Optimus Rhyme (album)

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Optimus Rhyme
Optimus Rhyme Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released15 March 2004
Genre Nerdcore, Funk rock
Length43:06
Label Narcofunk Records
Optimus Rhyme chronology
Optimus Rhyme
(2004)
School the Indie Rockers
(2006)

Optimus Rhyme is the self-titled debut album from nerdcore band Optimus Rhyme, released March 15, 2004. [1]

Nerdcore genre of hip hop music

Nerdcore is a genre of music characterized by themes and subject matter considered to be of general interest to nerds. Santa Barbara’s Nerf Herder were the first band known to use the term in the mid-90s when referring to their nerdy themes, the term being a play on the “Nardcore” music of their peers.

Optimus Rhyme

Optimus Rhyme was a hip hop group from Seattle, Washington. Optimus Rhyme is most widely considered a nerdcore hip hop group because of the nerdy nature of their lyrics. The name of the band as well as the stage names of the members and a majority of their lyrics refer to the Transformers franchise. Their music is a combination of rapped hip hop lyrics with funk rock music. Optimus Rhyme formed in Seattle in 2001.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Optimus Rhyme, lyrics by Wheelie Cyberman, Broken English.

  1. "Intro" – 1:06
  2. "Reboot" – 1:30
  3. "Cybernetic Circuits" – 2:17
  4. "Reel Estate" – 4:08
  5. "DJ Slaylord (Skit)" – 0:32
  6. "Powder Blue Egg Hatch" – 2:26
  7. "Incognito" – 1:53
  8. "Ford vs. Chevy" – 4:24
  9. "Precognito" – 1:17
  10. "Fuzzy Dice" – 5:11
  11. "Organix" – 1:12
  12. "No Memory" - 1:31
  13. "JZ75" - 2:18
  14. "Transform" - 2:07
  15. "Slippery" - 2:01
  16. "I Heart PuBotCs" - 3:37
  17. "3cogni2" - 1:02
  18. "Precogni2" - 4:35

Personnel

Guitar Fretted string instrument

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings. It is typically played with both hands by strumming or plucking the strings with either a guitar pick or the finger(s)/fingernails of one hand, while simultaneously fretting with the fingers of the other hand. The sound of the vibrating strings is projected either acoustically, by means of the hollow chamber of the guitar, or through an electrical amplifier and a speaker.

The bass guitar is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, except with a longer neck and scale length, and typically four to six strings or courses.

Drum kit collection of drums and other percussion instruments

A drum kit — also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums — is a collection of drums and other percussion instruments, typically cymbals, which are set up on stands to be played by a single player, with drumsticks held in both hands, and the feet operating pedals that control the hi-hat cymbal and the beater for the bass drum. A drum kit consists of a mix of drums and idiophones – most significantly cymbals, but can also include the woodblock and cowbell. In the 2000s, some kits also include electronic instruments. Also, both hybrid and entirely electronic kits are used.

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References

  1. https://www.discogs.com/Optimus-Rhyme-Optimus-Rhyme/release/3169795