Kero One

Kero One

Kero One Playing Fender Rhodes at a concert in 2009.
Background information
Also known as Kero Uno
Origin San Francisco, California
Genres Hip hop, Rap, R&B, Electro
Occupations Rapper, Composer/Producer, DJ
Instruments Vocals, Keyboard, Bass Guitar, Drums
Years active 2003 - present
Labels Plug Label / P-Vine / M.net
Associated acts DJ King Most, Ohmega Watts, Epik High

Kero One is a Korean-American hip hop MC and producer from San Francisco, California.

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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 Remix Magazine. In 2005, he opened the office for his own label, named Plug Label. In 2009, he released his second 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. 2nd 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
2010 Kinetic World Plug Label

Singles

Year Title Label
2010 "When the Sunshine Comes" featuring Ben Westbeech Plug Label
2008 "Get Down" featuring aloe blacc Plug 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 Dynamic Duo - 지구본뮤직 feat. Kero One CJ Music
2007 Lanu - "It's Time" feat. Kero One Tru Thoughts/Ubiquity Records
2007 Choice 37 - "Conversate" feat. Kero One & El Gambina Subcontact Records

References

External images
WMP screenshot
cnet screenshot
Firefox screenshot of HMV site (Underground Best Sellers)
iTunes screenshot (Windmills of the Soul)
  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.

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