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Kero One


Kero One is a hip hop MC/Producer from San Francisco, California.

History

Kero One originally worked as a web designer, making 50 copies of his first single with home equipment and personal credit cards. One of the copies was purchased at a record shop in Tokyo by a Japanese DJ, who generated interest for Kero One by playing it at a club. A Japanese record label then requested 3000 copies of the single, which led to performances throughout Japan. In 2005, Kero One released the self-produced album, "Windmills of the Soul," which was named the "Best Hip Hop Album of 2006" by Reemix Magazine. In 2007, he opened the office for own Plug Label. In 2009, he released his sophomore album, "Early Believers."

Kero One's style, "has been compared to Common, Q-tip, and Kanye West, but Kero One's music is very positive and upbeat..." [1]

Highlights

  1. 5th Best Indie hiphop of 2004 on MSN music.[2]
  2. 4th Most Downloaded artist on Cnet's Download.com [2]
  3. 2nd Selling underground hiphop album on HMV and Tower Records Japan.[2]
  4. 10th most downloaded album on Itunes Japan.[2]

Discography

Albums

Year Title Label
2006 Windmills of the Soul Plug Label
2006 Windmills of the Soul Instrumentals Plug Label
2008 Kero One Presents..Plug Label Plug Label
2009 Early Believers Plug Label

Singles

Year Title Label
2006 "In All the Wrong Places/ Give Thanks" (Sound Providers Remix) Plug Label
2005 "My Story" Plug Label
2005 "Keep It Alive" Plug Label
2004 "Check The Blueprints" (King Most Remix) Plug Label
2003 "Check the Blueprints" Plug Label

Collaborative Works

Year Title Label
2009 Epik High - Rocksteady (feat. Kero One, Dumbfoundead, MYK, Rakka) Map The Soul Inc.
2009 Epik High - Map The Soul [Worldwide Version] Feat. MYK, Kero One Map The Soul Inc.
2008 Talib Kweli - "In the Pocket" (Kero One Remix) Manhattan Records/HMV
2008 Nomak feat. abstract rude - "hey mom" (Kero One Remix) Huge Soul
2008 Pe2ny - "Wake Up" feat. Kero One, Myk Mnet Korea
2008 Rashaan Ahmad - "Here We Go" (prod. by Kero One) Om hiphop
2007 Lanu - "It's Time" feat. Kero One Tru Thoughts/Ubiquity Records

References

  1. ^ Garcia, Cathy Rose A. (2009-06-15) "Rapper-DJ Kero One Makes Waves in US" Korea Times. Accessed 2009-11-05.
  2. ^ a b c d [1], additional text. Cite error: The named reference "test" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
External images
image icon WMP screenshot
image icon cnet screenshot
image icon Firefox screenshot of HMV site (Underground Best Sellers)
image icon iTunes screenshot (Windmills of the Soul)
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  • Allhiphop.com review (February 26, 2006)
  • Platform8470 interview April 12, 2009
  • Vinas, Len (March 10, 2007). "KEEP IT ALIVE: An Interview with Kero One". Oh Dang!. Retrieved 2009-04-22. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
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