Is freestyling...
 

A NECESSARY facet of hip-hop?

A few weeks ago Emdub posted a thread saying that unless you can freestyle, you can't be a true emcee. How many of you believe that this is true? Does the inability to freestyle hinder your impact in a hip-hop setting?

dope freestylers arent always that good wit tracks and song making... a tru mc, has a love for hiphop, and well rounded...

A true emcee is someone who puts rap before everything else, and cares about the music over the money.

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santa's elf is a tru emcee...

Two words LIL WAYNE..sells millions

can't free for shit

He frees all the time... look at all dat ice dat lil nigga wear

Im still LOLing at his performance on westwood. WORST freestyle ever!!!

hel 1/1000.. you didnt realize how high the mofo was? i bet he woke up hella disappointing next morning

Godbody is a guy who can freestyle good & write good as well, fuck what I said on that other thread he really doesn't write his freestyles we were throwing words to him just last night & it was just like all of his other stuff. (@ The guy who said they prolly suck at writing)

As for the OP's question, I think every part of rap is absolutely needed. Having diverse subsets of cultures within a larger one that are pretty much all just as popular as the next diversifies the culture immensely. I don't necessarily think one facet is better than another, and those who say one facet is absolutely needed to make you good just lack the open mind to understand that what makes a "good" emcee is completely subjective.

Well then.

a true EMCEE can rock a crowd & get everyone hyped. That's what the definition of an emcee is. If they cant rock a crowd or never did a show then theyre simple an artist/musician/rapper.

Read my post on the subjectivity of a "true emcee" please.

freestyling doesnt have shit to do with how good you are as an artist....its more of a party favor if anything

This.

Probably means more since you're one of the best freestylers around here.

Heres what makes a good emcee.. The ability to drop good bars on tracks or acapella ish.. It doesnt matter if its freestyle or written as long as theyre good bars that are delivered good.. And if its over a beat then you gotta ride the beat.. Simple shit..

i think y'all got it twisted...an emcee is a term for a performer, MC=Master of Ceremonies, or a Host.

"Originally proclaimed by the legendary emcee Rakim (of the group Eric B. and Rakim) on his 1986 urban hit "Eric B. Is President;" to Rakim, an MC was any rapper who was able to control the crowd that he was presiding over."


An MC is slightly different from the average rapper, lyricists, artist. An MC is someone who performs & rocks a crowd with a microphone while the DJ is spinnin some shit....

I dont think it's neccesarry its like bein able to whistle, cool party trick but pretty useless

It Is One Of The Original Facets Of Hip Hop.
And I Believe That All Of The Original Facets Continue To Be The Most Important Ones.

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Woah.
It Absolutely Has Alot To Do With How Good You Are As An Artist.

You should read word for word what i said @Jack Skellington

Oh no, I paraphrased something from a thread made a week ago. :rolleyes:

It wasn't meant to be a shot, your thread just happened to bring this question to mind. /shrug

Shaq couldn't hit free throws..hes still HOF