M-Flo!

[SushiShin]

Originally Text:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-flo

m-flo is a Japanese hip hop group currently consisting of producer and DJ Taku Takahashi and emcee VERBAL.

As to the origins of the group's name, VERBAL explains: "It was originally "meteorite flow," but for the Japanese that's pretty long, so (Avex) asked us to shorten it to m-flo, and it stuck. There's no deep meaning to it. I guess we wanna have impact like a meteorite."

Taku Takahashi

Born Taku Takahashi in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan on March 29, 1974. Also known as Taku, ☆Taku Takahashi and Startak. Taku and VERBAL met in Setagaya-ku's St. Mary's International School (Class of 1993). Outside of the m-flo umbrella, Taku has produced tracks for such artists as Crystal Kay and melody. He also once had his own label, Tachytelic Records, which housed Emi Hinouchi.


VERBAL:

Born Ryu Yong Gi in Tokyo, Japan on August 21, 1975. Of Korean descent. Also known as Mr. V, Johnny Astro, L Universe, and The Funky President. VERBAL began rapping while on exchange in Boston, Massachusetts during his early twenties. He was responsible for forming espionage records; the label supported his pet projects Heartsdales and MIC BANDITZ. VERBAL has rapped for and produced many other successful J-Pop acts, including Namie Amuro, Kumi Koda, and BoA. In 2003 he contributed to the SUITE CHIC project alongside other top names in Japanese hip-hop. In 2005 he released an album, Beef or Chicken, with the Teriyaki Boyz.

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Background information
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Origin: Japan
Genre(s): Japanese Hip-Hop
Years active: 1997 - present
Label(s): Rhythm Zone
Website: http://www.m-flo.com
Members:
VERBAL, Taku Takahashi
Former members:
LISA
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Singles:
Year Single JP Album:
1999 "the tripod e.p." 9 Planet Shining
1999 "Mirrorball Satellite 2012" 11 Planet Shining
1999 "L.O.T.(Love or Truth)" 20 Planet Shining
1999 "chronopsychology" 24 Planet Shining
2000 "Hands" 33 Planet Shining
2000 "Come Back To Me" 30 Planet Shining
2000 "The Quantum EP" 31 EXPO EXPO
2000 "How You Like Me Now?" 9 EXPO EXPO
2001 "come again" 4 EXPO EXPO
2001 "orbit-3" 9 EXPO EXPO
2001 "prism" 15 EXPO EXPO
2001 "Dispatch" 34 EXPO EXPO
2001 "Yours only," 25 EXPO EXPO
2003 "REEEWIND!" (m-flo loves Crystal Kay) 9 ASTROMANTIC
2003 "miss you" (m-flo loves melody. & yamamoto ryohei) 8 ASTROMANTIC
2004 "the Love Bug" (m-flo loves BoA) 8 ASTROMANTIC
2004 "let go" (m-flo loves YOSHIKA) 12 BEAT SPACE NINE
2005 "DOPAMINE" (m-flo loves EMYLI & Diggy-MO') 20 BEAT SPACE NINE
2005 "Loop In My Heart/HEY!" (m-flo loves EMYLI & YOSHIKA/m-flo loves Akiko Wada) 9 BEAT SPACE NINE
2006 "Summer Time Love" (m-flo loves Emi Hinouchi & Ryohei) 12 COSMICOLOR
2006 "Love Song" (m-flo loves BONNIE PINK) 9 COSMICOLOR
2006 "Love Long and Prosper" (m-flo loves STAR TREK) 1 - COSMICOLOR


Other Appearances:

-Crystal Kay - "Ex-Boyfriend feat. Verbal(m-flo)" (July 4, 2001)

-Utada Hikaru - "DISTANCE [m-flo remix]" (July 25, 2001)

-Hirai Ken - "TABOO(a tip of M-FLO remix)" (November 28, 2001)

-NAMIE AMURO & VERBAL - "lovin' it" (December 27, 2001)

-SUITE CHIC - "WHAT IF feat.VERBAL(m-flo)" (February 26, 2003)

-SUITE CHIC - "Just Say So feat.VERBAL(m-flo)" (February 26, 2003)

-Crystal Kay loves m-flo - "I LIKE IT" (June 18, 2003)

-CHEMISTRY meets m-flo - "Now or Never" (November 19, 2003)

-BoA - "SOME DAY ONE DAY feat. VERBAL (m-flo)" (January 15, 2004)

-JHETT a.k.a. YAKKO for AQUARIUS - "Sweetest feat. LISA" (March 24, 2005)

-Nomiya Maki loves m-flo - "Big Bang Romance" (September 2005)

-YOSHIKA loves m-flo - "let go (acoustic version)" (January 18, 2006)

-Ryohei feat. VERBAL (m-flo) - "onelove" (March 8, 2006)

-melody. - "miss you (nagareboshi REMIX)～m-flo loves melody. & Yamamoto Ryohei" (April 12, 2006)

-LISA - "TRIPOD BABY-CLASH the SOUND REMIX-/LISA ♥ m-flo" (October 25, 2006)

-Amazing Nuts! soundtrack - she loves the CREAM -Amazing Nuts! Ver.- / m-flo loves DOPING PANDA (December 6, 2006)

-May J. - "HERE WE GO feat.VERBAL (m-flo)" (December 20, 2006)

-MONKEY MAJIK + m-flo - "Picture Perfect" (February 7, 2007)

-Ryohei - "ReListen feat. LISA" (February 7, 2007

Info:

A version of the track "TRIPOD BABY" (from the album BEAT SPACE NINE) was re-released for the Shadow the Hedgehog video game that came out November 2005.
A remix of "ONE DAY" from the Beat Space Nine album featuring Miliyah Kato was remixed on her album, Rose.
A remix of "miss you" from the Astromantic album featuring melody. and Ryohei Yamamoto was later remixed and included as a bonus track on melody's album, Be As One, released on April 12, 2006.
A remix of "let go" from the Beat Space Nine album featuring YOSHIKA was recorded as an acoustic version and included as a bonus track on her album timeless, released on January 18, 2006.
A remix of "gET ON!" featuring Crystal Kay was remixed by the rap group ugly duckling
Short versions of "L.O.T. (Love Or Truth)", "Mirrorball Satellite 2012", "The Theme from flo jack", "been so long", and "The Rhyme Brokers" were featured on the first versions of the video game Beatmania IIDX. Another music video game, Dance Dance Revolution, featured the songs "The Theme from flo jack", "been so long", and "The Rhyme Brokers".

http://ent2.excite.co.jp/music/interview/2004/mflo/image/index_09.jpg
VERBAL



http://ent2.excite.co.jp/music/interview/2004/mflo/image/index_10.jpg
M-Flo

[mrs.masanobu]

I just heard of these two from well...you:emblaugh: and i gotta say...they are awesome! i like two songs of theirs so far.

[SushiShin]

Yes thats true :p you have to check the other songs too :)

[mrs.masanobu]

Yup i will do *nods*

[SushiShin]

There will come a new album soon! i hope it's better then Beat Space nine :p

[mrs.masanobu]

really? but isnt cosmicolor(or something i forgot what its called :XP:) their new album?

[SushiShin]

yes it is, but they remixed Beat Space Nine again, but i prefer more ASTROMANTIC than cosmicolor :p

[mrs.masanobu]

ohh right :-) i'll have to check it out sometime

[SushiShin]

Yatta! VERBAL is getting married to a Korean Singer/Actrice, lets hope they will live happy!

at the moment the best songs of M-Flo:

1.m-flo loves melody & ryohei- miss you
2.m-flo loves Hinouchi Emi- paradise Baby
3.m-flo loves BoA - the love bug
4.m-flo -cosmic nightrun(maki nomiya and crazy ken band)
5.m-flo loves Chemistry-AstroSexy
6.m-flo - the love hole (feat. Kenji-Dragon Ash)
7.m-flo -how you like me now

I'll update it every time when it changes, for more information;
(http://m-flo.com/index2.html[official website]
(http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/beatspacenine[VERBAL blog]

[mrs.masanobu]

wow congratz to him and his fiance.

[SushiShin]

so wich songs do you have mrs.masonobu :p ??
try Beat Space Nine and EXPO EXPO but i would advice you ASTROMANTIC :)

[mrs.masanobu]

i have some songs of mflo's but i sill want more but i cant find the album download anywhere =[. i might order it from yesasia though ^^

[SushiShin]

Wow that is a fast reply! If you wanna have some songs, i will gladly send them to you so wich album did you had in mind?

[mrs.masanobu]

lol^^ and um...i wouldnt mind cosmicolor.

[SushiShin]

Cosmicolor is good but it doesnt have alot of japanese text its only asteroid sounds, because M-flo are japanese astro rappers, every song they sing has to be something that reminds you of the outer space and etc.....

ASTROMANTIC= Astro+Romantic
EXPO EXPO= Expo(cry of the astronauts)
BEAT SPACE NINE: Beat + Space+ Nine( a spaceshuttle )

[mrs.masanobu]

oh my god! i didnt recognize that :p

[SushiShin]

hehe lol all they're songs are about space things!

[mrs.masanobu]

wow lol.....are they?

[SushiShin]

Wow thats fast! Well yes indeed they are Space rappes. I like them because im also a little bit interested in Astronomy. that's why i like m-flo a lot (besides Ai Otsuka ofcourse)

hey mrs.masanobu you have seen any MV Music Videos of M-Flo and VERBAL?

for those who want to know more again of M-flo:

m-flo is a Japanese hip hop group currently consisting of producer and DJ Taku Takahashi and emcee VERBAL.

As to the origins of the group's name, VERBAL explains: "It was originally "meteorite flow," but for the Japanese that's pretty long, so (Avex) asked us to shorten it to m-flo, and it stuck. There's no deep meaning to it. I guess we wanna have impact like a meteorite."

http://mensmotogegami.up.seesaa.net/image/in_01_07.jpg

http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Arch/KS/MayJ/img/m-v.jpg

(Before i said that Verbal i sgoing to married with a korean girl, my apologize it isn't a korean but a japanese girl, the rumours said that verbal is going to married Mei Hashimoto (橋本芽生, Hashimoto Mei) so again my apologizes, but these are only rumours, so it also can't be true)

[mrs.masanobu]

verbal looks really nice in the first image hehe. and yup i've seen the miss you music video and also on youtube i saw verbal singing "one love" with ryohei on youtube.

[SushiShin]

I see Ryohei is also good! especially Summer Time Love!!

there is news that M-flo(☆Taku Takahashi) is going to sing a song with Ai Otsuka!! yay! my 2 favourite singers! i can't wait to see and hear it!

[mrs.masanobu]

lol cool. but you gotta tell me....who is ai otsuka?

[SushiShin]

She is a singer! here are is a link to her of wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Otsuka

and here is a photo:

http://www.dailymotion.com/media/dyn/group_icon/160x160/17239.jpg?20070222153451

http://lovepunch.lo.ohost.de/images/otsuka0321.jpg:cute:

i can't resist her, power are ... too...weak:love:

[mrs.masanobu]

lol aww she got like a cute smile. hehe i find that last comment so funny but cute....and also i know that feeling...

[SushiShin]

hehe me too i know the feeling you got! Well im happy you are also a fan of J-HipHop.

Hehe i found a jazz song of M-flo and i must say its great!

[mrs.masanobu]

^^ really a jazz song?? is it any good?

[SushiShin]

Yup it is very good! so you liked it also??
if you ever had any suggestions or rumours about M-flo please post it here :cool:

[mrs.masanobu]

yea it's good *nods* and okay will do

[SushiShin]

Can't wait for their new songs and their new dvd's :)

here's a photo of Teriyaki Boyz, were VERBAL is the boss of and he inventioned the song Tokyo Drift! for the movie The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/sep_inc/imgs/5/f/5f07aec3.gif
http://music.jp.msn.com/interview/vd/3072.jpg

M-Flo and group piccu's:

http://www.gaku-mc.net/images/the-deep/2004-08/m-flo.jpg
http://blog.k-mix.co.jp/guest/archives/img/mfo.jpg
http://www.stfan.com/img/m-flo_st.jpg
http://www.rijfes.co.jp/06/quick/0804/13/2.jpg

[mrs.masanobu]

oh wow verbal looks nice in those pictures.

[SushiShin]

Hehehe yes it he looks awesome, hey i have a very sad :( romantic :( song that makes you cry :( it is very sad: Let go: M-flo loves Yoshika it is very sad it makes you romantic and sad and lonely

[mrs.masanobu]

wow a sad love song? is it a good song?

[SushiShin]

It is a very good song! it made you really cry:(

[SushiShin]

well so far the M-flo imperium :(

[bapestar7]

If anyone is looking for one of M-flo's albums, I have two that I am willing to sell. Getting Japanese music in the states can be pretty hard and expensive.
I have:
"Electricolor - The Complete Remix" - New and Sealed
"Planet Shining" - Used, Excellent Condition, With CD Booklet
If anyone is interested in buying these, please let me know.
The first album is actually for sale on ebay right now, I can't add the link, but search user: canaryll24
Thanks!!!

[Avis_Skye]

m-flo loves Yoshika was the best, i really love it. Does anyone have a link to the song translation? Thanks^^