Cassidy Lists Canibus, Big Daddy Kane among best punchline emcees.
Cassidy recently made a visit to The Bootleg Kev Podcast, where the legendary battle rapper was asked about the best punchline emcees of all time, excluding himself. The rapper names the likes of Lord Finesse, Big L, Canibus, Big Daddy Kane, and Kool G Rap in his Top 5.
“I named dudes that kinda came before me, that was my inspiration,” he said. “You never heard a artist doing it like back-to-back, line after line, after line, before you can dissect.”
“Before you could dissect one punchline, you already gettting into another one and they connect,” he continued. “Like they never really seen rappers doing that. My inspiration is what inspired me to want to create that style.”
In another part, the rapper also reflected on his influence which made hip-hop more competitive. “I think ever since I came out, I just changed the trajectory of how sh*t was going,” he said. “I made it more competitive, made you have to be more lyrical, made you have to have more punchlines and lyrics, and piece up more syllables just to sound like you was spittin’. Because before, you ain’t have nothin’ else to compare it to, but when you can listen to me doing it like this, if you supposed to be lyrical, you gotta be doing it to a certain level. So around that time I came out, you started to see a lot of people change.”
