By being a storyteller you have to have a variety of skill to ultimately hold one's attention. When you hear a good storyteller they just know how to reach the climax of the story. They have the knack and charisma in their words, expressions, and movements to get you involved.
The traits of being a good emcee are obvious.

VOCABULARY
You have to attain a very large vocabulary. This is the basic fundamental of the art of rhyming. In order for you to chain the rhyme together you have to know variations of words. Without it, you are render useless saying virutally the same structure rhyme. Hence the birth of ending each rhyme with the same word. While one can argue that this is just a style adjustment, that is not a rhyme scheme.

KNOWLEDGE
In order to speak about something, you have to know what you are talking about. A vast knowledge allows you to speak about more topics, hence more stories.

TEMPORARY
To be a great storyteller, you have to be aware that this skill is just something temporary. The world changes as so do you. The stories that you once spoke to a current generation will fall flat on the ears of others. It really up to you, to understand that things change, hence things are just temporary.

REVOLUTIONARY
While things do change, a story can remain revelant if it is revolutionary. Through the extensive vocabulary and knowldge one can seek, then can make things unique so it can capture the minds of many for years to come.

If we look at the defintion of hip-hop in this regard, then really there is no such thing as falling off. Next we take a look at what condition really tiggers this term of degrading performance, and hence what is the top ten !!!


Mr Sandman

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