Saba Is Understated, Not Underrated

If you ask any rapper, basically ever, they’re underrated. No one gave them their props for inventing that style everybody uses. They paved the way for your favorite rapper to do that shit they do now, and also, they’re your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper. And they’ve got the biggest dick, which really isn’t talked about enough. They can be rap legends who don’t crack enough top-five lists for their liking, or the talented underground wordsmith who won’t be respected until they suffer an untimely demise. In nearly all cases, regardless of merit, the general sentiment is this: The world doesn’t fuck with me enough. It’s a tale as old as Sugarhill Gang, and, though he’s nowhere near as entitled as those vague rapper composites I just listed, Saba continues the tradition on his new track “Acts 1.5,” where he begins a literally dizzying stanza with an honest career summation: “I’ve been slept on and stepped over, the less noticed.”