There was a thread like this on MadMusic, and I wanted to see peoples' opinions here.

If you were to build the ultimate MC, who would he/she be modeled after? Mix and match, and tell me what you'd do...

The breath control of:
The flow of:
The voice of:
The delivery of:
The energy of:
The metaphors of:
The punchlines of:
The storytelling of:
The humor of:
The wit of:
The attitude of:
The style of:
The subject matter of:

Peace

The breath control of: Alaska
The flow of: Twista
The voice of: Dose One
The delivery of: Dose One
The energy of: Canibus
The metaphors of: Aesop Rock
The punchlines of: El-P
The storytelling of: Common
The humor of: ME
The wit of: Adeem, Adverse
The attitude of: Eminem
The style of: Alaska
The subject matter of: Aesop Rock

Here's mine...

The breath control of: Gift of Gab
The flow of: Talib Kweli
The voice of: Either...Young Z or Chali 2na
The delivery of: Pharoahe Monch
The energy of: Either Canibus or ODB
The metaphors of: Saul Williams
The punchlines of: Any of the Demigodz
The storytelling of: Slick Rick
The humor of: Benefit
The wit of: De La Soul
The attitude of: Common
The style of: Beastie Boys
The subject matter of: Aesop Rock

I would have doubled some artists, but I wanted to keep it diverse.

Peace

The breath control of: Its wax. What's the difference?
The flow of: Big Pun
The voice of: Xzibit
The delivery of: Busta Rhymes
The energy of: Canibus
The metaphors of: Ras Kass
The punchlines of: Chino XL
The storytelling of: Nas
The humor of: Eminem
The wit of: Ras Kass
The attitude of: Rakim
The style of: I don't know. Audio, not image. Andre 3000?
The subject matter of: Canibus (vocab), Jay-Z(mainstream appeal), 2Pac (meaningful thought), Eminem (humorous spittin 4 no reason) Ras Kass (deep concepts)

Dayum I Thought I Was Tha Only One Who Thought That..

The breath control of: Alaska
The flow of: Chali 2Na
The voice of: Apathy
The delivery of: Ikon Tha Verbal Hologram
The energy of: Celph Titled
The metaphors of: Aesop Rock
The punchlines of: Tonedeff
The storytelling of: J-Live
The humor of: Celph Titled
The wit of: Sankofa
The attitude of: Louis Logic
The style of: Virtuoso
The subject matter of: Aesop Rock/Sankofa

The breath control of:
The flow of: MC Juice
The voice of: MC Juice
The delivery of: Slug
The energy of: Busta Rhymes
The metaphors of: MC Juice
The punchlines of: MC Juice
The storytelling of: Eminem/Old School Nas
The humor of: Eminem
The wit of: Sage Francis
The attitude of: Sage Francis
The style of: Eminem
The subject matter of: MC Juice/Sage Francis

I took the best qualities of (in my opinion) some of the best lyricist (except Busta - I just love his energy in his older stuff)...

The breath control of: Killah Preist
The flow of: Crooked I
The voice of: Saigon
The delivery of: Crooked I
The energy of: Crooked I
The metaphors of: Ras Kass
The punchlines of: Ras Kass
The storytelling of: Slick Rick
The humor of: Eminem
The wit of: Chino XL
The attitude of: Crooked I
The style of: Saigon
The subject matter of: Ras Kass

this a bad ass emcee right chea!!

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The breath control of: Anyone of BTNH
The flow of: Skillz
The voice of: Holiday Styles
The delivery of: Eminem
The energy of: DMX
The metaphors of: Chino XL
The punchlines of: Big L
The storytelling of: Nas
The humor of: Red or Mef
The wit of: KRS-ONE
The attitude of: Ice T
The style of: AZ
The subject matter of: Tupac (can go gangsta or poetic)

The breath control of: krs-one
The flow of: twista
The voice of: gza
The delivery of: mos def
The energy of: ll cool j
The metaphors of: big l
The punchlines of: eydea
The storytelling of: redman
The humor of: redman and methodman
The wit of: chino xl
The attitude of: snoop
The style of: rakim
The subject matter of: tupac shakur


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The breath control of: xzibit
The flow of: nas
The voice of: tupac
The delivery of: methodman
The energy of: busta rhymes
The metaphors of: rakim
The punchlines of: redman
The storytelling of: biggie
The humor of: eminem
The wit of: biggie
The attitude of: tupac
The style of: redman
The subject matter of: tupac