A large number of young people are currently addicted to rap music. It is not surprising, because today it is the most popular and fast-growing genre in the world. It includes all the best from other areas of music.
Modern MC artists
A rapper can combine several styles at once in one of his songs. Therefore, it is important that a modern musician is interested in different genres, but at the same time knows “his roots”. Studying rap history, novice performers sometimes encounter unfamiliar concepts and abbreviations. One of the most common of them is MC (MC).
Not all fans of hip-hop culture can clearly explain to beginners what it means and how MC is decoded. Many performers add these letters at the end of their stage name. For example, the famous Russian rapper Noize MC.
The first meaning of the term
Master of Ceremonies is first and foremost a concert or club host. This term comes from the English abbreviation (pronounced in Russian as "em-si"), which is commonly called the entertainer. She literally translates as "party host." After all, emsey is a person who makes every effort to ensure that the party is truly a success.
Emsi not only holds the party itself, but also announces to the audience guests, a DJ, holds various competitions, “turns on” the audience. He must “feel” his audience, her desires and how her mood is changing. Emsi is not only the host who announces the performers, he is also the soul of the party, her heart and her “blown up” brain!
MC is an artist who, accompanied by dance music, utters words from the stage to annoy the audience, as well as introduce her to the DJ. Amsey has to entertain the audience. He prepares the words in advance, so that later he can pronounce them from the stage, usually with a recitative, in rap style. It should “warm up” people, raise their emotions to the maximum positive level.
But not everyone is able to become cool MS, because they always have to feel what exactly the audience wants at the moment. Moreover, emc should have a great sense of humor, a decent vocabulary and the ability to instant improvisation.
Hip hop influence
In Jamaica (where reggae's musical style was born) MC stands for party masters playing sets, adding rhymed calls, prayers, and jokes to the music. Since the 70s of the last century, this concept has been associated with hip-hop. Emsy reads rhymed texts that are pre-written or off-line (freestyle) to warm up the crowd or comment on a significant event.
With the development of rap culture, the concept of MC stands for microphone controller (“microphone controller”), mic checka (“checking microphone”). Over time, some talented emsey gained significantly more popularity than the DJs they represented.
This was facilitated by the broad development of the culture of rap battles. In them, the performers had to demonstrate their skills, adapting to unfamiliar bits, while trying to surpass the opponent. Today, the designation MC stands for "rapper." At the same time, for many music lovers, it has retained its former meaning, which has a broader meaning for them.