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Verb-1

Yo everybody wants heaven, but nobody wants death!

About Me

"The greatest feeling that MUSIC can give, is the experience of actually MAKING IT!" ~Verb-1 This music is for the people.Always have been, always will be.Peace

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/18/2004
Band Website: soundscienceworkshop.com
Band Members:

3 Filipino kids on a quest to produce the some of the most flavorful music in hiphop.
Influences: My biggest influences : God Almighty, My moms, Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, Rakim, Butterfly of DPs, Special Ed, Gza, Method Man, Pos from De La Soul, Kwame, Q-Tip, Slim Kid Tre, Krs-1, Gift of Gab, Jeru, Black Thought, Mos Def, J-Live, Common, NO ID, Daz Efx, LONS, Epmd, The Fugees, Pete Rock & Cl Smooth, MC Hammer, Bid Daddy Kane, The 45 King, Fab 5 Freddy, Ahmad, Jam Master Jay, Kid Kapri, Kool Herc, Kool Moe Dee, The Boot Camp Click, Heavy D, Jay Dilla, Madlib, Digital Underground, 3rd Bass, Bozo Meko, Soul Sonic Force, Grand Puba, Black Moon, UMCs, Boogiemonsters, Sage Francis, Biz Markie, Mc Lyte, The Juice Crew, Kid & Play, The Large Professor, Poor Righteous Teachers, Monie Love, Soul Live, Bush Babees, Chubb Rock, Onyx, NWA, The Doc, Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg, Evil Dee, Nas, Kraftwerk, ?uestlove, Phonte, The Scratch Perverts, Stro the 89th, E40, Dj Hi-Tek, Thes One, Fat Jon, Latyrx, Zap Mama, Nikki Giovanni, India Arie, Les Nubians, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day, Sublime, Cake, The Strokes, Geology, Talib, Rawkus Records, Blue Note, J Rocc, King Britt, Zhane, Spike Jonze, Charlie Hunter, Roy Hargrove, GrandMaster Flash, Sugarhill Gang, Rock Steady Crew, Mr. Man, The Great Marley, Platimun Pied Pipers, Pep Love, Brother Ali, Asheru, Grap Luva, Musiq Soulchild, Bebel, Astrud & Jao Gilberto, Mary J. Blige, Lyrics Born, K-OS, Cut Chemist, Rob Swift, Dj Shadow, Edan, LifeSavas, Sade, Vinia Mojica, Esthero, Bjork, Amel Larrieux, Jill Scott, Badu, New Edition, D'angelo, James Poyser, Raphael Saadiq (Tony Toni Tone), Musiq Soulchild, Soul Live, Mr. Lif, Fakts One, Dj Premier, Jimmy Smith, Ahmad Jamal, Thelonious Monk, Frank Sinatra, John Coltrane, Mingus, Ella Fitzgerald, Billy Holiday, Sarah Vaughn, Nina Simone, Lauryn Hill, Charlie Hunter, Dabrye, Prefuse73, The Sound Providers, Dj Spinna, Dj Qwik, Jazzy Jeff, Steinski, Dj Shadow, Rdj2, Ant from RSE, Babu, Mars Volta, Disturbed, Sublime, Santana, Led Zepplin, Greenday, Metallica, Eraserheads, Babyface, New Edition, Boyz 2 Men, ABC, BBD, Greyboy, Roy Ayers, Michael Jackson, Speech Hoopla from AD, ISP, Fela Kuti, Antibalas, Eddie Murphy, Marvin Harrison, Jerry Rice.Quote of the week : "A weak foundation doesn't make a good home that's why mine are built on chrome microphones." ~ Qtip
Sounds Like: it's from the heart.
Record Label: Sound Science Workshop
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

See you through

Being born and raised in the church, it has always been my childhood dream to make a song dedicated to God. Throughout all the hiphop songs I've contributed to, I have never felt such inspiration as I...
Posted by Verb-1 on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 07:37:00 PST

The word is "Motivate"

Motivation is a temporal and dynamic state that should not be confused with personality or emotion. Motivation is having the desire and willingness to do something. Chilling with friends sometimes res...
Posted by Verb-1 on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:36:00 PST

Truly WONDERFUL

An amazing display by an AMAZINGLY talented man. Stevie Wonder. The embed option is disabled, just click on the link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SCZv7786KY    ...
Posted by Verb-1 on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 02:10:00 PST

Embrace the struggle

Deep breathing is an art...and I'm doing it right now! We often get into situations where we think we're in control and know exactly what's going on, and then the unexpected happens, making ...
Posted by Verb-1 on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 09:45:00 PST

YO! MTV Raps

These are some or my favorite videos. Strictly Classics. The Pharcyde - Drop   The Pharcyde - Runnin Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation Bush Babees - We run things The Roots - Proceed ...
Posted by Verb-1 on Mon, 10 Apr 2006 08:35:00 PST

Where were you the day hiphop died?

Growing up in hiphop, I've witnessed many artists come and go from the business, even pass away. But no artist in the industry has ever affected me in the same way Jay Dee has. I speak to the hiphop p...
Posted by Verb-1 on Thu, 16 Feb 2006 01:28:00 PST

Verb-1 in the mix

Yeah yeah yeah yeah...I gets down on the one and twos also! I would like to post these tracks on the myspace player but the files are waay too big...but yeah, these are mixes that I've mixed with love...
Posted by Verb-1 on Wed, 02 Nov 2005 04:08:00 PST

The SSW Quiz of the Decade!

Aight yall, this one is only for the true SSW heads out there. Take the test and fail bitches!!! Muahahahaha!!!   Take my Quiz! Check out the Scoreboard! ...
Posted by Verb-1 on Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:10:00 PST

The symptoms of Emotism

Here are Verb-1's symptoms of EMOtism : (no particular order) 1. The ownage of a Dashboard Confessional album and/or mp3 file. 2. Crying to yourself and/or a friend atleast once a week. 3. If you feel...
Posted by Verb-1 on Wed, 12 Oct 2005 03:07:00 PST