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Rip Slyme (often stylized as RIP SLYME) is a Japanese hip hop group. In its best known incarnation, it was primarily composed of four
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(Ryo-Z, Ilmari, Pes & Su) and a DJ, Fumiya. Pes and Su have since parted ways with the group. Their sound is influenced by old-school hip hop and other western rappers such as The Pharcyde,
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. During their career, they have released two indie albums, ten major albums, one live album, one indies collection, and three best-of albums. They released six singles as an indie act, and 17 with a major label. On October 31, 2018 the group announced that they were suspending all activities. This announcement came six months after a tabloid alleged that Su was cheating on his wife and the group started conducting activities without him. Rip Slyme’s website has since shut down. Pes left the group as well in November 2017, but this was unknown to the general public until October 2021. On April 15, 2022, Rip Slyme, now the trio of Ryo-Z, Ilmari & Fumiya, returned with the first of what was said to be five monthly singles, "Human Nature". This was followed by the next single, "Gentleman" on May 14, and the third, "After the rain" on June 17.


Members

* Ryo-Z: Ryouji Narita (成田亮治 ''Narita Ryouji''), born July 15, 1974 *
Ilmari Ilmari is a Finnish male given name. It is a short form of Ilmarinen, a mythological smith in the Kalevala. Notable people with the name include: *Ilmari Aalto (1891–1934), Finnish painter *Ilmari Auer (1879–1965), Finnish politician * Ilmari ...
: Keisuke Ogihara (荻原恵介 ''Ogihara Keisuke''), b. June 17, 1975 * DJ Fumiya: Fumiya Takeuchi (竹内文也 ''Takeuchi Fumiya''), b. March 14, 1979


Biography

The group was formed in 1994 by Ryo-Z and Ilmari, who were later joined by Pes (he attended the same school as Ilmari). The Rip in Rip Slyme stands for their initials. Slyme was a popular children's toy at that time. Their name is also a pun on the phrase "lips' rhyme". Winning an amateur rapping contest "Young MCs In Town", they started their musical career with their first album '' Lips Rhyme'' in 1995. Later they added DJ Fumiya (who had studied under
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's DJ Yoggy) and Su (previously a backup dancer for
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). In 1998 they released their second
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, " Talkin' Cheap" and also took part in Dragon Ash's
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event. Becoming more successful, they signed to
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in 2000. By then they had released several indie singles including their EP "Underline No. 5" and "Mata Au Hi Made" which had received the help of Fantastic Plastic Machine. "Mata Au Hi Made" was released on
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's Indies label. Their first major single was " Stepper's Delight" released 22 March 2001. The title was a play on
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". In general, Fumiya composes most of the music, while Ryo-Z, Pes, Ilmari, and Su write their own lyrics. However, before Fumiya became a member, Pes composed most of the songs. Each member has tried their hand at composing music for Rip Slyme, and Pes occasionally played guitar on some tracks (Such as Home and More & More, for example). Allegedly, Pes was in a rock band before being introduced to hip hop music by Ilmari and Ryo-Z. In 2002, they received MTV Video Music Awards Japan for "Best Newcomer" and "Best Hip-hop Group". The same year they released a big-budget album " Tokyo Classic", which became Japan's first million-selling hip-hop album, with a sound compared to James Brown's
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and funk. Two singles from the album, "Funkastic" and "Rakuen Baby" collected MTV awards in 2003. "Super Shooter", featured as a
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to their single "Galaxy", is the theme song for the
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'' Gantz''. From late 2005 (after the release of ''Good Job!'' in August) through 2006, DJ Fumiya was on extended break, citing illness. For performances, a friend of the band,
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, was a stand-in. Fumiya's break led to several interesting side projects and collaborations from other members. Fumiya returned to activity for concerts in late summer 2006, and for the Rip Slyme release, ''Epoch''. On 7 July 2007, Rip Slyme performed their single "Nettaiya" at Live Earth in
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. Later that year, they would go on to release their fifteenth major single, "Speed King", and their seventh Warner album, ''Funfair'', shortly after. In summer 2008, they released "Taiyou to Bikini". Later that year, three digital singles would debut, all of which would be on the February 2009 single "Stairs". Rip Slyme released their eighth album, ''Journey'', on June 10, 2009. Rip Slyme has provided voiceover work as well as the ending theme for an episode of the Japanese dub of ''
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''. The episode aired on May 6, 2009. In 2010, Rip Slyme was one of the artists launched on Warner Music's new sublabel, unBORDE. In October 2021, during the group's hiatus, Pes announced that he had quietly parted ways with Rip Slyme in November 2017 and stated that "a reunion would be difficult" due to the tensions he had with the other members.


Side projects

Ilmari formed a short lived group with Kj and BOTS of Dragon Ash, and Shigeo of Skebo King called Steady & Co. The group released their debut album '' Chambers'' in 2001. Ilmari and Ryo-Z along with
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, and Nigo the founder of A Bathing Ape formed a super group known as Teriyaki Boyz. The Teriyaki Boyz released two albums: ''
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'' (2005) and '' Serious Japanese'' (2009). In 2012 Ilmari formed a Hip-Hop/Rock band named The Beatmoss with Kosen, Yas, and Sohnosuke. The group released two albums: ''The Beatmoss Vol. 1'' (2012) and ''The Beatmoss Vol. 2'' (2013). Pes released his first solo album, ''Suteki na Koto'' in 2012.


Discography

*''Talkin' Cheap'' (1998) *''Five'' (2001) *''Tokyo Classic'' (2002) *''Time to Go'' (2003) *''Masterpiece'' (2004) *''Epoch'' (2006) *''Funfair'' (2007) *''Journey'' (2009) *''Star'' (2011) *''Golden Time'' (2013) *''10 (2015)


Awards and nominations

''2002'' * MTV Video Music Awards Japan - Best Hip Hop Artist (Winner) * MTV Video Music Awards Japan - Best New Artist (Winner) * MTV Video Music Awards Japan - Best Live Performance ''2003'' * MTV Video Music Awards Japan - Video of the Year - Rakuen Baby (Winner) * MTV Video Music Awards Japan - Best Group Video - Rakuen Baby (Winner) * MTV Video Music Awards Japan - Best Hip Hop Video - Funktastic (Winner) * MTV Video Music Awards Japan - Album of the Year - Tokyo Classic ''2004'' * MTV Video Music Awards Japan - Best Group Video - Joint * MTV Video Music Awards Japan - Best Hip Hop Video - Joint * MTV Video Music Awards Japan - Best buzzASIA Japan - Joint ''2006'' * MTV Video Music Awards Japan - Best Collaboration Video - Hotei x Rip Slyme - Battle Funkastic (Winner) ''2007'' * MTV Video Music Awards Japan - Best Collaboration Video - Quruli feat. Rip Slyme - Juice ''2008'' * MTV Video Music Awards Japan - Best Hip Hop Video - I.N.G (Winner) * MTV Video Music Awards Japan - Best Group Video - I.N.G ''2009'' * MTV Video Music Awards Japan - Best Pop Video - Taiyou to Bikini


See also

* Teriyaki Boyz * Dragon Ash * Steady & Co. *
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* Rhymester * Fantastic Plastic Machine *
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*
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References


External links


Official site

Warner's Rip Slyme Page



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