You the Rock

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).

You the Rock
Also known asYTR
Born (1971-09-05) 5 September 1971
Nagano, Nagano, Japan
GenresHip hop
Occupation(s)
  • Hip hop MC
  • tarento
Labels

Discography

Albums

Year Title
1992Never Die
1993Tight But Fat
1st1996The Soundtrack '96
2nd1998The Graffiti Rock '98
3rd1999The Professional Entertainer
4th2002XTRM
Best2003I Love You the Rock-Best
5th2005No Sell Out '05
6th2007Big Vip Hop
7th2009The Rock

Singles

Year Title
1993"Lirics"
1st1998"Rock the Point"
2nd1999"The Professional Entertainer (The Ruler's Back)"
3rd2002"Hip Hop Royal"
4th"Monster Lock"
5th2004"Grand Master Fresh Pt. 2" featuring Fantastic Plastic Machine
6th2005"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
1992DJ Doc. HolidayThe Rhythm.The Rebel
OmnibusRhythm CD I
1994Love TambourinesMidnight Parade Remixes
1995Cool SpoonTwo Mohicans
ECDHomesick
Summer Madness / Live at Slits
1996Lamp Eye"Shōgen"
1997Kaminari-Kazoku."Kaminari / Yoru Jet"
ECDECD no Remixes Vol. 1 cutting edge
Big Youth
1998OmnibusFar East Coasting –Non Stop Mixed By DJ Masterkey–
avex The Album
Atom Kids Tribute to the King "O.T."
1999Kan TakagiHello
Mahha 25PH-OSY
V.I.P."Dancehall Checker"
2000OmnibusMad Maxx
SilvaComingout
Silva vs You the Rock"Virgin Killer"
Nona Reeves"DJ! DJ! –Todokanu Omoi–" feat. You the Rock
Pizzicato Five"Tokyo no Gasshō"
2001Sa-e-ra Japon
Twigy"Freedom"
Rino Latina IICarnival of Rino
2002Tokyo Tetsu Kon-kin Cleat Jungle Nirei Rei nishiki Remix
2003ECDMaster
OmnibusDJ Digs Main Street Electrical Parade
Fumiya FujiiRight Here! Right Now!
Nona Reeves"Changin'"
2004Nigo(B)Ape Sounds
HannyanOhayō Nippon
ElianaAkarui Mirai
Boy-KenEvrythin' Is Everythin'
MuroBack II Back 2
2005NigoReturn of the Ape Sounds
OmnibusEntotsu Sampler Vol. 2
G.K.MaryanSoul on Keep
2006Rino Latina IIII (The Second)
TwigyTwig
Yoshipi Da GamaEnergy Kakumei
2007Twigyakasatana
Juno MakChapel of Dawn
El AmazonEl Hot
Zen-La-RockZen-La-Rock
2008Ami SuzukiDolce
TwigyBaby's Choice
2009DisoscillatorsLast Rockers
Microphone PagerŌdō Rakudo
Mika Akira"The Rap Idol"
2011Kaminari-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.
2002Kekkon DorobōNHK-G
2005Tiger & DragonTBS
2008Mirai Kōshi meguruTV Asahi1

Variety programmes

Year Title Network
1999Beat BangTV Tokyo
InazumaSpace Shower TV
2000CDTV-NeoTBS
Dengeki Request: DynamoSpace Shower TV
2001Goofy
2002Under CDTVTBS
Girigiri 7Space Shower TV
2004Tensai terebi-kun MaxNHK-E
Tokyo KinbaBS Fuji
Bape TVSpace Shower TV
2005GyaO FreaksGyaO
2007Ameba BanchōCyber Agent
2008Ranking to Get Ill
2014DaBaDaBa FreshCTC

Radio

Year Title Network
1995Hip Hop Night FlightTokyo FM
1999You the Rock the Professional Entertainer

Advertisements

Year Title
2000Fast Retailing "Uniqlo no Fleece"
2001Toyo Suisan "Mukashi nagara no Sauce Yakisoba"
Year Title
2000Orix Blue Wave "Ichiro Casual"
2002Achilles "Skechers"
Kirin Beverage "Amino Suppli"
Apple Computer "iPod guruguru Drive"
2003Japan Coca-Cola "Vanilla Coca-Cola"
Asahi Beverage "Mitsuya Cider"
2004Asahi Beer "Asahi Honjō"
Oriental Land "TDL Buzz Lightyear Natsu no Dai Sakusen"
2005Asahi Kasei Life & Living "Saran Wrap, Zip Rock Tsukael"
2006Nissan "Wing Road"
Japan McDonald's "McDonald's Happy Set"
2007Ezaki Glico "Glico Katayaki Pretz"
Nissan "Nissan Cube"
Sky Perfect Communications "Sky PerfecTV! Natsu! Nama Live Matsuri"
2008Cadbury Japan "Chlorets Ice"
Ezaki Glico "Pretz"
Ezaki Glico "Papiko"

Main live

Year Title
1996San Ping Camp
1999Space Shower TV Sweet Love Shower 1999
2000Rush Ball 2000
2005Summer Sonic 2005
2008Wave Music Fes 2008 in Naeba
2012Kizuna –Daisanshō—
2014Ringo Ongaku-sai 2014
2015Tone River Jam '15

See also

References

  1. "NHKアーカイブス保存番組検索結果詳細" (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 Feb 2017.

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