Verbal

ArtistInfo

Verbal

voc, *1975 US
Pop, Electronic and Hip-Hop/Rap
A.k.a. 류 영기 (Ryu Yong Gi) Vincent Galluo

Verbal was born on August 21st, 1975 in Tokyo of Korean descent. Verbal studied math in New York where he became exposed to American Hip-hop. Inspirations and influences include Gang Starr, Company Flow, Ras Kass, RUN D.M.C., A Tribe Called Quest, Leaders of the New Skool, De La Soul, and Stetsa Sonic. Verbal uses a unique blend of English and Japanese while rapping and is a member of the popular duo, m-flo. Verbal is also part of the six man group, MIC BANDITZ and raps in english under his L Universe guise. Verbal is head of his label Espionage Records which is home to the MIC BANDITZ and the female duo, Heartsdales. In 2005, Bathing Ape founder, NIGO, recruited Verbal to be a member of his hip-hop super group, the Teriyaki Boyz. The group released their debut album under the Def Jam Japan label at the end of 2005.

Genres

Pop
Electronic
Hip-Hop/Rap
Jazz
R&B/Soul

Plays With

L12

m-flo

MIC BANDITZ

PKCZ

Rocket Science

Teriyaki Boyz

Band Members

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Visionair	Verbal	2011	Album
Cherry Bomb	Verbal	2010	Single
Bump Bump!	BoA Feat. Verbal	2009	Single
Summertime	Double Featuring Verbal	2007	Single
Look Around	Bratz Featuring Christina Milian & Verbal	2003	Single
Girl's Night	Crystal Kay ,Featuring Verbal	2001	Album
Story of my heart	Daisuke Imai ,feat. Verbal	2001	Album
Lovin' It	Namie Amuro & Verbal	2001	Single
The Love Hole	K. Featuring Verbal	2000	Single

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.