Rapping for a long time without breathing
I have been listening to an underrated rapper named K.A.A.N. recently and in most of his songs, it seems as though his lung capacity is ridiculously large. I don't know if this is some sort of circular breathing technique in which he is able to expel air out of his mouth as he inhales, or if he truly does have insane lung capacity. Does anyone know of any breathing techniques that would allow me to rap for say 90-120 seconds continuously, seemingly, or realistically without breathing?
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Beat boxers make sounds whilst inhaling and exhaling, so they can satisfy their body's need for oxygen and keep the beat going. Could you do the same?
Yes. I know of two ways to increase lung capacity to make it possible to sing for much longer passages:
Train for and run a half marathon
Train for and run a sprint triathlon
I've done each of those (at different times) while singing in a band and if you focus on your breathing while training (which you pretty much have to), you can train yourself to much greater lung capacity.
I knew an old talkative woman who could prattle on endlessly and she tended to complete her sentences on the intake in order not to make a pause. Now she did not seamlessly revert to breathing out again while speaking (I think she'd run out of oxygen) and the vocal quality was quite more wheezy when she did that, but she was not getting paid for it either and I rather doubt she practiced in private. And she couldn't exactly be called of high bodily fitness: you'd rather expect her to run out of breath even when speaking normally.
This is, of course, purely anecdotal evidence and extrapolated to a young person of reasonable bodily fitness, nevertheless I can well imagine that particularly in connection with good microphone technique a practised artist could pull this off reasonably convincingly in live situations.
However, many rap recordings I remember are more or less obviously overdubbed if you listen closely for telltale signs: there is a quality of stuff blending in and out as if someone were constantly completing his own sentences.
It also depends on the syllables in the words you use and how you order them as to if you find a certain sentence easier to speak, as in a recurring "I" sound or "o", "e", "a", or any sound really as long as it's the same sound repeated quite often, then change the syllable only slightly for example, also it helps you rap faster.
E.g.
I'm Invictus like a pylodictus my lyrical skill is ridiculous sticking my d*ck in a b*tches utriculus.
He does this thing known as circular breathing. A lot of musicians who play trombones or saxophones use it. K.A.A.N managed to use this while he is rapping. Basically what it is is breathing in while letting out air. It is extremely hard, and if you listen closely enough you can hear him doing it. But, at some points, I do notice him going up to 100 seconds without doing this technique. He is a very impressive man.
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