Usually if you're the center of a show, part of your job is to host its energy.
I break an emcee off proper Yo don't check me, Ask your Moms and Pops, Yo they respect me, But here you stand, tryin' to get yours, but gettin' nothin' You probably can't spell "Boogie Down" or "Productions"
An MC is somebody who can control the crowd. An MC is a master of ceremonies so not only can you say your rap, you can rock the party.
The star, the person who's on the mic, always gets seen.
When we say a rapper, a rapper can say a rhyme. But an MC can rock a party.
I really don't think of myself as a singer. I think of myself as an entertainer, and the best place I do it is onstage.
I used to see my dad and his brothers rhyming, and I knew I wanted to do that one day. I'm like any other boy, always wanting to follow in his father's footsteps.
He was not hip-hop's most gifted emcee. Still, Shakur may be the most influential and compelling rapper of them all, he was more than the sum of his artistic parts.
Maybe he was more than the sum of his broken parts.
Brandy is one of my favorite vocalists. Jay-Z is my favorite emcee outside of Biggie.
Ladies and Gentlemen, King of the Stupid Question: Todd Grisham!
It was funny to be an emcee, because you're so at the mercy of the club. You can show up for the weekend hoping to get the $400 - and get fired. I had to prank whoever they told me to prank.
I don't think of myself of a late-show host any more than I think of myself of a game-show host. I mean, I've done both, I've been an actor. I'm just kind of a carny, that's it.
[conductor Eugene Ormandy introduces Warfield to the audience in an unintentionally humorous way:] With us tonight is William Warfield, who is with us tonight. He is a wonderful man, and so is his wife.
I do standup once a year, when I host the CMAs.
I really think a good host is just a connector. I'm more traffic cop than star. My job is to get people on and off the program, and hopefully keep the audience entertained.
I've never done a musical, and I don't think I could do one, but I would love to play Sally Bowles in 'Cabaret.'
One of the things I think you need to be a good emcee is silliness. And I'm basically a silly guy.
The best way to compliment an emcee is to say his lyrics. That's how you say, "Hello."
I'm a retired MC.
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 where maybe the focus is really the talent and the different things you bring to the game, I believe it's more understandable.
I was an emcee for bar mitzvahs from age sixteen to twenty-one.
We was just young guys who wanted to change. We got tired of doin' this same everyday bullshit that we was doin', and we all felt like we had dreams o' bein' a big star. You know, as far as with myself, I never really took it that serious as bein' a star. I only took it that serious as bein' a emcee, which is two different things. You know what I mean?
There's the shared imagery between hip-hop and comics, with some producers and emcees taking on super hero personas.
You can find old Jewish newspapers from Detroit that have my promotional ad in them. It was a totally insane time in my life. Paul Rudd was also a bar mitzvah emcee, you know? It was like being a local rock star in Detroit.
