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VERBS UNVEILS NEW ALBUM THE GROUNDWORK THEORY ON SEPTEMBER 18TH

Artist Formerly Known As Knowdaverbs Releases First New Album In Four Years

( Nashville , Tenn. ) July 18th, 2007 – Verbs, the artist formerly known as Knowdaverbs, is bringing his own global village Hip-Hop style to the music scene with the September 18 th release of The Groundwork Theory , a first new album since 2003's highly-acclaimed Unlocked . The album will release on 1280 Music Inc. with distribution via Infinity Distribution.
Being described as an album with pounding beats, raw lyricism and vision, The Groundwork Theory will feature 12 songs from Verbs, the solo powerhouse Michael Boyer. Producer credits go to Ric Robbins ( GRITS, Out of Eden ), Crisis ( GRITS ), and Tony Stone ( LaCrae ) with guest appearances by WHO????

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Signed to Gotee Records in 1998, Verbs released three albums with the label including 1998's The Syllabus , 2000's Action Figure , and 2003's Unlocked . Verbs received two Dove Award nods in 2000 for both “Hip-Hop/Rap/Dance Song Of The Year” and “Hip-Hop/Rap/Dance Album Of The Year.” In 2003, the demand for Verbs music was so high that two of his songs from Unlocked hit #1 on the rhythmic charts before the album was released.

Verbs has made the trip to South Africa where he acted as an ambassador for high school assembly programs. He also had the opportunity to perform on countless stages around the globe and participate in various missions, showing that this message of hope in Christ transcends languages and cultures. He is the former host of TVU/Sky Angel Network's Planet Hip-Hop and has been featured on BET's “Teen Summit” and ever popular “ Rap City ” program.

He also launched his own outreach “The Train Station: Hip-Hop Learn shops” in 2005. The workshops are designed to teach youth ages 12-20 the foundational basics of Hip-Hop culture in one of the four elements; DJ/MC/Graf/B-Boyin' all under the tutelage of Verbs and his team. The program goes even deeper to encourage participants to utilize their God given talents and further speaks on life and its purpose.

Fans can anticipate a contest where one lucky winner will be flown to Orlando on October 31 st for a lunch, concert, and hang time with Verbs and fellow rapper Pettidee. The one winning ticket will be found inside of The Groundwork Theory purchased CD.

For more information on Verbs, check out www.myspace.com/verbsinternational

 

VERBS—THE GROUNDWORK THEORY —

STREETS 9/18 (1280 Music Inc./Infinity Distribution)

Music feeds the soul and fans of Hip-Hop culture worldwide are starving. They are malnourished having been fed a steady diet of violence, drugs and misogyny for years. The souls of these very fans have been broken and lost with it was the want and need for creative and uplifting music to further advance a culture that has a much too storied history to simply wash away.
The artist Verbs (previously going by the name of Knowdaverbs) is the proverbial chef in the Hip-Hop kitchen serving up pounding beats, raw lyricism and a vision for the future of Hip-Hop music. Verbs is by no means a stranger to the music business. Signed to powerhouse indie Gotee Records in 1998, Verbs released three albums with the label (“The Syllabus” 1998, “Action Figure” 2000 and “Unlocked” 2003) and was nominated for the prestigious Dove Awards in 2000 in the categories of “Hip-Hop/Rap/Dance Song Of The Year” and “Hip-Hop/Rap/Dance Album Of The Year.” In 2003, the demand for Verbs music was so high that two of his songs from Unlocked hit #1 on the rhythmic charts before the album was released.
Far from a one dimensional artist, Verbs is the new breed of Hip-Hop artist who is no longer relegated to promoting rims and a frivolous lifestyle. Verbs has made the trip to South Africa where he acted as an ambassador for high school assembly programs. He also had the opportunity to perform on countless stages around the globe and participate in various missions, showing that this message of hope in Christ transcends languages and cultures. He is the former host of TVU/Sky Angel Network's Planet Hip-Hop and has been featured on BET's “Teen Summit” and ever popular “ Rap City ” program. On the home front, “The Train Station: Hip-Hop Learn shops” was launched in 2005. The workshops are designed to teach youth ages 12-20 the foundational basics of Hip-Hop culture in one of the four elements; DJ/MC/Graf/B-Boyin' all under the tutelage of Verbs and his team. The program goes even deeper to encourage participants to utilize their God given talents and further speaks on life and its purpose.
Verbs partnership with 1280 Music has given birth to the evolution of this forward- thinking emcee. His latest album is titled The GroundWork Theory and is as much the beginning as it is a continuation. The music is raw, passionate and a vision of what art is when it is untouched by record label influence and in truth as to what the artist intended. The new material from this critically acclaimed emcee is an intense breath of fresh air utilizing every lyrical moment as a chance to say something over well orchestrated production. Every Hip-Hop artist claims to be the savior of the culture and the fuel that is needed to restart the artistically challenged engine that once revved loud enough to create change and encourage thinking. And instead of claiming this title through braggadocio rhyming and appointing himself a “king” of anything in the press, Verbs prefers to let his actions and music speak for his mission and ideas.