M-Flo

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M-Flo
2019
2019
General information
Genre (s) Pop , Rap , Nu Jazz , Lounge , Techno , Hip House , Jazz-Rap
founding 1997, 2012
resolution 2008
Website www.m-flo.com
Current occupation
singing
 Verbal
production
 Taku Takahashi
former members
singing
 Lisa

M-Flo ( Japanese エ ム フ ロ ウ ; Emu Furō) (proper spelling: m-flo) is a Japanese hip hop group consisting of producer Taku Takahashi and rapper Verbal .

Verbal at the MTV Music Awards

Originally the group consisted of three members. The singer Lisa left the group in 2002 for a solo career.

Career

Verbal and Taku first met at St. Mary's International School in Tokyo. Both found each other as a group in NMD , where Taku sat on the drums and verbally worked as a rapper. The focus of the group was on freestyle . After it was clear that they wanted to be a group, they invited Elizabeth Sakura Narita , who has Colombian roots. She was then known as Lisa . Before M-Flo she appeared under the pseudonym Unika , but was unsuccessful. In 1998 they sent a demo to the record company Avex Trax , where they later got a record deal with the sub-label Rhythm Zone .

After the debut with the record company Rhythm Zone , with the single The Tripod EP , which reached number 9 and sold more than 144,000 units, the debut album Planet Shining followed after a few singles , which was successful. It landed at number 6 on the Oricon charts and sold up to 333,000 times in total. It was also the 66th best-selling album in Japan for 2000 as a whole.

However, the singer Lisa left the band because she wanted to work on her solo career and so the M-Flo loves ... era came about .

M-Flo loves ...

M-Flo loves ... is a very well-known and partly successful project in Japan. With this project M-Flo released songs with many other artists. The first artist from the project was Crystal Kay , here the single Reeewind! recorded, which could sell up to 50,000 times. At the same time, Kay's discography was also taken care of by recording the single I Like It , which is also part of the M-Flo loves ... project, but does not count in M-Flo's discography and this single is even up to 60,000- times could sell.

In the following years, more and more M-Flo loves ... projects were created, which were mainly recorded with female artists and can be found more frequently as title songs on albums. The M-Flo loves ... singles that count in M-Flo's discography include the following:

  1. Reeewind! (M-Flo loves Crystal Kay) - Released June 18, 2003
  2. Miss You (M-Flo loves Melody. & Ryohei Yamamoto ) - Released October 22, 2003
  3. The Love Bug (M-Flo loves BoA ) - Released March 17, 2004
  4. Let Go (M-Flo loves Yoshika ) - Released November 17, 2004
  5. Dopamine (M-Flo loves Emyli & Diggy-Mo ' ) - Released February 23, 2005
  6. Loop in My Heart / Hey! (M-Flo loves Emyli & Yoshika / Akiko Wada ) - Released July 13, 2005
  7. Summer Time Love (M-Flo loves Emi Hinouchi & Ryhohei ) - Released June 28, 2006
  8. Love Song (M-Flo loves Bonnie Pink ) - Released November 8, 2006

Since 2012

In five years M-Flo released their sixth studio album for the first time on March 14, 2012, which they called Square One . However, it could not build on its previous successes and after three weeks of research it sold almost 20,000 times and landed at number 10 on the Oricon charts.

Members

Verbal

  • Birth name: Ryu Yong Gi ( kor. 류 영기 )
  • Artist name: Verbal (proper spelling: VERBAL)
  • Dates of birth: August 21, 1975 in Tokyo , Japan
  • Other: Verbal has been married to Yoon since September 2004 and is Japanese with Korean roots . He is also a member of the Teriyaki Boyz

Taku Takahashi

  • Birth name: Takahashi Taku ( Japanese 高 橋 拓 ; also Taku Takahashi )
  • Artist name: Takahashi Taku and Taku (proper spelling: ☆ TAKU)
  • Dates of birth: March 29, 1974 in Kanagawa , Japan.
  • Other: Taku can also be found on titles like The Rhyme Brokers , Vanessa , and Get On! hear rapping.

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

  • 2000: Planet Shining
  • 2001: Expo Expo
  • 2004: Astromantic
  • 2005: Beat Space Nine
  • 2007: Cosmicolor
  • 2012: Square One
  • 2013: Neven
  • 2014: Future Is Wow

Compilations

  • 2003: The Intergalactic Collection
  • 2008: Award Supernova: Loves Best
  • 2009: MF10: 10th Anniversary Best

Remix albums

  • 2000: The Replacement Percussionists: Rocket Scientists in Disguise
  • 2001: Gran Sonik
  • 2004: Astromantic Charm School
  • 2005: Dope Space Nine
  • 2007: Electricolor: Complete Remix
  • 2012: M-Flo DJ Mix: Bon! Enkai

Collaboration albums

  • 2002: Sotoshigoto
  • 2004: M-Flo Inside
  • 2006: M-Flo Inside: Works Best II
  • 2009: M-Flo Inside: Works Best III
  • 2010: M-Flo Inside: Works Best IV
  • 2013: M-Flo Inside: Works Best V

Live albums

  • 2001: M-Flo Tour 2001 Expo Expo

Tribute albums

  • 2009: M-Flo Tribute: Maison de M-Flo
  • 2011: M-Flo Tribute: Stitch the Future and Past

Singles

  1. The Tripod EP
  2. Mirrorball Satellite 2012
  3. LOT (Love or Truth)
  4. Chronopsychology
  5. Hands
  6. Come Back to Me: Reviens Moi
  7. The Quantum EP
  8. How You Like Me Now?
  9. Come again
  10. Orbit-3
  11. Prism
  12. Dispatch
  13. Yours Only, / Read
  14. Reeewind!
  15. Miss you
  16. The Love Bug
  17. Let go
  18. Dopamine
  19. Loop in My Heart / Hey!
  20. Summer time love
  21. Love song
  22. Lover

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Generasia M-Flo's profile (English) Retrieved on August 4, 2012
  2. ↑ The Japan Times m-flo's Verbal spreads the love. Retrieved August 4, 2012
  3. ↑ a b Metropolis Play that funky music (English) Retrieved on August 4, 2012
  4. ↑ Generasia The Tripod EP (English) Retrieved August 4, 2012
  5. ↑ a b c Generasia Planet Shining (English) Retrieved August 4, 2012
  6. ↑ Generasia I Like It (English) Retrieved August 4, 2012
  7. ↑ a b Generasia Square One (English) Retrieved August 4, 2012
  8. ↑ a b c d e Generasia Verbal's profile (English) Retrieved on August 4, 2012
  9. ↑ a b c d Generasia Taku's profile (English) Retrieved August 4, 2012