# You the Rock

You the Rock (stylized as YOU THE ROCK★; born Yu Takemae (竹前 裕, Takemae Yū); 5 September 1971, in Nagano, Nagano) is a Japanese hip-hop musician, MC and tarento. He is nicknamed You-chan (Youちゃん) and Yū-chan Da Aniki YTR (ユウちゃん DA 兄貴 YTR).

## Discography
### Albums

| | Year | Title |
| | 1992 | Never Die |
| | 1993 | Tight But Fat |
| 1st | 1996 | The Soundtrack '96 |
| 2nd | 1998 | The Graffiti Rock '98 |
| 3rd | 1999 | The Professional Entertainer |
| 4th | 2002 | XTRM |
| Best | 2003 | I Love You the Rock-Best |
| 5th | 2005 | No Sell Out '05 |
| 6th | 2007 | Big Vip Hop |
| 7th | 2009 | The Rock |

### Singles

| | Year | Title |
| | 1993 | "Lirics" |
| 1st | 1998 | "Rock the Point" |
| 2nd | 1999 | "The Professional Entertainer (The Ruler's Back)" |
| 3rd | 2002 | "Hip Hop Royal" |
| 4th | 2002 | "Monster Lock" |
| 5th | 2004 | "Grand Master Fresh Pt. 2" featuring Fantastic Plastic Machine |
| 6th | 2005 | "Untold Story" |

### Analogue

| Year | Title |
| | "Free feat. Twigy" |
| 1998 | "Duck Rock Fever" |
| 1998 | "Hoo! Ei! Ho! '98" |
| 1998 | "Future Rock 2001 -Return of B.O.H.-" |
| 1998 | "Love da Love" |
| 1999 | "The Professional Entertainer / Rap Machine" |
| 1999 | "Manhattan Dream / Japan in the House" ft. Boy-Ken |
| 1999 | "Joke Talks No (Get Up Brother)" featuring G.K.Maryan, Dev Large |
| 2000 | "Chō Raku C-E-Z 2000 (Get Busy Y'all!) / Rocky Road (Yūjō BBS)" |
| 2004 | "Grand Master Fresh Pt. 2" feat. Fantastic Plastic Machine |
| 2005 | "Untold Story" |
| 2005 | "Daz" |

### Main guest appearances

| Year | Artist | Title |
| 1992 | DJ Doc. Holiday | The Rhythm.The Rebel |
| 1992 | Omnibus | Rhythm CD I |
| 1994 | Love Tambourines | Midnight Parade Remixes |
| 1995 | Cool Spoon | Two Mohicans |
| 1995 | ECD | Homesick |
| 1995 | ECD | Summer Madness / Live at Slits |
| 1996 | Lamp Eye | "Shōgen" |
| 1997 | Kaminari-Kazoku. | "Kaminari / Yoru Jet" |
| 1997 | ECD | ECD no Remixes Vol. 1 cutting edge |
| 1997 | ECD | Big Youth |
| 1998 | Omnibus | Far East Coasting –Non Stop Mixed By DJ Masterkey– |
| 1998 | Omnibus | avex The Album |
| 1998 | Omnibus | Atom Kids Tribute to the King "O.T." |
| 1999 | Kan Takagi | Hello |
| 1999 | Mahha 25 | PH-OSY |
| 1999 | V.I.P. | "Dancehall Checker" |
| 2000 | Omnibus | Mad Maxx |
| 2000 | Silva | Comingout |
| 2000 | Silva vs You the Rock | "Virgin Killer" |
| 2000 | Nona Reeves | "DJ! DJ! –Todokanu Omoi–" feat. You the Rock |
| 2000 | Pizzicato Five | "Tokyo no Gasshō" |
| 2001 | Pizzicato Five | Sa-e-ra Japon |
| 2001 | Twigy | "Freedom" |
| 2001 | Rino Latina II | Carnival of Rino |
| 2002 | Rino Latina II | Tokyo Tetsu Kon-kin Cleat Jungle Nirei Rei nishiki Remix |
| 2003 | ECD | Master |
| 2003 | Omnibus | DJ Digs Main Street Electrical Parade |
| 2003 | Fumiya Fujii | Right Here! Right Now! |
| 2003 | Nona Reeves | "Changin'" |
| 2004 | Nigo | (B)Ape Sounds |
| 2004 | Hannyan | Ohayō Nippon |
| 2004 | Eliana | Akarui Mirai |
| 2004 | Boy-Ken | Evrythin' Is Everythin' |
| 2004 | Muro | Back II Back 2 |
| 2005 | Nigo | Return of the Ape Sounds |
| 2005 | Omnibus | Entotsu Sampler Vol. 2 |
| 2005 | G.K.Maryan | Soul on Keep |
| 2006 | Rino Latina II | II (The Second) |
| 2006 | Twigy | Twig |
| 2006 | Yoshipi Da Gama | Energy Kakumei |
| 2007 | Twigy | akasatana |
| 2007 | Juno Mak | Chapel of Dawn |
| 2007 | El Amazon | El Hot |
| 2007 | Zen-La-Rock | Zen-La-Rock |
| 2008 | Ami Suzuki | Dolce |
| 2008 | Twigy | Baby's Choice |
| 2009 | Disoscillators | Last Rockers |
| 2009 | Microphone Pager | Ōdō Rakudo |
| 2009 | Mika Akira | "The Rap Idol" |
| 2011 | Kaminari-Kazoku./Rino Latina II, Pit-Gob 53, D.O, You the Rock | "Kaminari Keihō" |

## Music videos

| Director | Title |
| Catero Alain Colbert | "Banging Shake It (Hip Hop)" |
| Yuta Kimura | "Di Children" |
| Yuta Kimura | "Resurrection" feat. Den, Utamaru |
| Yuichi Kodama | "Grand Master Fresh Pt. 2" feat. Fantastic Plastic Machine |
| Yuichi Kodama | "Grand Master Fresh Pt. 2 (Long Ver.)" feat. Fantastic Plastic Machine |
| Daisuke Kondo | "Hip Hop Royal" |
| Taitaro | "Hip Hop Royal (Space Shower TV ver.)" x |
| Mizuhiro Sabine | "Monster Lock" |
| Ranran. | "Untold Story" |
| Unknown | "Hoo! Ei! Ho! '98" |
| Unknown | "The Professional Entertainer" |

## Major casting works
### TV dramas

| Year | Title | Network | Ep. |
| 2002 | Kekkon Dorobō | NHK-G | |
| 2005 | Tiger & Dragon | TBS | |
| 2008 | Mirai Kōshi meguru | TV Asahi | 1 |

### Variety programmes

| Year | Title | Network |
| 1999 | Beat Bang | TV Tokyo |
| 1999 | Inazuma | Space Shower TV |
| 2000 | CDTV-Neo | TBS |
| 2000 | Dengeki Request: Dynamo | Space Shower TV |
| 2001 | Goofy | Space Shower TV |
| 2002 | Under CDTV | TBS |
| 2002 | Girigiri 7 | Space Shower TV |
| 2004 | Tensai terebi-kun Max | NHK-E |
| 2004 | Tokyo Kinba | BS Fuji |
| 2004 | Bape TV | Space Shower TV |
| 2005 | GyaO Freaks | GyaO |
| 2007 | Ameba Banchō | Cyber Agent |
| 2008 | Ranking to Get Ill | Cyber Agent |
| 2014 | DaBaDaBa Fresh | CTC |

### Radio

| Year | Title | Network |
| 1995 | Hip Hop Night Flight | Tokyo FM |
| 1999 | You the Rock the Professional Entertainer | Tokyo FM |

### Advertisements

| Year | Title |
| 2000 | Fast Retailing "Uniqlo no Fleece" |
| 2001 | Toyo Suisan "Mukashi nagara no Sauce Yakisoba" |

### Advertisement narrations

| Year | Title |
| 2000 | Orix Blue Wave "Ichiro Casual" |
| 2002 | Achilles "Skechers" |
| 2002 | Kirin Beverage "Amino Suppli" |
| 2002 | Apple Computer "iPod guruguru Drive" |
| 2003 | Japan Coca-Cola "Vanilla Coca-Cola" |
| 2003 | Asahi Beverage "Mitsuya Cider" |
| 2004 | Asahi Beer "Asahi Honjō" |
| 2004 | Oriental Land "TDL Buzz Lightyear Natsu no Dai Sakusen" |
| 2005 | Asahi Kasei Life & Living "Saran Wrap, Zip Rock Tsukael" |
| 2006 | Nissan "Wing Road" |
| 2006 | Japan McDonald's "McDonald's Happy Set" |
| 2007 | Ezaki Glico "Glico Katayaki Pretz" |
| 2007 | Nissan "Nissan Cube" |
| 2007 | Sky Perfect Communications "Sky PerfecTV! Natsu! Nama Live Matsuri" |
| 2008 | Cadbury Japan "Chlorets Ice" |
| 2008 | Ezaki Glico "Pretz" |
| 2008 | Ezaki Glico "Papiko" |

## Main live

| Year | Title |
| 1996 | San Ping Camp |
| 1999 | Space Shower TV Sweet Love Shower 1999 |
| 2000 | Rush Ball 2000 |
| 2005 | Summer Sonic 2005 |
| 2008 | Wave Music Fes 2008 in Naeba |
| 2012 | Kizuna –Daisanshō— |
| 2014 | Ringo Ongaku-sai 2014 |
| 2015 | Tone River Jam '15 |