uEmcee: I apologize but I'm about to ask you a question that I'm sure you have been asked more then enough times, I hope you don't mind breaking it down for the uEmcee.com people. Cite 3. How did you come up with that name?

Cite 3: I don't mind breaking it down at all, it was basically an alternate tag I used to have when I would write (graffiti)… The rule was simple, whatever you wrote on walls, trains, bridges, etc… don't carry on you… so I used to write "TASK", but I couldn't walk around school or that would just be giving myself away… so Cite 3 would be scribbled in all my black books, in drawings… I originally chose it because of "Third Eye Vision"… years before Heiroglyphics came out… I heard it from somewhere though.. I tried changing it, but its just too much of who I am..

uEmcee: I have conversed with you a couple of times via email, message boards, etc. And you appear very knowledge about the industry. How long have you been in the rap game?

Cite 3: I've been writing rhymes ever since Dr. Dre released the chronic.. I was about 11 or so… It wasn't about rapping, it was just being cool… all my friends would make up their own rhymes… I didn't start getting SERIOUS about it until end of 9th grade back in 96… in 99 I sent my first demo tape to someone at XXL via friend, heard an okay (not great ) response, but that gave me belief that I cold really do this, so I started linking with other people and getting in ciphers and really sitting down and thinking out a game plan…(although slow process, still in motion to this day) I've dealt with my share of B.S. cats that promise you the world, but can't get you a dollar, I've seen cats come up, I've seen cats give up… I've dealt with a few friends in the industry dying… I'm rambling let me stop… my first show was in 98 I did a talent show with Soul Department, my first solo was at a coffee house poetry slam in 98

uEmcee: I find it interesting as hell to hear about how people come up with songs. What's your process, how do you start to put together a song?

Cite 3: There's no formula for me. Most of the time, I'm just listening to a beat, and I think about what goes on in that beat, what kind of feeling it gives me, almost as if it was a soundtrack to a movie, what kind of movie would it be, and what would I say about it… that gives me the concept… from there I write the story, or just express the emotions in rhyme format..

Other times, songs can come from freestyles, or things that happened that day that I need to get off my chest, (like trouble at work, or people at shows acting a fool), or me just having the urge to scribe my thoughts on paper.

uEmcee: I'm sure you have done many shows. What was your most memorable show, and why?

Cite 3: My most memorable show was Art-O-Matic 2004 behind Union Station in Washington, DC… I remember it the most because I felt like I did a great job with my performance, my whole crew represented, I got to share the stage with DC legends Storm the Unpredictable and Priest da Nomad, and some of the best DC has to offer, Shambala, Flex Mathews, Mic the Finite, Echoboomers, Krayola, SitCalm, Of Unknown Origin, and of course my fam Omegatropolis, Prowess the Testament, and my boy from Brooklyn who came all the way down to DC the Natur-L and his crew Soul Dept…

uEmcee: What was your most f- up memory about a show? Have you ever been booed off the stage?

Cite 3: My least memorable performance was in 2003 at Guerilla Grammar battle no. 2, I was drunk off my behind parts. Everyone who was anyone was basically there. I made a complete fool of myself… I tried hard to spit some kind of fire… but I was too dizzy… boy what a nightmare… I've never been BOOED OFF, but I got plenty of BOOOOOO's.. hahaha.. so I just went off on the crowd and started BATTLING THEM…that's when I got focused with my freestyle.. lol.. I remember telling some guys to shut up and some woman up front some really misogynistic things.. I wish I had the video also, in Richmond, VA at the Ingredience Hip Hop festival, I arrived like two seconds before I was scheduled to go on stage so I was SOOO out of breath by running from my car… then of all things.. hahhaha.. I forgot the second verse to one of my songs.. I had to freestyle it, and from what I remember it was pretty Terrible.

uEmcee: I got one for you. Close your eyes and imagine that you're on tour. On tour with four other rappers. And if you had to pick these four other rappers who would it be? And why did you choose these people?

Cite 3: Aww man, .. tough one.. First would definitely be Prowess the Testament, She's been there for me all the way now, we support each other to the fullest..

next I would say Mr. Lif .. he has a really good live show and he seems like a really cool cat on the road (based on the dvd's I've seen)…, Pharoahe Monch - one of the most respected lyricists to me…ever since I peeped him with Prince Po, definitely a legend in my book, plus when I saw him live at DMC 2003 in DC I went crazy… and Mad Skillz…just to even out the tour… a different aspect to add some variety.. he's listener friendly to mainstream crowd without being wack…

uEmcee: Tell us what's next for Cite 3, any shows or events we can catch you at?

Cite 3: I'm a promoter for various things, so you can see me at many places in DC, but as far as ME performing, we'll be having a Single Release party when we drop vinyl this summer, and I'll be spitting there, June 17th, and June 19th Prowess the Testament will be performing at Bar Nun (I think) on U Street in DC, I'm sure I'll be dropping a verse or two with her… This weekend I'm performing at a party in Maryland at the end of Indian Head Hwy… on the Air Force Base, I have no idea about the crowd there, so I'm kinda nervous about that… I'm getting paid $200, so its not so bad. Other than that, there are plenty of possible things, I talked with a promoter who said he'll put me on the back up list if the scheduled opener's can't make it… for artists such as Wu-Tang, CRayzWalz, J-Zone… more.. I don't want to wish harm on nobody, but I'd like to open up for Wu Tang, that would be F*cking amazing. also I'm bound to drop by Tru Skool sometime in DC at Capital City Records every Friday… I just don't know when yet…

uEmcee: If someone wanted to get at you, how could they reach out?

Cite 3: Drop me an Email at Cite3@omegatropolis.com, or sign the guestbook at the website. www.omegatropolis.com... OR send me a note on my uEmcee.com artist page. SORRY FOR ALL THE RAMBLING FOLKS.