Visionair (album)
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| Studio album by Verbal | |
| Released | March 16, 2011 |
| Recorded | 2010—2011 |
| Genre | Rap, hip hop, electro |
| Length | 47:48 |
| Language | Japanese, English |
| Label | Rhythm Zone |
| Producer | M-Flo |
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Visionair is the debut album of Japanese hip-hop MC Verbal, from the group M-Flo. It was released on March 16, 2011, one and a half years after M-Flo's 10th anniversary greatest hits album, MF10: 10th Anniversary Best. Due to the effects of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami which occurred five days beforehand, promotions for the album were cancelled, including a music video for the song "Black Out."
M-Flo released their last studio album of their Loves... artist collaboration era, Cosmicolor in 2007, followed by two compilation albums, Award Supernova: Loves Best (2008) and MF10: 10th Anniversary Best (2009). In 2009, an M-Flo tribute album was released, Tribute: Maison de M-Flo, which featured songs from new artists who had not been featured on a loves album.
On September 17, 2010, Verbal released his first solo song. He covered "Cherry Bomb" by The Runaways with his wife Yoon on vocals, for the 50 Years of Dr. Martens project, which was released as a compilation album in October 2010.
At the same time as Verbal was working on his solo debut, band member Taku Takahashi was working on a solo dance music project, The Suitboys. He released the mix-tape After 5 Vol. 1 a month after the album's release, on April 20, 2011.
The first song announced on the album was "Fall Out," which was used as the opening theme of the drama Perfect Report in October 2010. The song featured Shunya, a member of Senme, an a cappella group that won first place on the Fuji TV show Seishun A Cappella Kōshien: Zenkoku Hamonep League 2010 Haru. Verbal met Shunya at a school event at his previous school, St. Mary's International School, and was impressed by his vocal abilities. It was released in December 2010. Shunya later covered M-Flo's song "LOT (Love or Truth)" on Tribute: Stitch the Future and Past, the successor to Tribute: Maison de M-Flo, which was released on April 20, 2011.
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