Emcee Quotes · Page 2

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

I emceed in metro Detroit throughout college, and even when I moved to New York, I would actually fly back on a…

— James Wolk

Legions of young hip-hop fans are as against this as hip-hop's most fierce critics. There is a huge underground movement within hip-hop…

— Bakari Kitwana

Being an aspiring - and, I would say, at times failed - emcee teaches you how to deal with rejection.

— Zohran Mamdani

When I worked for Entertainment Tonight I got to emcee Paul McCartney's press conference.

— Nina Blackwood

The best way to compliment an emcee is to say his lyrics. That's how you say, "Hello."

— Ice T

I think all those artists are artists who are appreciated because you believe their words and you appreciate their honesty in their…

— 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…

— Phife Dawg

Executives are convinced that a rapper has a certain lifespan as far as being a hot emcee. When you start to approach…

— Too Short

It was funny to be an emcee, because you're so at the mercy of the club. You can show up for the…

— John Mulaney

Too many MC's take that word 'emcee' lightly; They can't Move a Crowd, not even slightly.

— KRS-One

It's a total big difference between a person that got lyrics and a person that can make hit singles. I'm a person…

— Waka Flocka Flame

You can have a phenomenal booth artist and he can get in there and be a technician in the booth and it…

— Joell Ortiz

There's the shared imagery between hip-hop and comics, with some producers and emcees taking on super hero personas.

— Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Food for thought, eat my words with your mind: Emcees are grapes, and grapes are crushed to wine.

— MF Grimm