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Re: Who do you think is in the top 5 Text/Audio On Illest.
Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 4:40 am
by Ambiguous Realm
no but a writer doesn't battle unless they're an mc, an mc most likely writes as well but writing doesn't have anything to do with battling unless its a topical or somethin, besides that being a great writer wont make u a great mc if u suck at battling
Re: Who do you think is in the top 5 Text/Audio On Illest.
Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 11:09 am
by complexity
A Master of Ceremonies or MC (emcee).
Re: Who do you think is in the top 5 Text/Audio On Illest.
Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 12:40 pm
by precise
^^yea man, like the dude at a show who introduces everyone, or at a wedding who makes announcements n whatnot is the "master of ceremonies", i could never understand why rappers adopted the name emcee
btw, one of these top 5 threads are made every week, pretty much,
yet everytime ya get a big in depth convo
Re: Who do you think is in the top 5 Text/Audio On Illest.
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 2:38 am
by Ambiguous Realm
lol i never noticed that ^^ ceremonial battles -.-
master of ceremonies which is 1 of many definitions would probably be the root of it, but like many slang termonology created from the streets mc was also made, not based off of emcee but people use it like that..y? maybe to be creative like m&m(eminem/marshall mathers) who knows..
Re: Who do you think is in the top 5 Text/Audio On Illest.
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 3:21 am
by - Mutual -
Eminem wanted it to be M&M for Marshall Mathers But The Company threatened To Sue So He Went With What He's Got Now
Re: Who do you think is in the top 5 Text/Audio On Illest.
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 4:08 pm
by Kurse
Master of Ceremonies.
Correct.
But emcee's adopted that term from DJ's. DJ's (more specifically those who worked in radio stations and clubs) crowned that term because it was another way of refering to themselves as "the host" aka the individual obviously in charge. The term drifted into Hip-Hop for the same reason that some artists call themselves "The King"
...it was for the simple reason of having a different term that they could use to introduce themselves as "the main attraction" or the "main man you came to see"
also known as the host.
host=M.C.
...its simple.
Re: Who do you think is in the top 5 Text/Audio On Illest.
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 9:10 am
by Ambiguous Realm
that makes sense, don't think they're hosts but watever.. its been like that forever.. like any term...shit gets misused and then stays that way, fuck wat its labeled it is wat it is
Re: Who do you think is in the top 5 Text/Audio On Illest.
Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 7:34 am
by - Mutual -
unless we actually find the people who started it we will never know for sure anyhow