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Rapchat 3.0 — Create, share, and discover freestyle raps
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Huge congrats to @sethmills21 and team on the launch!! My friends and I freestyle battle each other all the time. Excited to discover new up and coming artists with the latest release. I've been beta testing, total 🔥🔥🔥🔥
@fletchrichman much appreciated dude! Stay tuned, there are some ridiculously dope rapchatters on the come up...
@eriktorenberg you know we're all waiting for you to drop a 🔥 Rapchat in here..
Appreciate the hunt Erik! After talking to users and analyzing tons of data, we decided it was time to transform Rapchat from a simple, messaging app into a hip hop network that would allow anyone to create, share, and discover freestyle raps.
Over the the past year and a half, we've witnessed users take on several personas and perform tons of different actions. We've seen users like Fletcher get on and rap battle their friends for fun. We've seen users like Jae Finesse and Magistic (go check them out on the app) perfect their craft, using Rapchat as their primary music creation tool. And lastly, we've seen users hop on simply to discover cool freestyle raps.
We built 3.0 to cater to these different segments. Now, the incredible freestylers on our app have a place to shine and the hip hop consumers have a better way to consume that content. Before 3.0, there was no real way to become a influencer like you can on Vine, Twitter, or Instagram but now with profiles, leaderboards, and feeds - you are able to rise to the top and build a massive following.
We believe there will be several cases where Rapchat is the launchpad for a career in hip hop. We're also planning on onboarding established artists to leverage Rapchat as a content creation and fan engagement tool. Think about how much more valuable a freestyle from your favorite artist would be than a tweet (we think 10x+).
Would love to answer and any all questions! Also, we published a blog post outlining the update in more detail (w/GIFs explaining them!) :
https://medium.com/@rapchat/allo...
PS - here are some fire rapchats from our users:
Crougs - https://rapchat.me/share-rap.htm...
Blake the Rapper - https://rapchat.me/share-rap.htm...
Magistic - https://rapchat.me/share-rap.htm...
P - Holla - https://rapchat.me/share-rap.htm...
@sethmills21 🙌 congrats team...
For everyone else read the announcement Allow me to re-introduce myself — A Rapchat PSA
@sethmills21 @rapchat This is rad. I am working with a couple hip-hop artists that I'm going to send this to and see if they'll start using it. If they do, I'd love to connect on how the featured artist section works.
@melissagoblue @rapchat thanks! We're actually working with a few, select artists to personally onboard them. Shoot me a note (seth@rapchat.me) - happy to share more details.
Appreciate all the love! As an artist myself I know how hard/expensive it is to find quality producers and book studio time to make a song that might not be a hit. A lot of my friends loved to freestyle but would never consider themselves a rapper. With Rapchat we wanted to give that experience to everyone, from aspiring artists and freestyling hobbyists to general hip hop fans and music enthusiasts! Rapchat gives you that on-the-go pocket studio to drop a rap whenever and wherever!
Hit me or @Sethmills21 w/ any questions and we'd love to chat!
@blach haha appreciate it Ben! Inbox lives on, just in a different place now :)
Rapchat has really improved my suburban-rap game. I find myself schooling people in the art of linguistics to some seriously cool beats. The current version is awesome, allows me to record the illest rap, but also follow and find new artists. @sethmills21 @rapchat Awesome to see how far you've come :)
There should be a feature where different artists can hop on the same beat one after the other (sort of like one giant track collabo). It would be dope to see what the community can cook up. It would also be interesting if you could implement a tipping system where anyone can send real life money to an artist if they like their freestyles. Or maybe allow artists to take donations for specific music projects they might want to work on (think Kickstarter).
Great job on version 3.0 btw, really like what I see!
@madebyildi Really love this! Our next major build is working in Group Raps, where you could pass a rap to a friend to hit the chorus, pass it to another to hit the adlibs, and then pass it to your mom to talk shit on the outro :) That tipping idea is huge tho, rap game uber! Appreciate the feedback!
@p_holla that's wicked, freestyles usually go down within a circle or group so that makes perfect sense. Would should allow users to make these "group raps" private + public. Sometimes I'd just wana mess around and freestyle with a few friends in private. Great job again, I'll be sure to drop you more feedback if anything comes to mind. Cheers
@sethmills21 Glad to see the growth. This looks dope!
I haven't flowed in ages. I might have to spit a little somethin...
@wclittle thanks Will and most of the beats have come from producers reaching out to us on twitter or just directly submitting beats to beats@rapchat.me. We'll sort through all the submissions and pick the best ones and update the library 2-3x a week. So far, we've connected 100+ producers with rapchatters looking to lease or buy the full version of the beat. Also, we've worked closely with established artists to help bring awareness to a new single, album, or tour by featuring an instrumental and having their fans rap over it + engage with them. Lots more to come on this front, only getting started.
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