The benefit of a rapping over a club beat is obvious; it gives you exposure that you would not otherwise have gotten. Now, if your strangest suite is rapping to club beats, then this article is not quite for you, but if you rap to dirty south beats or just straight up New York beats, then you should read on if you have any notion of creating a buzz for yourself. The truth is that going pro, by which I mean actually getting paid for your work, is one of the more difficult things to do as a rapper. There are many reasons for this but the main reason is that you don't have any exposure.

Maybe you have the sickest flow that any of your friends have ever seen live, but that group of fans isn't going to take you anywhere unless they're related to Dre. You have to go out and create that exposure for yourself, and one of the best ways to do that is to rap in a style that people will have a chance of hearing. So the question then arises at this point: "if I'm supposed to rap in a style that people will hear, then why work with club beats?"

The answer to this question is simple. You want to rap to club beats because it's both a format that a good number of the population across different demographics will listen too, and also because you can actually get your music in front of an audience more easily than you might think.

First things first, the reason why club beats are listened to across demographics is because this type of music is played at clubs where the only prerequisite is that the music is of a type that people can dance to. I was at the club the other night and someone played a Beatles remix to a club beat and everyone started dancing. The point with this is that you can tag your lyrics to a sick club beat that gets people to move. But aside from just moving they are also hearing you, they know your voice and might even remember your hook.

You can get your music into a club with much less trouble than you can get heard anywhere else there's a gathering of people. The reason is because DJs are always trying to find the next thing, and as long as your music has a sick beat that a DJ can justify playing to the people and your flow is tight then you should have no trouble getting at least one or two DJs to give you a spin. You might even try selling your music outside the door. Better yet, give it away for free. When you're out in the cold and no one knows your name the few dollars you make on some music you sell isn't going to help anything. What you need is exposure. Put your rap to a club beat, and then give people a way to get your music for free and you have a chance of building a name for yourself.