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You the Rock
Also known as YTR Born (1971-09-05 ) 5 September 1971 (age 53) Nagano, Nagano , JapanGenres Hip hop Occupations Labels
Musical artist
You the Rock (stylized as YOU THE ROCK★; born Yu Takemae (竹前 裕 , Takemae Yū ) ; 5 September 1971, in Nagano, Nagano ) is a Japanese hip-hop musician, MC[ 1] and tarento . He is nicknamed You-chan (Youちゃん ) and Yū-chan Da Aniki YTR (ユウちゃん DA 兄貴 YTR ) .
Discography
Albums
Year
Title
1992
Never Die
1993
Tight But Fat
1st
1996
The Soundtrack '96
2nd
1998
The Graffiti Rock '98
3rd
1999
The Professional Entertainer
4th
2002
XTRM
Best
2003
I Love You the Rock-Best
5th
2005
No Sell Out '05
6th
2007
Big Vip Hop
7th
2009
The Rock
Singles
Year
Title
1993
"Lirics"
1st
1998
"Rock the Point"
2nd
1999
"The Professional Entertainer (The Ruler's Back)"
3rd
2002
"Hip Hop Royal"
4th
"Monster Lock"
5th
2004
"Grand Master Fresh Pt. 2" featuring Fantastic Plastic Machine
6th
2005
"Untold Story"
Analogue
Year
Title
"Free feat. Twigy"
1998
"Duck Rock Fever"
"Hoo! Ei! Ho! '98"
"Future Rock 2001 -Return of B.O.H.-"
"Love da Love"
1999
"The Professional Entertainer / Rap Machine"
"Manhattan Dream / Japan in the House" ft. Boy-Ken
"Joke Talks No (Get Up Brother)" featuring G.K.Maryan, Dev Large
2000
"Chō Raku C-E-Z 2000 (Get Busy Y'all!) / Rocky Road (Yūjō BBS)"
2004
"Grand Master Fresh Pt. 2" feat. Fantastic Plastic Machine
2005
"Untold Story"
"Daz"
Main guest appearances
Year
Artist
Title
1992
DJ Doc. Holiday
The Rhythm.The Rebel
Omnibus
Rhythm CD I
1994
Love Tambourines
Midnight Parade Remixes
1995
Cool Spoon
Two Mohicans
ECD
Homesick
Summer Madness / Live at Slits
1996
Lamp Eye
"Shōgen"
1997
Kaminari-Kazoku.
"Kaminari / Yoru Jet"
ECD
ECD no Remixes Vol. 1 cutting edge
Big Youth
1998
Omnibus
Far East Coasting –Non Stop Mixed By DJ Masterkey–
avex The Album
Atom Kids Tribute to the King "O.T. "
1999
Kan Takagi
Hello
Mahha 25
PH-OSY
V.I.P.
"Dancehall Checker"
2000
Omnibus
Mad Maxx
Silva
Comingout
Silva vs You the Rock
"Virgin Killer"
Nona Reeves
"DJ! DJ! –Todokanu Omoi–" feat. You the Rock
Pizzicato Five
"Tokyo no Gasshō"
2001
Sa-e-ra Japon
Twigy
"Freedom"
Rino Latina II
Carnival of Rino
2002
Tokyo Tetsu Kon-kin Cleat Jungle Nirei Rei nishiki Remix
2003
ECD
Master
Omnibus
DJ Digs Main Street Electrical Parade
Fumiya Fujii
Right Here! Right Now!
Nona Reeves
"Changin'"
2004
Nigo
(B)Ape Sounds
Hannyan
Ohayō Nippon
Eliana
Akarui Mirai
Boy-Ken
Evrythin' Is Everythin'
Muro
Back II Back 2
2005
Nigo
Return of the Ape Sounds
Omnibus
Entotsu Sampler Vol. 2
G.K.Maryan
Soul on Keep
2006
Rino Latina II
II (The Second)
Twigy
Twig
Yoshipi Da Gama
Energy Kakumei
2007
Twigy
akasatana
Juno Mak
Chapel of Dawn
El Amazon
El Hot
Zen-La-Rock
Zen-La-Rock
2008
Ami Suzuki
Dolce
Twigy
Baby's Choice
2009
Disoscillators
Last Rockers
Microphone Pager
Ōdō Rakudo
Mika Akira
"The Rap Idol"
2011
Kaminari-Kazoku./Rino Latina II, Pit-Gob 53, D.O, You the Rock
"Kaminari Keihō"
Music videos
Director
Title
Catero Alain Colbert
"Banging Shake It (Hip Hop)"
Yuta Kimura
"Di Children"
"Resurrection" feat. Den, Utamaru
Yuichi Kodama
"Grand Master Fresh Pt. 2" feat. Fantastic Plastic Machine
"Grand Master Fresh Pt. 2 (Long Ver.)" feat. Fantastic Plastic Machine
Daisuke Kondo
"Hip Hop Royal"
Taitaro
"Hip Hop Royal (Space Shower TV ver.)" x
Mizuhiro Sabine
"Monster Lock"
Ranran.
"Untold Story"
Unknown
"Hoo! Ei! Ho! '98"
"The Professional Entertainer"
Major casting works
TV dramas
Year
Title
Network
Ep.
2002
Kekkon Dorobō
NHK-G
2005
Tiger & Dragon
TBS
2008
Mirai Kōshi meguru
TV Asahi
1
Variety programmes
Year
Title
Network
1999
Beat Bang
TV Tokyo
Inazuma
Space Shower TV
2000
CDTV-Neo
TBS
Dengeki Request: Dynamo
Space Shower TV
2001
Goofy
2002
Under CDTV
TBS
Girigiri 7
Space Shower TV
2004
Tensai terebi-kun Max
NHK-E
Tokyo Kinba
BS Fuji
Bape TV
Space Shower TV
2005
GyaO Freaks
GyaO
2007
Ameba Banchō
Cyber Agent
2008
Ranking to Get Ill
2014
DaBaDaBa Fresh
CTC
Radio
Year
Title
Network
1995
Hip Hop Night Flight
Tokyo FM
1999
You the Rock the Professional Entertainer
Advertisements
Advertisement narrations
Year
Title
2000
Orix Blue Wave "Ichiro Casual"
2002
Achilles "Skechers"
Kirin Beverage "Amino Suppli"
Apple Computer "iPod guruguru Drive "
2003
Japan Coca-Cola "Vanilla Coca-Cola"
Asahi Beverage "Mitsuya Cider"
2004
Asahi Beer "Asahi Honjō"
Oriental Land "TDL Buzz Lightyear Natsu no Dai Sakusen"
2005
Asahi Kasei Life & Living "Saran Wrap, Zip Rock Tsukael "
2006
Nissan "Wing Road"
Japan McDonald's "McDonald's Happy Set"
2007
Ezaki Glico "Glico Katayaki Pretz"
Nissan "Nissan Cube"
Sky Perfect Communications "Sky PerfecTV! Natsu! Nama Live Matsuri"
2008
Cadbury Japan "Chlorets Ice"
Ezaki Glico "Pretz"
Ezaki Glico "Papiko"
Main live
Year
Title
1996
San Ping Camp
1999
Space Shower TV Sweet Love Shower 1999
2000
Rush Ball 2000
2005
Summer Sonic 2005
2008
Wave Music Fes 2008 in Naeba
2012
Kizuna –Daisanshō—
2014
Ringo Ongaku-sai 2014
2015
Tone River Jam '15
See also
References
Notes