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Everything about M-flo totally explainedm-flo is a Japanese hip hop group consisting of producer and DJ Taku Takahashi and emcee VERBAL as of 2002, ever since the former member Lisa left the group.
As to the origins of the group's name, VERBAL had explained that it was originally "mediarite-flow," an intended misspelling of meteorite, but for the Japanese that name was too long, and so Avex had requested that the name be shortened to m-flo. VERBAL had commented that "There's no deep meaning to it. I guess we wanna have impact like a meteorite."
Band members
Taku Takahashi
Aliases: ☆TAKU, Taku Takahashi, Startak
Born Taku Takahashi in Yokohama City, Japan on March 29, 1974. 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. Being the DJ in m-flo, Taku's voice is rarely heard in m-flo music. In many songs, Taku may be heard saying short, disconnected phrases such as "Let's Go!". He has had substantial rap lines only in a small number of tracks, including "The Rhyme Brokers", "gET oN!" and "VANESSA".
VERBAL
Aliases: Johnny Astro, Vincent Galluo, Mr. V, L Universe, The Funky President
Born Ryu Yeong-gi ( Korean: 류영기/유영기, Hanja: 柳榮起) in Tokyo, Japan on August 21, 1975. Of Korean descent. VERBAL began rapping when he was 14. He received his bachelor's degree in theology at Boston University. 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.
Today m-flo has worked with some of Japan's most popular artists and has made several collaborations.
LISA (Former member)
See main article. LISA
Discography
Albums
Studio Albums
- February 23, 2000 - Planet Shining
- March 28, 2001 - EXPO EXPO
- May 26, 2004 - ASTROMANTIC
- August 24, 2005 - Beat Space Nine
- March 28, 2007 - Cosmicolor
Remix Albums
August 9, 2000 - The Replacement Percussionists
November 28, 2001 - EXPO Bouei Robot GRAN SONIK
September 15, 2004 - ASTROMANTIC CHARM SCHOOL
November 5, 2005 - Dope Space Nine
September 26, 2007 - electriCOLOR -COMPLETE REMIX-
Best Albums
March 5, 2003 - The Intergalactic Collection ~ギャラコレ~
February 13, 2008 - Award SuperNova -Loves Best-
Compilations
February 27, 2002 - Sotoshigoto ~m-flo turns it out!~
March 17, 2003 - m-flo inside
July 26, 2006 - m-flo inside -WORKS BEST II-
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 |
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COSMICOLOR |
1 Digital release only.
DVDs
Vinyls
Other Appearances
| Name of Singer |
Name of Song |
Release Date |
| K. (singer) |
"The Love Hole feat. Verbal(m-flo)" |
October 16, 1999 |
| JinuSean |
"Follow Me feat. m-flo" |
February 7, 2001 |
| Crystal Kay |
"Ex-Boyfriend feat. Verbal(m-flo)" |
July 4, 2001 |
| Utada Hikaru |
"DISTANCE [m-floremix]" |
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 |
Crystal Kay loves m-flo - "I LIKE IT" |
June 18, 2003 |
| CHEMISTRY |
Chemistry meets m-flo - "Now or Never" |
November 19, 2003 |
| BoA |
"SOME DAY ONE DAY feat. VERBAL (m-flo)" |
January 15, 2004 |
| Ugly Duckling |
Get On! Ugly Duckling Remix |
September 15, 2004 |
| JHETT a.k.a. YAKKO for AQUARIUS |
"Sweetest feat. LISA" |
March 24, 2005 |
| Nomiya Maki |
Nomiya Maki loves m-flo - "Big Bang Romance" |
September 2005 |
| Miliyah Kato |
One Day 夜空 Remix |
October 26, 2005 |
| YOSHIKA |
Yoshika loves m-flo - "let go (acoustic version)" |
January 18, 2006 |
| Ryohei |
Ryohei feat. VERBAL (m-flo) - "onelove" |
March 8, 2006 |
| melody. & Ryohei |
"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 |
| KM-Markit |
"Bakaya-row feat. VERBAL (m-flo)" |
January 13, 2007 |
| MONKEY MAJIK |
"Picture Perfect" |
February 7, 2007 |
| Ryohei |
"ReListen feat. LISA" |
February 7, 2007 |
| melody. |
"BoRn 2 luv U / [melody.♥ m-flo]" |
May 30, 2007 |
| Double |
"Summertime feat. Verbal" |
2007 |
| Emyli |
"Tekito Lover feat. Verbal" |
2007 |
| DJ Deckstream |
"Can You Let Me Know feat. Lupe Fiasco, Verbal & Sarah Green" |
October 3, 2007 |
| Ken Takagi |
"T.I.M.E. feat Lupe Fiasco, Verbal & anti-bose" |
November 17, 2007 |
In 2005 m-flo produced the second solo single ウソツキBOY|Usotsuki-Boy for Korean singer Sunday, who is a part of the group 天上智喜|천상지희|Chun Sang Ji Hee.
Video Games
M-flo had contributed to the video games industry by either providing songs for games, or by advertising for these games. For the first versions of the video game Beatmania IIDX, M-flo has contributed short versions of the songs "L.O.T. (Love Or Truth)", "Mirrorball Satellite 2012", "The Theme from flo jack", "been so long", and "The Rhyme Brokers". Another music video game, Dance Dance Revolution, featured the songs "The Theme from flo jack", "been so long", and "The Rhyme Brokers".
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 in November 2005. A commercial for the game, featuring Taku and Verbal, was also aired. Taku and Verbal are big fans of the character Shadow.
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