Uncle jayt'ree + Chuckie D. = OKP

Big news: the piece that me and my main man Scotty Stewart completed most recently is now posted on okayplayer.  Scotty described my excitement best when he said, "Call me when you leave work and get in the car so you can scream like a woman."  And I did.  I've had articles, stories, and reviews published before in print and online, but OKP is a big look for me!

Chatting with the man that...

Local Yokels

So, as I'm going through my portfolio of work to post on this new blog, I have been checking my work out from older to more recent.  I had forgotten about some of the pieces I've had published in City Newspaper.  This next assortment is to highlight those folks from around the way... i.e., the way of Rochester, NY.

I'll kick it off with a piece that was published circa September 2005.  City gave me my second cover story with a feature on a dude named Amir Sulaiman (pronounced SOO'-lee-mon).  He's a published author and poet slash dope eMCee.  His spoken word is sometimes blended with music on some tracks from his three albums.  He's been featured on Russell Simmons' Def Poetry on a few occasions, toured with KRS-One and Mos Def, and been called everything from teacher to terrorist.  Oh, and of course, he's from the city I currently reside in.  Good look for the Roc!  Check out the piece from City's archives.

We also covered a piece on a funk electro...

I'm not fancy; I live the Common Lyfe

What's happening, good folk?  I'm sitting here reminiscing about the summer of 2005.  It was a special summer for me; it was the time I met the beautiful woman that would become my wife.  That's why I'm very excited about this post.

My then-girlfriend and I had our first almost-date at the 2005 Rochester MusicFest.  Her and her homies had already copped their tickets, and I was headed out also, but on the grind.  I had just picked up a freelance writing gig at City Newspaper, Rochester's premier newsweekly, and had my first big feature covering the event.  She and I got to chop it up, and I was able to wow her with my charm and boyish good looks (she's still here, ain't she?).

Well, the introduction to the...

It's ya Uncle jaythreeoh on the blog tip!

So, even though I was dumb ahead of my time on the radio tip for almost 14 years, I'm sooo far behind the times on creating my online presence.  I don't even have a Facebook page!   But, I have an excuse though: FB is the devil.

Anyway, I'm putting this up here, in the hopes that I will be updating it on a more regular basis.  My most recent thing to update is the fact that a few weeks ago, me and my mans Scotty Stewart (photog extraordinaire) went to Buffalo to get an exclusive with CHUCK D. of PUBLIC ENEMY! Yes, it was supafresh to share a booth in the back of the lobby restaurant of the Adam's Mark hotel.

I chopped it up with the big homie for like a half, and...