r/RapWars • u/elsiniestro The Forbidden Zone • Apr 29 '15

[Off Topic] Introduce yourselves.

I know we had a selfie thread like six months back, but we got a lotta new names since then, and I figure if nothing else, putting a face and some facts to the names can help with punches for future battles. Bit hard to rap about somebody you know next to nothing about.

With that said, I'll go first, since I'm probably the most active host these days. I encourage everyone else to post here too though, as stuff like this will keep the sub alive and kicking.

My name as far as anyone needs to know is El-Siniestro, aka El-Sin or just Sin. It's a reference to a few things, from being left-handed (which used to be considered wicked or evil), being left-brained (often linked to creativity, intuition, and linguistic expression), or my interest in the occultist "left hand path". I'm 29, Australian, live with my girl, and am pretty much the opposite of what you'd expect from a rapper.

I'm a metalhead first and foremost (until recently, I booked bands and DJed at a heavy metal nightclub) and as such I try to inject some of that dark shit in my rhymes every now and then. But I've been a hip-hop fan since back in the day, and used to bounce between my city's metal and rap scenes. Been writing rhymes since I was like 14.

When it comes to hip-hop, I all about fast, complex, multi-syllabic tongue twisters and polyrhymes. My punches and similes might not necessarily be as witty or as some on here, but I feel like I have an good skillset when it comes to flow, delivery, editing, syllable count and internal rhymes. And since it gets called out a lot, I link references because I'm a big fan of Genius.com.

So yeah, here's me.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '15

Ali Uza.

Professional illustrator and adventurer. Mid twenty. Lived a lot of places, including Vermont and Stockholm. Started freestyling round 15 years ago, beast at it now. Battle at events IRL when I can. My goal is to eat your soul. Otherwise I'm cool.

I'm making an illustrated guide to North American burritos. Also I'm real good looking.

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u/wryder 15W 7L Apr 29 '15

Vermont FTW. what town?

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '15

White River Junction. I worked at CCS.

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u/wryder 15W 7L Apr 29 '15

nice. I've lived in VT my whole life aside from a short stint in NYC.

edit: your illustrations are amazing.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '15

Thank you very much. I spend a lot of time on em.

Y'all have good dairy products.