Rappad

Creative

lyric writing tool

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134points
65comments
#155of 1,739 in 2013
Top 9%of 2013 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

13 positive, 14 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 7 critical, out of 38 comments about the project. Thread score +0.17.

Idea: 11 for, 3 againstDesign: 0 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Fun and clever idea with good execution

    From 4 comments
    • Now, that is fun. Good job. ``` To all my homies commenting in hacker news I just brought a little rhyme that it helped me do Cause when I bust all around even PG looks and every…
      orangethirty on HN
    • The first instrumental that it played for me was "Shook Ones Pt. 2 Instrumental" by Mobb Deep, off of their Infamous album. That's in my personal top 10 list of favorite hip hop…
      dylanz on HN
    • This is awesome! The drake video on the landing page was confusing/pointless to me, and I agree with zackbloom's comment about hovering over the numbers on the side. Other than…
      scottoller on HN
    • Welp you made exactly what I was trying to make. Way to go!
      dsschnau on HN
  • Freestyle feature and random instrumentals are fun

    From 2 comments
    • Freestyle is the best part. You can generate an entire (gibberish) rap song from one line: What light through yonder window breaks? To be great, i'm giving it all it takes…
      endtime on HN
    • The first instrumental that it played for me was "Shook Ones Pt. 2 Instrumental" by Mobb Deep, off of their Infamous album. That's in my personal top 10 list of favorite hip hop…
      dylanz on HN

Objections

  • Homepage video is an irrelevant placeholder and confuses visitors

    From 3 comments
    • Yeah, my bad. It's been mentioned before, but the landing page video is completely irrelevant, it's really just a placeholder. I don't know what other video to put there, maybe…
      overload119 on HN
    • Yeah, just a placeholder for now until I get a real video there. I agree about the syllables hover thing. Thanks for the feedback!
      overload119 on HN
    • Placeholder video :(
      overload119 on HN
  • Syllable counting is imperfect (simple regex)

    From 1 comment
  • Seen as a toy by serious rappers

    From 1 comment
    • I see this as just a toy. No serious artist/rapper write lyrics like this or would even attempt to.
      radiusq on HN
  • Flash beat controls broken in some browsers

    From 2 comments
    • I really like the Freestyle feature, but the Beat control and Shuffle options aren’t working for me in the latest Firefox 20.0 on OS X 10.6.8.
      jedanbik on HN
    • You were right about my Flash being out of date. I upgraded, and now it kind of works. A video loads, but it only plays if I click on the link that takes me to Youtube in a new…
      jedanbik on HN

Requests

  • Integrate rhyme dictionaries or rhyme finders

    From 2 comments
    • Oh man, I would love to see this integrated with http://www.rhymezone.com/. Awesome stuff! Edit: just realized, double clicking on a word shows some possible rhyming words. It…
      vowelless on HN
    • Needs internal rhyme. Like http://www.b-rhymes.com/ Something so key for rap is rhyming more than just one syllable. http://rapgenius.com/posts/1669-The-rapper-s-flow-encyclopedia
      malcolmmcc on HN
  • In-page audio recording

    From 2 comments
    • Awesome! This is fun. Any plans to introduce rudimentary recording capabilities?
      chatmasta on HN
    • In page for sure. Will invite way more spontaneous recordings. Maybe try to mix in the background beat so the recordings sound like songs?
      habosa on HN
  • Full song structure with verses and hooks

    From 1 comment
    • Would love to have this build full raps that have a chorus and verses. For example - 16 bars and then a catchy hook. Really cool start, though.
      amarbirchahal on HN
  • Show track names during freestyle

    From 1 comment
    • Can I see a name of the track currently playing in the freestyle mode?
      sebcioz on HN

Questions

  • What is used for syllable counting?

    From 1 comment
  • Why is Drake on the homepage?

    From 1 comment

Alternatives named

  • rhymezone.com

    From 1 comment
    • Oh man, I would love to see this integrated with http://www.rhymezone.com/. Awesome stuff! Edit: just realized, double clicking on a word shows some possible rhyming words. It…
      vowelless on HN
  • rapgenius.com

    From 1 comment
    • Needs internal rhyme. Like http://www.b-rhymes.com/ Something so key for rap is rhyming more than just one syllable. http://rapgenius.com/posts/1669-The-rapper-s-flow-encyclopedia
      malcolmmcc on HN
  • tpoem.com

    From 1 comment
  • rap.io / Rapt.fm

    From 2 comments
    • Great job! I love this and I'd love to collaborate, I own rap.io and want to build something very similar but with more of a social twist. Hit me up if you are interested in…
      smallegan on HN
    • I feel like this is something Ben Horowitz at a16z would love haha. Also, definitely chat with the guys at Rapt.fm
      gailees on HN

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