rightfully theirs. Hopefully this trend will take full scale and we can bring in a new Golden Age of Hip Hop with the new millenium.
The original roots of emceeing can be easily traced back to Africa. The way information was passed between elder tribesmen was by a person who was charged with keeping historical records of the villages in his memory. The history would be shared to others as songs. This vocal sharing of history eventually became known as the African Oral Tradition. Hip-Hop music is similar to African Oral Tradition as news, stories, or opinions from a rapper's city or neighborhood are often carried through his music.
One point that most people don't know about Hip-Hop is that there are actually many different layers to emceeing. While any rapper can basically just come up with written rhymes over a beat, to truly be an emcee the artist's skills must be much more comprehensive. Below are few elements a true emcee must master:
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