Art Quote by Kool Moe Dee

When I was growing up, to be an emcee meant to write the most clever, intellectual, and wittiest rap. And that's what we did.

— Gza

As a poet, I would always hear emcees come up to me and say, 'Yo, you should rap,' and I was like, 'No.' You…

— Omari Hardwick

If you're a battle rapper on the block, the emcee battle challenger, not writing your rhymes could really hurt you. When you're an artist…

— Rick Ross

Naw, I don't write raps down. All my raps come off the top of the head.

— Yo Gotti

As a rapper, I don't freestyle. I used to freestyle when I used to get drunk, and it didn't matter.

— Andre Benjamin

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 circles that…

— Bakari Kitwana

A lot of our earlier material was freestyle tunes.

— Black Thought

It's natural. I freestyle, meaning that I just rap. I might put words on paper, but I just put a beat on my rap,…

— Snoop Dogg

Emceeing has always been about making the most intellectual, most creative, wittiest rhyme as possible regardless of any subject. It was always about bringing…

— Gza

There's rappers out there that don't even know how to rhyme. They take someone else's words and go with it. To each his own.

— Big Daddy Kane

I don't feel that rap has been respected as an art form. Because people have seen rappers rap off the top of their heads,…

— Ice T

A good emcee will rhyme a lot of different ways. Don't limit yourself.

— Ice T