Interview with the NEW CHAMP... Sacrifice
By Tali
SacriFICE: Ok I'm ready..BIAAAAAAAAATCH…by the way
SacriFICE: OS says "when's tali's bi.tch a.ss going to make me a beat"
... lmao
SacriFICE: and I say... EVERYONES LIFE DOESNT REVOLVE AROUND YOU!
SacriFICE: and he says, hes the best so it should
SacriFICE: ok anyway.. im done
SacriFICE: interview time
TaLi: haha..Tell him, now that I'm signed out, it's just a matter of time...Ok so, state your name, affilliation, and whatever the hell else cool folks tend to do to introduce themselves.
SacriFICE: Uh, I'm Sacrifice... of The Rebel Union, and IMA (Ill Mic Aphyliates), from the nowhere city of Frederick, Maryland.
TaLi: Aight lol..Now that we've got that out of the way, how does it feel to be champ of a league that you didn't even know existed until a month ago?
SacriFICE: Well, I'm definitely SURPRISED... at first as you know, I didn't really know if I had what it took to make a move in the league, I guess because some of the writers in the league from what I observed
before I signed in were really above me as far as writing, or so I thought, such as you... ha. But yeah, it's definitely cool to be at the top already, it's bringing out the best that I have to offer as far as writing goes.
TaLi: Yeah, I pretty much knew you'd kill in this league given the sorts of things they tend to look for. I can thank myself for losing lol. Ok so, what do you like about the league and what aren't you feeling so much?
SacriFICE: Haha, I was SHOOK when I knew I was going to have to face you, honestly... but hey. Anyway, uh, I like the league A LOT for a couple reasons, I guess mainly it allows for me to expand myself as an emcee, giving me some help thinking of some conceptual songs to write, helping me stay away from the redundant, "I'll rip the fu.ck out of emcees" type of track (which I will by the way..lol, kidding kidding)...But yeah, I love having some motivation to be more creative then maybe I normally would sometimes, gets me out of the routine with
my writing and is helping me build, even after all these years of writing... another thing I like a lot (although not as much now), is reading what other talented writers stuff, I like voting because I can give me honest opinion on a piece and for the most part I feel like people take it seriously. And at the same time, having other writers of lesser/equal/greater talent read my stuff and give me feedback, I think I enjoy receiving the votes the most because I prefer honesty when it
comes to telling me if my shit sucks, or if its great. What I'm not really feeling as much, I guess, no offense to anybody and their writing, but, some of the stuff lately has been getting pretty redundant, not saying I might not be part of it but, it seems a lot of cats are trying to write edgy stories and failing with lackluster twists about killing and murder and shit.. I don't know, maybe its just me but,
I joined the league because of what I read from prior weeks, past champions and what not, it seems a lot of the stuff is getting bland and the competition isn't nearly as high anymore... other than that, I like that I can keep to myself and just write and get feedback.
TaLi: Well yeah, I showed you some of the better pieces of the better
people lol. But yeah, I can't disagree with anything you said. Ugh, I
have to go fix that 'Archive' champ graphic AGAIN for your punk a.ss. Ok
so, being that you rhyme what you write, how does that effect how you
view other folk's stuff?
SacriFICE: Well, it DRASTICALLY effects how I view other folks stuff, unfortunately perhaps sometimes I am a little too hard on some folks and their pieces. I think I'm probably the most anal person in the world about rhyming and words. Like I said in a few of my votes this past week, it seems like a lot of people have the ability to rhyme well, which is a plus for me... but some cats don't…haha, and for me that really takes away from a piece, because after all.. we are all writing rhyming pieces, based on the hiphop form of writing and not poetry.. so utilizing rhyming words to me really adds to a piece's depth and, I don't know... greatness. Another thing is the flow, if I feel like the
writer I'm reading can actually (even if they don't rap) recite the piece with some sort of flow, that really helps, because when I'm reading a piece, I'm hearing it in my head, like I would on a song, and I'm sure its the same for a lot of people in the league... many who actually do rap... but for me, I write these pieces to a beat, with the intention to eventually record, so I think the whole emceeing aspect of all weights heavily on my opinions when reading other people's work,
HOWEVER, that's not to say that I am so close minded that I can't recognize a good piece of work that might not rhyme as well as other's can rhyme... cats can have the most complex set of rhymes and not make a lick of sense.. so yeah, me being an emcee definitely effects it all.
TaLi: Trust me, you aren't the most anal person when it comes to rhymes,
flow, and wording, I think I've more than earned that title over the
years. And yeah, I don't know, maybe it's unfair to view written pieces
through the bias of expecting it to read like a rhyme I'd do lol. But
whatever, at least we know our biases. So shit, I know you haven't been
around much to see many people, but name a few folks who's writing has
impressed you so far.