{"product_id":"theres-a-god-on-the-mic-the-true-50-greatest-mcs","title":"There's a God on the Mic: The True 50 Greatest MCs","description":"\u003cp\u003eRapper Kool Mo Dee thrived during hip-hops nascent years as a vocalist whose tongue-twisting rhymes and speedy delivery put his counterparts to shame. On his 1987 album  How Ya Like Me Now  Kool came up with a hip-hop report card: a method of rating MCs (Emcees  Masters of Ceremonies  Master Communicators  or rap vocalists) as a way of separating the premier MCs from their often one-dimensional  overrated counterparts (\"Sucka MCs\"). Building on this original list  Kool has put together an extensive rating system to compile the definitive list of the greatest MCs of all time. Kool rates each MC based on seventeen different categories  ranging from the artists lyricism  vocabulary  and freestyling ability to his longevity  body of work  and social impact. Each artist is given a numerical score from one to ten in each of the seventeen categories  as well as an explanation for how this rating was determined. The book includes a complete discography and full-color photograph for each MC  and will also have supplemental lists  such as the top ten storytellers and top ten rhymers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946053103669,"sku":"ByrdShop_1560255331","price":227.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781560255338.jpg?v=1769921047","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/theres-a-god-on-the-mic-the-true-50-greatest-mcs","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}