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I didn't know at the time that the energy that I was giving off was like a battle Emcee. -- Kool Moe Dee
A good emcee will rhyme a lot of different ways. Don't limit yourself. -- Ice T
Brandy is one of my favorite vocalists. Jay-Z is my favorite emcee outside of Biggie. -- Rico Love
You can find old Jewish newspapers from Detroit that have my promotional ad in them. It was a totally insane time in my life. Paul Rudd was also a bar mitzvah emcee, you know? It was like being a local rock star in Detroit. -- James Wolk
I think all those artists are artists who are appreciated because you believe their words and you appreciate their honesty in their music. If you don't appreciate the honesty in the music, the beat can be fly as hell but you'll never give an emcee props. -- Talib Kweli
I emcee how I feel for the moment. I'll always be influenced by Tribe, but my EP and LP have a lot of different flavors! I'll keep it vintage Tribe if Tribe decides to do another LP... which, in my heart, I'd love to do for the fans. -- Phife Dawg
One of the things I think you need to be a good emcee is silliness. And I'm basically a silly guy. -- Doug Davidson
When I worked for Entertainment Tonight I got to emcee Paul McCartneys press conference. -- Nina Blackwood
When I worked for Entertainment Tonight I got to emcee Paul McCartney's press conference. -- Nina Blackwood
Too many MC's take that word 'emcee' lightly; They can't Move a Crowd, not even slightly. -- KRS-One
The best way to compliment an emcee is to say his lyrics. That's how you say, "Hello." -- Ice T
Food for thought, eat my words with your mind: Emcees are grapes, and grapes are crushed to wine. -- MF Grimm
Gimme a couple G's for every emcee I knocked to his knees. Verbally useless, 'Oh you got the juice?' I squeeze you juiceless. -- Kurupt
He was not hip-hop's most gifted emcee. Still, Shakur may be the most influential and compelling rapper of them all, he was more than the sum of his artistic parts. -- Michael Eric Dyson
If you can perfect the booth, the stage and just your persona, like maybe in interviews and when people talk to you, then you're a full well-rounded emcee in my opinion. -- Joell Ortiz
Take 7 emcees put em in a line And add 7 more brothers who think they can rhyme It'll take 7 more before I go for mine And that's 21 emcees ate up at the same time. -- Rakim
People didn't really take white rappers seriously until Eminem, because he was better than everybody. Like female emcees, you need to be like Lauryn Hill or Nicki Minaj or killing everything before somebody takes you seriously. -- Talib Kweli
I break an emcee off proper Yo don't check me, Ask your Moms and Pops, Yo they respect me, But here you stand, tryin' to get yours, but gettin' nothin' You probably can't spell "Boogie Down" or "Productions" -- KRS-One
It was funny to be an emcee, because you're so at the mercy of the club. You can show up for the weekend hoping to get the $400 - and get fired. I had to prank whoever they told me to prank. -- John Mulaney
You can have a phenomenal booth artist and he can get in there and be a technician in the booth and it won't translate on the stage. I think that's what makes emcees emcees. Some rapper dudes are great rappers but it don't translate on stage. -- Joell Ortiz
I emceed in metro Detroit throughout college, and even when I moved to New York, I would actually fly back on a Friday, emcee on a Saturday, and fly back on Sunday so that I could audition during the week. It was a big part of my life. -- James Wolk
It's a total big difference between a person that got lyrics and a person that can make hit singles. I'm a person that can make some hit singles. I'm not in no booth trying to be a lyrical genius. I'm preparing to make me some singles, and as I develop as a man, then they'll respect my emcee skills. -- Waka Flocka Flame
To me, part of being an emcee is dedicated to speaking out about what's going on around us. -- Lazarus of Bethany
I've got to show at all times that I'm willing to tear any emcee a new asshole, at any given moment. -- Styles P

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