RapChat: the app that gives everyone flow

What do you think of when you think of rap? Lil Wayne, Kendrick Lamar and Drake? No, no, you’ve got it all wrong. You should be thinking of us. From our very first day in newspaper, we gifted our fellow staff members with our lyrical talents. Our amazing raps often erupted spontaneously, though that did not detract from the sheer awe it provided to the masses, ahem, to the third-period newspaper staff, at least.

Our famous in-class rap battles even garnered us Snapchat fame, courtesy of our admirer, senior Jade Bisht. Those who viewed these Snapchats envied the fact that the third period newspaper staff was able to witness such greatness first hand.

And then, a new era dawned. We went from just journalist rappers to international celebrities. Everything changed one fateful day in spring, when fellow staff member junior Deepthi Sampathkumar showed us the perfect app to further our rapping skills: RapChat. No other app could compare to the artistic freedom RapChat gave us when it came to rapping. We had hit the mother lode.

The app allows a user to pick his or her favorite beat and then allows him to record over it for 20 seconds. The user’s voice is then autotuned to sound like that of a rapper.

Perhaps the most appealing part of the app is the social aspect. After creating their own rap, users can share it with their friends who use RapChat, creating a light-hearted competition as everyone attempts to spit the best fire in town.

RapChat also allows users to share their raps on Facebook and Twitter, which gives users yet another way to flaunt their rapping abilities.

RapChat allowed us to show our famous raps to all of our 8 fans. Within minutes of downloading the app, we were hooked. Who wouldn’t want to be able to rap like a professional?
After spending hours rapping to different beats and sharing our raps with our friends, we still had not had enough. There were just so many possibilities with Rapchat. We could freestyle, we could write our lyrics down, we could even go  acapella if we wanted to.

During the week following our download of RapChat, our rapping had hit its peak. Once, we video chatted during Ms. Tseng’s Chinese class to have a rap battle. Although Ms. Tseng noticed, we didn’t get in trouble, most likely due to her infatuation with our artistic ability. Rather, we got a mildly dirty look, so we decided that enough of our gift had been shared with the world that day.

OK, that was a bit of an exaggeration. But still, RapChat is one of our favorite apps of all time. It presents all the necessary tools to make anyone a rapper, even an amateur. But if you want some real help, just talk to the pros. We are here every day.