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Emcee

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It's mostly tha voice, that gets you up
It's mostly tha voice, that makes you buck
A lot of rappers got flavor, and some got skills
But if your voice ain't dope then you need to [chill... chill...]

Guru from gang starr
 
An MC not a rapper right??? For an MC I would say content... An MC cant be talking about nothing because he would get no props, a rapper can talk about anything and still have a hit if his beat is 'lit'...
 
Flow/cadence for me after much consideration... The other options are highly important too... For a great emcee




When lyrics or content are brought up, various rappers have different shit they're known particularly to rap about ..


Women/sex, street/gangsta shit, black consciousness, drugs etc



No matter the lyrical content if you don't flow with your bars .. You wack


I'd add and say closest to flow is bars...
 
I hear what yall saying about flow.

I may have to agree but I can't stand a nice flow with shit bars and/or content

I remember when I first heard Big Sean I thought his flow was Souljah Boy-esque trash. But I loved his bars and content to the point I barely notice his flow
 
5 Grand said:
Sadly, the most important thing is the beat he's rapping over. I can give a couple of examples.

When Kool Moe Dee and LL Cool J were going at it, I thought LL had better beats. I bought Kool Moe Dee's Go See The Doctor album and I wasn't feeling his production at all. In contrast, LL's Radio and Bigger and Deffer albums had stellar production so I preferred LL. I met Grandmaster Caz at a Zulu Nation Anniversary party circa 2005/6. We were discussing the LL/Moe Dee battle and Moe Dee was his generation while LL was my generation. He favored Moe Dee and said he thought Moe Dee won the battle. I told him that I thought LL won because he had better production.

Bottom line; the music has to go through your ear to get to your brain before you can analyze the lyrics. If the beat isn't banging, I'm not listening.

Another example is Keith Murray's second album. I was in my homeboy's car listening to the album and the beats were dope, but he was using made up words and wasn't really saying anything. It was really unlistenable, although the beats were dope.

As far as actual MC skills, I like cadence and wordplay. One of my favorite verses is Big's verse on The Benjamins. He said, "Fuck the state pen I fuck hoes at Penn state". It's not just the wordplay, but his cadence.

But out of all the choices listed, it's really a combination, and the beats.
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Good post.

I don't give fuck who on the track if I don't like the beat I ain't listening to that shit.
 
I voted for flow/cadence, but voice should be an option.

When KRS and MC Shan were going at it, Shan had a high pitched voice that was kinda squeaky. KRS had a better voice.
 
Flow is really important but you can get away with not having it if you can tell a story. Word to Ghost.
 
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