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1) a Japanese hip-hop MC and music producer;
2) a post rock band from Bergamo, Italy;
3) a Washington DC-based instrumental rock trio;
4) an MC from Kragujevac, Serbia.
1) Verbal, real name Ryu Yeong-gi (류영기 / リュウ・ヨンギ), born August 21, 1975 in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese third generation Zainichi Korean hip-hop MC and music producer. He is best known for being a member of the group m-flo, but is also a member of MIC BANDITZ and Teriyaki Boyz. As a solo artist, he has released under the name L UNIVERSE, and in 2010, he debuted under his Verbal moniker with the single, Fall Out, which featured the vocals of up-and-coming male vocalist SHUNYA.
Born in Japan, in 1985, Verbal’s parents moved to Boston in the United States for work. When at a YMCA summer camp, Verbal was first exposed to hip-hop music, in the form of Run-D.M.C.’s “It’s Tricky” when the other children sung the song on the bus for the camp. He was impressed and influenced by the hip-hop culture of New York, and at 14 years old he started writing lyrics in English. His parents moved back to Tokyo, and Verbal attended St. Mary’s International School. He met Taku Takahashi (?Taku Takahashi) there, and the pair formed a rap rock band called N.M.D. in 1992. The band received many offers from major record labels after their live performances, however as Verbal did not see being a rapper as a practical career, he turned down these offers.
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I Was Born Without A Name
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Pussy Shakes
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Black Apple
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Up
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VISIONAIR
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I Was Born Without a Name E.P.
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Viagem Verbal
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Mictherapy
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TheRealCZ
"Japanese Verbal", but he's Korean. @hanzou-sama I think it's just the way he raps has changed. He still does rap in a lower register from time to time, but not all the time like he used to back in 99-02.
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hanzou-sama
It's me or his voice changed a lot comparing his recent and earlier stuff, or is just the way he raps which changed?
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T0mPeters
Setting the standard for the new definition of cool
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bleachgeek4973
Japanese Verbal owns you all. [8] Let it be know throughout the world.
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Rael1974
There is only one Verbal. Stomp dem cockroaches what!
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EwertonFelix_
BLACK OUT \o/
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oGhRe
Berghèm Verbal.
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eplizo
love visionair and verbal himself ♥_♥
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eplizo
Japanese Verbal owns you all. [7]
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Krissytinn
Japanese Verbal owns you all. [6]
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tomfordfan
US instrumental rock band Verbal = only Verbal that matters. < us instrumental rock bands are never relevant, pressed stans need to leave. [3] Japanese Verbal owns you all. [5]
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Twinblads
Japanese Verbal owns you all. [4]
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YumEmiKo
Best current pic for a long time.
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Xbxg32000
Japanese Verbal owns you all. [3]
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nostalgicwindow
US instrumental rock band Verbal = only Verbal that matters. < us instrumental rock bands are never relevant, pressed stans need to leave. [2] Japanese Verbal owns you all. [2]
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Strychnyne
Japanese Verbal owns you all.
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MissGiza
seriously visionair is one of my favorite albums...its so so good. >w<
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Sakuramodern
US instrumental rock band Verbal = only Verbal that matters. < us instrumental rock bands are never relevant, pressed stans need to leave.
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pedronekoi
Fall Out <3
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Xbxg32000
Some of these songs are really catching on with my ears!
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