VERBAL KENT, BIOGRAPHIE.
...Historical facts...Has appeared on 20 indie releases since 1999.....Has been a supporting act at close to 250 concerts... Survived a knifing in 2002, in witch the blade of the enemy missed the jugular vein by centimeters...Has shared stages with hip hop heroes: THE GZA, KRS 1, WORDSWORTH, DE LA SOUL, REDMAN, THE PHARCYDE, ONE BE LO, ATMOSPHERE, MR LIF, RHYMEFEST, BROTHER ALI, EVIDENCE, THE BOOT CAMP CLIK, SWOLLEN MEMBERS, ED OG, MIKE RELM, STYLES OF BEYOND, SADAT X, BLADE, AKROBATIK, LITTLE BROTHER, and more.....His 2003 debut album "WHAT BOX"(Gravel Records) features WORDSWORTH, QUAZAAR, andIOMAS MARAD......His sophomore album "MOVE WITH THE WALLS"(Gravel Records/2006) features ILL BILL (Non Phixion), ODDISEE, BLADE (UK), Tableek of Maspyke, Modill, MAKER of GLUE and COPPERPOT......Released crew album "GIRAFFE NUTS: EAT THEM" (Gravel/2007) Featuring Producers J-ZONE, Kaz 1, RODDY ROD, and DJ PRZM (RIP)...... His 3rd Album "FIST SHAKING" (Molemen Inc/March 25 2008) features MARCO POLO, ODDISEE, Kaz 1, PANIK, VARAN and many more....
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Une histoire nous en avons tous une, plus ou moins intéressante et tourmentée, ponctuée d'évènements marquants, extraordinaires, tant dans le positif que le traumatique.
Verbal Kent, natif et citoyen de Chicago, est un rappeur méconnu du grand public, mais dont l'activisme dans la sphère est d'une indéniable qualité, ses performances auprès d'artistes reconnus, sinon mythiques, témoignent de son potentiel artistique, de sa créativité et distinction individuels, en tant que emcee passionné.
Lesdites collaborations de Verbal Kent parlent d'elles même.
Rares sont ceux qui peuvent prétendre, tandis qu'ils sont personnellement à l'écart des projecteurs mainstream, avoir collaboré avec des artistes de renom tels que:
The GZA, KRS 1, Wordsworth, De La Soul, Redman, The Pharcyde, One Be Lo, Atmosphere, Mr Lif, Rhymefest, Brother Ali, Evidence, The Boot Camp Clik, Swollen Members, Ed Og, Styles Of Beyond, Sadat X, Blade, Akrobatik, Little Brother, pour ne citer qu'eux.
Avec lui, à la production de sa discographie, l'audience se lève et approuve:
Oddisee, J-Zone, kaz 1, Roddy Rod, DJ Prizm (R.I.P), Marco Polo, 5th Element, K-Kruz, Copperpot, Overflo, Earmint, Panik Of The Molemen, Maker (GLUE), entre autres.
Ses débuts remontent à l'âge de 18 ans, tandis que Verbal Kent s'intéresse de très près au Hip Hop.
Nous sommes dans les toutes premières années 90, époque où le Mouvement connaît son apogée et envahit tous les foyers, mondialement.
Ce qui est dans un premier temps un loisir mute rapidement en une obsession, V.K. devient addict, sa vie sera dédiée à la musique, au Rap.
18 ans donc. C'est à cet âge qu'il déménage de chez ses parents, demeurant à Chicago, mais indépendant et libre de s'adonner de façon permanente à la recherche de son style propre, son identité artistique, soit celle d'un homme curieux et réfléchi.
A force de travail, Verbal Kent devient un emcee dont les rimes témoignent de sa culture musicale et générale, féroce dans son flow, l'impact est massif.
A son actif, plus de 350 performances scéniques aux USA et outre Atlantique, à l'occasion de « guest appeances » dans un premier temps, puis de ses propres tournées promotionnelles.
Hors scène, où il se donne à son public sans retenue ni ménagement, fort de son rap bien trempé assorti de productions égalitaires, c'est à un homme humble, approchable et enthousiaste dont nous avons affaire.
Sommes toutes, méritant à être connu et reconnu, Verbal Kent compte parmi ceux qui donnent gracieusement, apportant satisfaction à quiconque sait recevoir.
Propos en français par Vee One
Releases / Sorties :
- Alien Rock (12” features One Be Lo)
- What Box (LP features Wordsworth, Iomos Marad, Qwazaar, Rusty Chains, Lance Ambu & prod. by Kaz1, Overflo, K-Kruz, The Opus)
- Dead Serious (12” featuring Ill Bill from Non Phixion)
- Move With the Walls (LP features Ill Bill (Non Phixion), Tableek (Maspyke), Blade (UK), Earatik Statik, Longshot, Rusty Chains, Racecar (Modill) & Lance Ambu. Production by Oddisee, Maker (GLUE), Kaz1, K-Kruz, Copperpot, Overflo & Earmint
- Eat Them (Features over 20 tracks of collaborations between Verbal Kent, Rusty Chains, Lance Ambu, Alltruisms, Roadblok, Doomsday, E-Brown, Moodswangz, Kang the Konqueror & Elfamail. Production by J-Zone (2 tracks), Kaz1, DJ Prizm, Roddy Rod, 5th Element, Kut-O, Earmint & more).
- Fist Shaking (LP Features Production by Marco Polo , Oddisee , Panik of the Molemen, KKruz, Kaz 1. Verbal Kent enlists his rapping peers Rusty Chains, Roadblok, Doomsday, Mood Swangz, Lance Ambu and Alltruisms for tight guest appearances)
- Brave New Rap (LP Features Kaz 1 productions and features Ill Bill, Wordworth, Coldhard of Crucial Conflict)
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VERBAL KENT AND KAZ ONE TAKE YOU ON A JOURNEY WITH BRAVE NEW RAP
LP PRODUCED ENTIRELY BY KAZ ONE AND FEATURES GUEST APPEARANCES FROM ILL BILL, WORDSWORTH, BRAILLE AND COLD HARD OF CRUCIAL CONFLICT
Chicago, IL- Brave New Rap the long awaited collaboration album between Chicago Heavyweights Verbal Kent and Kaz One (who has previously worked with Sean Price, Sadat X, ED O. G and RA Da Rugged Man) is set to be released April 1st, 2009 on Gravel Records.
Verbal Kent has released three albums previously, What Box, Move With The Walls & Fist Shaking and been featured in XXL and Urb Magazines. Verbal has also collaborated with such artists as Ill Bill, Marco Polo, Wordsworth, One Be Lo, Oddisee, Pacewon and he’s also toured nationally with Sadat X, ED O.G, and Count Bass D.
Brave New Rap features production entirely from Kaz One, with guest appearances by La Coka Nostra Leader Ill Bill, EMC’s Wordsworth, Braille, and Coldhard of the legendary Crucial Conflict. Track after track, Verbal and Kaz team up on what many hip-hop connoisseurs are terming to be "the return of real tag-team rap". The chemistry boils as the album blasts off with “Dedicated” and never cools off. The old-fashioned boom-bap of “Wars R Us” and “Remove The Gag” follow, reminding fans of what happens when people who know each other well make music together (e.g. Wu-Tang, EPMD). Tracks such as “Questions” and “Suck A Grenade” ponder what Hip-Hop would be like if skills were the only thing that were relevant and later, Verbal examines the American way and challenges its course with “Identity Theft” and the epic “Power II.”
As Verbal Kent laments Brave New Rap is the culmination of a musical relationship that was fostered over nearly a decade “Me and Kaz met at a emcee battle at a club in Chicago in 2001. This album is the culmination of 8 years of getting to know each other musically. He has produced over half my music, but never a whole record; that's why this release means the most to me. We started off recording songs in a one bedroom apartment in Dekalb, IL. I would take the trip down from the city to build with him
a few days a week and after recording a few songs together, we knew we had something good going. A year or so later, Kaz moved to Chicago above a coffee house a friend of mine owned and we just continued to bang out tracks. Kaz produced more then half of my first LP (What Box) and has also produced multiple racks on every record I have ever released and people have always told me I come across best over his beats…I think now I finally agree. Building with just one producer on a record is almost like having this pre-arranged musical outline that you get to weave in and out of when writing a song. It alleviates the pressure and replaces it with urgency. This album has easily been my favorite to work on and I think it shows thru the songs. You want to like a record for a few weeks then buy some other album. Cop this one and your going to memorize every track. That’s what I used to love about a great Hip-Hop album. I’m trying to bring that feeling back.”
Brave New Rap is exactly what the rap game needs---proving to the world that Hip-Hop is alive; and more then well.
Tracklisting and credits for Verbal Kent & Kaz One’s “Brave New Rap”:
01)How We Figured It Out(Introduction)
02)Dedicated
03)Wars R Us
04)Remove The Gag f/ Ill Bill & Wordsworth
05)Questions
06)Snake F*ckers & Androids f/ Soweto Kinch, Sunny Jim, Altruisms, Roadblok and Doomsday
07)Friends (Interlude 1)
08)Suck A Grenade
09)Fast Rapping Time
10)Identity Theft
11)Verbal Assault f/ Cold Hard Of Crucial Conflict
12)Silly Rapper, Vomiting Is For Kids (Interlude 2)
13)Big Bang
14)Fast Forward
15)Faith f/ Braille
16)Power Pt. II
(All tracks produced by Kaz One)
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