on an American accent because that's what you think rap sounds like, for example.
4. Your voice will change over time, you grow into your sound/style/voice...loads of rappers will advance/progress over the course of their albums. Pick any rapper who has longevity and there will be a progression of some sort.