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I'll take seven emcees, put 'em in a line. Add seven more brothers who think they can rhyme. It'll take seven more before I…

— Rakim

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…

— Joell Ortiz

A lot of the old-school artists didn’t even respect what’s being called freestyle now... any emcee coming off the top of the head wasn’t…

— Kool Moe Dee

Back in the days the great emcees made singles, had great shows, won battles, had all the girls and dressed fly. That¹s what I'm…

— Joell Ortiz

When somebody tells me, 'The Source magazine had you in the Top 5 emcees,' I'm like, 'Okay, that's cool.' The other four may not…

— Big Daddy Kane

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

— Ice T

One of the things I think you need to be a good emcee is silliness. And I'm basically a silly guy.

— Doug Davidson

So in my personal opinion, I definitely feel like I'm a legendary emcee, and I also feel like we're a legendary brand, which is…

— Black Thought

I'm sautéing emcees with fried rice up in the wok without the MSG and chopped celery.

— Redman

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

Before 'Insecure,' I was a wedding emcee - a host for weddings. That's a world that a lot of people are not familiar with.

— Yvonne Orji

Brandy is one of my favorite vocalists. Jay-Z is my favorite emcee outside of Biggie.

— Rico Love