The art of freestyle has always been an essential element to an emcee and one that I never really mastered, but if you ever happen to be talking spittas from a place called Hempstead, L.I. than the name Stroka G aka Stroka Genius will ring bells, picture a dude in the car freestyling from L.I. to B.K. and back and so I was blessed with the opportunity to be invited onto one of his many street albums (I think he did like 12, google it). In all seriousness this is my brother from another mother, shout out to him, Hollowz (who has always kept it g wit me)and Dolla$ (who only knew me on Strokes word and showed me hospitality in his home).  And shout out to the girl singing on the hook too in a strange twist we never shared a studio but shared an African American class at NCC.......small world.

The Way It Is ft Stroka G and Rah Hollowz Produced by C Dolla$

It just dawned on me that the most important thing Mo taught me was the importance of range for an artist, damn still schoolin me years later.

ADRENALINE RUSH prod by DJ Mo Funk

Internationally known locally respected, at least myspace wasn't a total waste of time b/c it made my network global. Thank you Paul for letting me get busy on your beat and helping me to launch the post rehab era.

New Euro prod by Paul Asante (UK)

That rehab sessions mixtape helped me prove to people I could provide a body of work and so opportunities came in abundance and I got the chance to work with my homie on one of my personal favorites

The Game prod by Al Barber aka Cinematic

Shouts out to Uplift from Manhattan who produced this joint and what can I say it's perfectly imperfect.

Perfect Imperfections prod by Uplift

"Sugar cane machete overthrow the plantation/ and I'm sick of waitin/ so I just threw up on the beat/ got boat sick flowin on the beat/ got air sick being so fly/ if you the best thing poppin m#th*rf#ck*r who am I?

Dollars Circulate pt 2

So the story behind this is me and my Partner In Revolution Lyrikally iLL do college radio to promote our upcoming project and the host doesn't know me from a whole in the ground so once again I have to prove my worth..........steel sharpens steel, STAY READY!!!!

College Radio Freestyle

Speaking of that P.I.R. project, here is my solo joint, me and Lyrikally iLL did 1 solo each and 16 colabs.

Hatian Revolutionary

Verse 1 - Optee flips the "P"
Verse 2 - LI flips the "I"
Verse 3 - 8 bars each on the "R"
This is my favorite project so if you want the whole thing hit me up and I'll e-mail it to you or provide you a download link.

P.I.R. Anthem ft Lyrikally iLL

Street Smarts

"You cant hide the truth or war wit a machine"

The Machine

Broken Hearted ft Lyrikally iLL

What started as a nickname (OPTIMO), transformed into an idea (OPTIMUS PRHYME), became a conduit for my views, and defined who I would ultimately become as a person.  This page is dedicated to the street corner cyphers, make shift studios, and anyone who dared to dream.  Hello, my name is Optee and this is my story.    

Optee aka Optimus Prhyme

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