An individual with long dreadlocks and glasses, wearing a striped beanie and a grey sweatshirt, stands in front of an open white Ford XLT van at night. They are holding a smartphone in one hand and gesturing toward the camera.
Marco Plus Credit: ITSMARCOPLUS / Facebook

The Beatsnchill crew has always been a taste making one, and the trend continues with this booking that pairs some of Tampa’s finest emcees with rising talent from across the U.S.

Marco Plus leads the charge this time around. After a short stint in Pensacola, now-Atlanta-based rapper Marco Plus arrives supporting a new LP, Marco Plus Vs. Tha Underworld, where the kingmaking hip-hop blog Passion of the Weiss says he’s making the best music of his decade-long career.

“His flow helixes from the same DNA as Andre 3000, sticky and staccato, and occasionally revving up into double and triple time rhyme schemes,” critic Will Schube adds.

Lo-fi-leaning Missouri rapper Sunset Tim is also on the bill.

Tickets for Sermons Fest happening Friday, Dec. 19 at Crowbar in Ybor City are still available for $22.85.

YouTube video

Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.

Follow us: Google News | NewsBreak | Reddit | Instagram | Facebook | BlueSky

This article appears in Dec. 18 – 24, 2025.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...