Violadores del Verso
Violadores del Verso (Spanish: Lyrical Molesters or Verse Rapists), also known as Doble V, are a rap music crew from Zaragoza, Spain. They used the name Doble V[1] but were forced to return to their original long name due to legal issues (Doble V is also the trademark of a Spanish whiskey). The band members are MCs Kase.O, Lírico, Sho-Hai (also known as Hate) and DJ R de Rumba.
Violadores del Verso | |
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 Violadores del Verso in 2002 (from left to right): Sho-Hai, Kase.O, R de Rumba and Lírico. | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Zaragoza, Spain |
| Genres | Rap, hip hop |
| Years active | 1998–Present |
| Labels | Avoid Records, 1998 Boa Music, 1999 - 2001 Rap Solo, 2001 - Present |
| Website | www.violadoresdelverso.org |
| Members | Kase.O (MC) Lírico (MC) Sho-Hai (aka Hate) (MC) R de Rumba (DJ and producer) |
Violadores del Verso won the gold record for Vivir para contarlo (2006), and together with SFDK they are the only Spanish rap groups to have won a gold record to date.[2] Violadores del Verso are often considered the greatest Spanish hip hop group in history and one of the most influential Spanish-speaking hip hop artists of all time.
Biography
Violadores del Verso started off in 1997 in Zaragoza, Spain.[1] They were initially 5 MC's, but Brutal (Kase.O's brother) left the group.
In 1999 they published their first LP as a group, Genios, which increased their popularity on the Spanish rap scene. They had legal problems with a whiskey company called Doble V, so they changed the name of the group back to their original name Violadores del Verso.
In 2001 they published two more albums as Doble V. In 2006 they published "Vivir para contarlo", which is regarded as one of the best Spanish hip hop albums of all time.
Discography
- Violadores del verso Bufank (1997)
- Violadores del verso (EP) (Avoid, 1998)
- Violadores del Verso presentan a Kase-O en: Mierda (Maxi) (Avoid records, 1998)
- Genios (LP) (Avoid, 1999)
- Atrás (Maxi) (Rap Solo, 2001)
- Violadores del Verso + Kase-O Mierda (Reedición, (Boa Music, 2001)
- Vicios y Virtudes (LP) (Rap Solo/Boa Music, 2001)
- Tú eres alguien/Bombo clap (DVD en directo) (Rap Solo/Boa Music, 2002)
- Vivir para contarlo / Haciendo lo nuestro (Maxi) (Rap Solo/Boa Music, 2006)
- Gira 06/07 Presente (LP/DVD) (Rap Solo/Boa Music, 12/12/2007)
Trivia
- In some live shows, Sho-Hai sang some themes on Michael Jackson Billie Jean's base, he cites Jackson as his favourite artist.
- They have acted with Soziedad Alkoholika, a very successful metal and hardcore punk band from Spain.
- The first 3D TVE (Spanish Television) emission was a concert of Violadores del Verso (August 2011)[3]
- Vivir para Contarlo won a golden disc just one week later of its release.
- In the book El francotirador paciente, of Arturo Pérez Reverte,[4] one of the characters listened lo SFDK and Violadores del Verso
- Hate acquire his aka "Sho-Hai" from the movie Drunken Master.
See also
References
- "Violadores del Verso". All Music. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
- http://www.clubbingspain.com/phpBB/djs-y-grupos/violadores-del-verso-disco-de-oro-t40964.html
- Violadores del Verso protagonizan la primera emisión 3D de TVE
- Perez Reverte, A. (2013). El Francotirador Paciente,(Madrid, Alfaguara). ISBN 9788420416496; see https://es.wikiquote.org/wiki/El_francotirador_paciente
