It’s understanding how to balance and conserve the energy. “If you ever pay attention to my performances, I might jump all over the stage and go crazy when I’m performing ‘Scenario,’ but when I’m doing ‘Look at Me Now,’ I’m standing in one place.
“Also, the key to it is to make sure that you stay calm,” Rhymes said.
Lesson 2 from the Bruce Lee disciple: Be water. When you get there, a place where Rhymes says Eminem and Jay Z are also at, “you can spit a few bars without even inhaling.”Īlso Read: Method Man Tells Us Why 1999 Hit 'Da Rockwilder' Is So Short: Redman 'Didn't Like the Track' “So at this point, when I do it, it’s like a sensei level of doing it.” “I learned how to figure that out pretty early in my career,” Rhymes said. “That math and that timing, science-wise, and the breathing combined is the key to what makes you the more dangerous individual when it comes to swinging that sword.” Even if you’re not necessarily the guy that’s living in the gym and you’re not the healthiest, you just got to understand the art and the science of breathing patterns - and just understand enough the art and the science of word and syllable placement,” Rhymes explained. “The breath control comes from just you understanding what the breathing patterns need to be in order to do it the right way. “It was always a thing to me to want to learn how to master that skillset.”Īlso Read: 'Masked Singer' Dragon Was Not a Dragon Just Because He Spits Fire “It was so mind-blowing to me back when I was like 15, that I always wanted to just do it - as a fan,” Rhymes, who is the Brooklyn-born son of Jamaican immigrants, said. The 48-year-old Rhymes, who first speed-rapped on a song called “Daily Reminder” and only got faster from there, told us that his first exposure to the double-timed version of the art form was a battle between Jamaican deejay Lieutenant Stitchie and reggae artist Papa San. While TheWrap had TheRapper on the horn to talk about his short-lived stint as broadcast television’s Dragon, this fan-porter asked Rhymes to teach us the secret to Rhymes-ing so fast. Perhaps he should have just rapped faster. Busta Rhymes was the first performer eliminated from Season 4 of “The Masked Singer” last night, when he gamely rapped LL Cool J’s “Mama Said Knock You Out” instead of taking a more traditional singing approach to the Fox competition.