Insomniac Magazine’s Underground Elite 2018 (Expanded Edition) Part 3
(Be sure to start at part 1 so you don’t miss these impactful Hip Hop artists.)
RALPHIIE REESE – Money & power rule the world but Dart Unit controls the nation! The Philly power spitter keeps it gritty as he delivers street tales & drops lessons over soulful boom bap beats! You don’t just hear his vocals you FEEL them! Ralphiie shines on tracks that are decidedly lo-fi but his high caliber mic skills set him apart from the pack!
RECOGNIZE ALI – You’ll never find this powerhouse emcee hiding behind a weak image or sketchy marketing scheme. Ali makes things happen on his own by being a beast on the mic! His elastic flows & clever cadences jettison his spectacularly solid bar game to heights previously unexplored. His style is defiant & his rhymes are hardcore!
ROSATI – While plenty of lyricists list Jay-Z, Nas, and Rakim among their influences, Rosati might throw critics a curveball by including Al Green & Bobby Womack into the mix. When you listen to #TheWinners spitter’s soulful flow that makes perfect sense. The verbal vigilante glides across each track with a rhythmic dexterity foreign to his industry peers. Check out his fly apparel but stay for the rhymes!
ROZEWOOD – #TheWinners creative visionary is such a forward thinking lyricist that we imagine him writing rhymes on the moon while lower tier rappers are still grounded on Earth. He probably needs security for the many stalkers following him in hopes of picking up all the jewels he drops. His tracks are flawless(Rozewood’s take on Billy Idol’s “Eyes Without A Face” is reason enough to make every emcee kneel in his presence) & his contributions to the game are too great to ever be debated.
SAGEINFINITE – It’s impossible to bite this emcee’s lyrics ’cause all his rhymes are custom made! The New Jersey based spitter specializes in flooding the underground with a never-ending stream of dope rhymes listeners are more than happy to consume. Ain’t no spaces for mediocrity within the dog eat dog maneuvers of the industry. #TheWinners lyricist kicks into high gear the second he enters the booth!
SLEEP SINATRA – Lincoln, NE’s master lyricist can get funky with the Jazz Spastiks or cause wreckage with The Historian and shine brightly on both extremely diverse soundscapes. His range is impressive yet he seems to shrug off the complexities of navigating around each track with ease. Listen to him drop science on the lost misfits & always respect the skills!
SUPREME CEREBRAL – The L.A. based bar executioner will stride into the cemeteries of all the fallen emcees left in his wake & desecrate their graves one-by-one. Bugzy Nino turns soundscapes into sentient beings then snuffs the life out of them with glee. A forensics team must be called in to identify the remains of any emcee foolish enough to battle. He massacres the competition & leaves his underlings to clean up the mess!
– Kevin Keith
