T.Y.T.

Jeremy Jackson a.k.a. TYT. gained his name from high school court yard rap battles. Known as “Tight”, but as spelling was popular in freestyle in those days, he chose TYT. When confronted with the meaning, he replied “I think before I speak, you should too, Think Your Thoughts.

Throughout high school, becoming homeless, going to jail many times, and being a participant in 2 wars (Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom) with the U.S. Navy, he has always vented his feelings through his music. After the military, TYT. moved back to Japan to get married and now has a daughter. From testing video games, to teaching English; TYT. always has time for his love for making music.

Many independent labels are in an uproar to catch this sincere, hot, and talented artist. Listen to his tracks to find out why.

TYT is a member of 8 Bit Boys and Heightened Titans.

Discography

Scrub Club Records

Extra Links

Official Site
thesixtyone

Extract from seekjapan.jp

TyT and Togo – “Onegai Sensei” (FREE MP3 HERE!)

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J.P.: There is something so gloriously slow-motion car crash about everything here, a hip-hop paean from a streetwise eikaiwa teacher (!?!?) tired of giving EFL vampires free English conversation in the name of friendship (“Honor my position, and listen to me / cos a plumber wouldn’t come and fix your toilet for free”), complete with an offensively sultry broken-English chorus featuring the massively horrifying “Onegai sensei, please you teach me English.” That said, many of us have been there, the guy can rhyme, and if there was ever a track that deserved to be on a compilation sponsored by “the Ask Kazuhide guys”, this is it.

Jonti: From the Furious Five and Treacherous Three on, good hip-hop has always had an element of humor, and even if some of the gags here are executed in a super-crass stylee, the overall vibe on this cut is entertaining from the ground up. Loop-spotters will pick up on the string sample being from Garageband’s stock library (I’ve used it myself, but not to such good effect), yet the production of the track as a whole is much better than you’ll hear on any typical home-made Garageband exercise, so what’s the problem, fool?

Rangi: This track is made out of all kinds of awesome. Modern-sounding rap about life as an eikaiwa teacher? Talk about keeping it real. The production sounds excellent, while the Engrish chorus will be extremely familiar to anyone who has ever been hit up for free English lessons at the local gaijin bar or has listened to about 90% of Japanese bands who try to sing in English.