Verb-Ate-Em Featuring Thomas tha Franchise

This is why I'm hot (Feat. Thomas tha Franchise)

Dem Hips

A song for my Wife
Written: Aaron "Verb-Ate-Em" Valenciano

LOVIN' YOU

In dedication to My Grandmother Rosa Valenciano
Verb-Ate-Em (Feat. Melanie & Gremlin)

GRANDMA

THIS IS HIP-HOP (Feat. Rob Hawk)

II MANY HATERZ

Stage Name:  Verb-Ate-Em (formerly known as Lucky of Reptile Productionz)
Born: Aaron Valenciano

As an admirer of poetry, it was only a matter of time before Hip-Hop came into focus.  For me it was "The Breaks" by Kurtis Blow in the summer of 1990.  It was the first music of that kind I have heard and from that moment on I was hooked.  What attracted me the most was the poetry.  Music was about meaning then, and with smooth delivery and creativity, it was the perfect art form for me to set my eyes on.  As any youngster who is curious about an object, I picked it up.  Starting off in school hallways, rapping about everything from girls walking by or classes we hated, or summer things-to-do...my complexity kept improving. As did my vocabulary.  Up until this point all I did was flow off of the dome about nothing major until I finally got up the nerve to take my hobby to the next level.  Around this time local pioneers like: Trump Tite and Pure Devotion were tearing up the local scenes with their first albums and it became apparent what I wanted to do.  My first written track seemed like an endless story, no structure....no soul.  It took many years to develop the sound that I do, and I look back on those days and thank god for those rough years and hard work.  Without those struggles and dedication, it never would have brought me to the dedication that it has.  

Major labels were showing interest once I started to make noise in the local scene.  Opening up for big name acts, selling out venues.  Almost aligned with that timing was the news of me being a father.  As a responsible male, my goals have shifted.  I went from touring and making noise with my 90's reminiscent mainstream hip-hop sound to leaving the hip-hop world to devote myself to my children.  After 8 years i picked up where I left off, and felt stronger than ever.  I lived the struggle, seen the truth's of life and seen where the music movement has led.  I am upset with the way hip-hop has gone and after viewing my situation I decided to put my focus into my family and making real hip-hop.  Putting a story back in the music, getting complexity in your ears after every time you play a track.  i am no longer looking to get signed, I am merely trying to educate the newer generation about the roots of hip-hop and show them that you can make good music, without losing the hunger we all had "Back in the Day".  I hope you like the music, and I hope to collab with many of you.  Unlike most local cats, I will never charge for a collab.  I am about music, not my ego.  You show support, I show support.  On that note......"we're ready to put the box state on the map"  God Speed!!!

VERB-ATE-EM

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