KRS-1 'An MC can be a rapper but a rapper can never be an MC
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intilectual recipricol
Killin fake hip hop
- "a burger can be a sandwich, but a sandwich can NEVER be a burger" 
nineteeneightysix
Banned
A rapper can be an MC, but an MC isn't necessarily a rapper...
But all this is garbage without qualifying words such as "good" and "bad" i.e. a good rapper isn't necessarily a good mc...
For example, Canibus is a good rapper, but he is not a good mc...Why? Nobody is checking out for a Canibus bar, verse, song, mixtape or album...
So, how can anyboy say Canibus is a "Master of Ceremony" when the majority of fans aren't celebrating his music today...
In comparison, Chief Keef is a good mc, but not so good at rapping...Chief Keef can get the fans going, but he doesn't really have the rapping abilities of a rapper like Canibus...
In conclusion,
Any rapper who can get the attention of the fans is a good mc...So, a good mc isn't necessarily a good rapper, however, a good rapper isn't necessarily a good mc. That's why we have people like Pac, Nas, Biggie, Jay Z, Eminem and rappers of that echelon as our GOAT candidates, because these rappers are/were good mc's (sold plenty of records) and are/were also good rappers (they influenced the culture and are admired and or respected by many fans and their peers).
That's my take on this whole debate...
But all this is garbage without qualifying words such as "good" and "bad" i.e. a good rapper isn't necessarily a good mc...
For example, Canibus is a good rapper, but he is not a good mc...Why? Nobody is checking out for a Canibus bar, verse, song, mixtape or album...
So, how can anyboy say Canibus is a "Master of Ceremony" when the majority of fans aren't celebrating his music today...
In comparison, Chief Keef is a good mc, but not so good at rapping...Chief Keef can get the fans going, but he doesn't really have the rapping abilities of a rapper like Canibus...
In conclusion,
Any rapper who can get the attention of the fans is a good mc...So, a good mc isn't necessarily a good rapper, however, a good rapper isn't necessarily a good mc. That's why we have people like Pac, Nas, Biggie, Jay Z, Eminem and rappers of that echelon as our GOAT candidates, because these rappers are/were good mc's (sold plenty of records) and are/were also good rappers (they influenced the culture and are admired and or respected by many fans and their peers).
That's my take on this whole debate...
intilectual recipricol
Killin fake hip hop
no. no. no.
shyt is nonsense... emcee has nothing to do with rapping at all. shyts been used since WAAAAAAY before rap existed. If you want to use it in the context of hip hop then your emcee doesnt even have to be a rapper at all, if hes not rapping. Or if your emcee is rapping then he's also the emcee.
KRS is a dumn ass nicca
observe
Banned
Mcs are universal..if Gucci mane wasn't famous and went up on stage in Sweden or any other country that doesnt speak english with just one hype man instead of his 20 man posse..and rapped..do you think he could move the crowd? Prob not....a real mc who that no ones ever heard of could def move the crowd even tho it's in a foreign land..cuz he can relate to people thru pure hip hop which is peace love unity
*my bad I'm tired and haven't slept so excuse my sentence structure*
nikkas up in here acting like KRS doesn't know what he's talking about..dude most def knows what he's talking about...he's been there, done that, and lives it.
*my bad I'm tired and haven't slept so excuse my sentence structure*
nikkas up in here acting like KRS doesn't know what he's talking about..dude most def knows what he's talking about...he's been there, done that, and lives it.
Shammago
By Any Means
MC's act like they don't know
so can an MC move a crowd without rapping?
if somebody says "looks, he's MCing!" i expect to look and see someone rapping
if somebody says "looks, he's MCing!" i expect to look and see someone rapping
krs is great but he has a history of making shyt up off the top of his head
you bought that whole "temple of hip hop" thing?
nineteeneightysix
Banned
So, where exactly are you disagreeing me? You just re-stated what I so eloquently stated...
Trajan
Veteran
KRS running with this whole ''teacher'' thing.
Ya shyt garbage, what you tryna kick knowledge?
Who made KRS the gatekeeper for all things hiphop? fukk his definitions. The culture defines things not a single guy.
Ya shyt garbage, what you tryna kick knowledge?
Who made KRS the gatekeeper for all things hiphop? fukk his definitions. The culture defines things not a single guy.
