Verbal Kent

A indigenous of North Chicago’s Rogers Recreation area, Verbal Kent began his profession in the wintertime of 1998 when he attempt to look for a group of music artists who were thinking about being involved with a live hip-hop music group. What resulted was the Organic Brain Device, a five-piece live hip-hop music group, made up of Kent and Lance Ambu and a rhythm portion of Shaye Robeson (bass), William Kirk (secrets), and Anthony Reid (drums), who mixed the sensibilities of the jazz combo with differing musical designs and the fundamental noises at the primary of modern hip-hop. By past due 1999, the group released its self-titled debut, Organic Brain Unit, accompanied by The Uncommon Suspects in 2001. On the next couple of years, Kent lent his visitor verses to many tasks, including Rusty Stores’ “Fight Marks to Prove It,” LongShot’s “Civil Battle, Pt. 2,” and DJ Anomaly’s “Mountains Rise.” In 2004, Verbal Kent released his debut recording, What Package, on Gravel Information, a 16-monitor LP with visitor looks from underground performers such as for example Wordsworth, One Become Lo, Qwazaar, and Iomos Marad. Rather than including backing by way of a live music group, What Box presented even more traditional hip-hop creation. While his debut was getting considerable buzz within the underground hip-hop picture, Kent survived an effort on his existence when his neck was slashed within an alley near his house. He utilized the near-death encounter as inspiration for his sophomore recording, Move using the Wall space, a durable and deeply personal recording — featuring creation help from Oddisee, Overflo, Earmint, among others — that Kent utilized as catharsis. Because the launch of his debut, Kent offers toured nationally with renowned functions such as for example Sadat X, Count number Bass D, and Edo.G., in addition to having distributed the stage with KRS-One, De La Spirit, the Pharcyde, as well as the GZA.