Optimus Rhume play in a relatively new genre called nerdcore. Generally nerdcore is a hip-hop (that is rhymed lamer than the classics like House Of Pain and Cypress Hill) with lyrics about nerds, science, geeks and related stuff. If you are interested you can check out Mc Lars, Mc Frontalot and Mc Hawking. Generally these bands have their albums available for download and the whole genre is oriented not on sales. Optimus Rhyme is one of the most interesting representatives of nerdcore, because their beats are played live by three guys and also the rapping skills of the MC are way better than in the most nerdcore bands.
The MC – Wheelie Cyberman was a former supervisor for Nintendo and a moderator of the Nintendo NSider Forums (one of his song Obey The Moderator is even based on his moderation experience). The music of Optimus Rhyme deserves huge attention. They play funk rock that is both reminiscent of the old funk, more modern style like Rage Against the Machine and music of video games. It is also similar to video game cover music outfit – The Advantage. Most of their lyrics are devoted to transformers and some other sci-fi stuff.
