Abstract Why is crowd response and audience participation so essential in your live performances?
It’s important. It’s a connection of energy. You know, you transfer your energy to the crowd and have the crowd transfer the energy back to you. And that creates a situation. And it’s what it’s always been. It’s been a call-and-response, an answer, because you connect with the audience, it’s a connection. You’ve got to make a connection with the crowd. That’s what every MC’s goal is. To connect with the crowd.
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Diallo, D. (2019). Discussing Collective Participation and Audience Engagement with Sugarhill Gang’s Master Gee. In: Collective Participation and Audience Engagement in Rap Music. Pop Music, Culture and Identity. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25377-6_9
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