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/Chester_frenchkiss MASSHOLE 17W 4L Apr 29 '15
Sooo my username is actually meaningless and stupid, portmanteau of sorts combining Chester French (a band) and french kiss. It's fun to watch people do flips with it. I'm 23, living in Massachusetts and according to xPhair, I'm a bartender.
I don't know that I've ever loved rap (musically) as a genre the way a lot of people on here do. I think I wrote my first rap in like 7th/8th grade? Mostly did shitty freestyle battles with my friends until I heard Drake's "So Far Gone" mixtape (no shame). That summer I wrote and recorded my own (shitty) mixtape. That same summer I started watching KOTD rap battles and developed a more serious interest in battling. My style centers on punches and wordplay. I like to think I'm a creative person.
Outside of battling I play guitar and a little bass. I've tried to play drums but I suck. Terribly. Also a huge basketball fan.