Freestyle Advice for Beatboxing?

Question

So I have been beatboxing for a couple of months now, got inspired by GBBB battles. I can do the basic sounds (kick drum, hi hats, (inward and outward) K snares, pf Snare, throat bass, lip oscillations, humming while beatboxing, etc. You get the point; you can call me an advanced beginner). I can do some technically fast beats (can't do tkK though). My problem comes while freestyling; sure, I can prepare a beat and do it decently, but I have to get better at freestyling, especially at the drops - I'm seriously empty when it comes to drops. There are some iconic drops that I have heard from professional beatboxers (like D-Low, Codfish, etc.) but they seem too complicated/technical to imitate, and even if I *could* imitate them, it would seem as if I was plagiarizing, and I really wouldn't want that.

Answer 1

Hello!

The technical elements of beatboxing kind of combine the practice of both percussive and vocal study. I feel as though any composer benefits from the art of ancillary practice techniques such as studying a related instrument to better understand one's primary instrument.

Through my work in hip hop, the cyphers at Freestyle Mondays really stick out as a great example of how the collaborative elements of multi-instrumentalism can benefit the hip hop community as a whole, especially for vinyl DJs and Beatboxers.

Hope that helps as a way to get outside the rut and implement some new techniques to your game!