{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{BLP sources|date=January 2012}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Verb T | image = | caption = | birth_name = Thomas Conning | alias = Bird T, Dick Trusay<ref>{{cite web|url=https://verbt.bandcamp.com/ |title=Music | Verb T |publisher=Verbt.bandcamp.com |date=2009-08-17 |accessdate=2022-05-04}}</ref> | birth_place = London, England | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|1|11|df=yes}} | death_date = | origin = | instrument = | genre = Hip hop | occupation = Rapper | years_active = 1999–present | label = Low Life, YNR Productions, High Focus Records, In The Balance Records | past_member_of = The Four Owls | website = [https://www.high-focus.com/home/artists/verb-t/ High Focus] }}
'''Thomas Conning''' (born 11 January 1981), better known by the stage name '''Verb T''' is a UK hip-hop artist based in London.
==Biography== Verb T has released 10 albums and six EPs as well as numerous singles.
His first release was the 12-track EP ''Backhand Slap Talk / Technical Illness'' which was a shared release featuring songs from fellow London-based rapper Kashmere.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ukhh.com/bhh/artists/verb_t-kashmere-lp.htm |title=Low-Life | UK Hip Hop Story | Verb T & Kashmere - Backhand Slap Talk / Technical Illness 2xLP [Low Life Records] |access-date=21 June 2013 |archive-date=23 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223175830/http://www.ukhh.com/bhh/artists/verb_t-kashmere-lp.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was released on Low Life Records.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lowliferecords.co.uk/Release.asp?ID=52 |title=Archived copy |access-date=21 June 2013 |archive-date=6 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080606033944/http://lowliferecords.co.uk/Release.asp?ID=52 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
This was followed by his debut album ''Bring It Back To Basics'' which was a collaborative release featuring production by former Scratch Perverts DJ Harry Love.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishhiphop.co.uk/reviews/album_reviews/verb_t_harry_love_-_bring_it_back_to_basics_cd_silent_soundz_.html |title=Sam Krats featuring Gee Bag and El Da Sensei - Annihilate MP3 [In the Line] |website=Britishhiphop.co.uk |date=3 May 2006 |access-date=2020-05-21}}</ref>
In 2011, Verb T formed a group with artists Fliptrix, Leaf Dog and BVA MC, known as The Four Owls. The lead single ''Not Like Before'' and following album ''Nature's Greatest Mystery'' have seen The Owls touring solidly in the UK throughout 2012 with DJ Madnice. The Verb T album ''Morning Process (Waking Up)'' was released in September 2012 on High Focus Records.
Verb T's first self produced album ''I Remain'' was released in 2013 on High Focus Records.
The Four Owls released an album in 2015 called ''The Natural Order'' which featured the well-known US producer DJ Premier.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYOYqn4No1w |title=The Four Owls - Think Twice (Prod. DJ Premier) (OFFICIAL VIDEO) - YouTube |website=YouTube |access-date=15 January 2017 |archive-date=12 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161212070447/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYOYqn4No1w |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 2018, Verb T and Pitch 92 created four original tracks for the programme ''Just Another Immigrant'' which aired in the USA on Showtime and in the UK on Sky Atlantic starring Romesh Ranganathan.
In the same year Verb T and Pitch 92 also composed and performed the title track for the Sky One sitcom ''The Reluctant Landlord''.
In 2019, the second series of ''Reluctant Landlord'' was released and in addition to the title track, Verb T and Pitch 92 created original music used throughout the series and in the Christmas Special which aired on 23 December 2019 on Sky One.
==Releases== *The single ''Ill Lyrical Behaviour'' (Apeman records) *The single ''Showbitchness'' (Low Life Records) * The EP ''Backhand Slap Talk / Technical Illness'' 2004 (Low Life Records) * The EP ''I'm Not That Guy'' 2005 (with Juice) (Pepa Records) * The single ''Delusion'' (Silent Soundz) * The LP ''Bring It Back To Basics'' 2006 (with Harry Love) (Silent Soundz) * The single ''Satisfied'' (Silent Soundz) * The LP ''Broken Window'' 2005 (with The Last Skeptic) (Silent Soundz) * The LP ''Verbs with a Vengeance'' 2008 (Thomas Records) * The LP ''Serious Games'' 2010 (Ynr Productions) * The EP ''Self Ish 2011'' (High Focus Records) * The EP ''Self Less 2011'' (High Focus Records) * The LP ''Nature's Greatest Mystery'' (as part of The Four Owls) 2011 (High Focus Records) * The EP ''More Dynamite'' 2012 (High Focus Records) * The LP ''Morning Process (Waking Up)'' 2012 (High Focus Records) * The LP ''I Remain'' 2013 (High Focus Records) * The EP ''Medicated Dreams'' 2014 (High Focus Records) * The LP ''Natural Order'' 2015 (as part of The Four Owls) (High Focus Records) * The LP ''The Man with the Foggy Eyes'' 2015 (with Illinformed) (High Focus Records) * The LP ''Good Evening'' 2017 (with Pitch 92) (High Focus Records) * The LP ''A Question of Time'' 2019 (with Pitch 92) (High Focus Records) * The LP ''Nocturnal Instinct'' 2020 (as part of The Four Owls) (High Focus Records) * The LP ''The Land of the Foggy Skies'' 2020 (with Illinformed) (High Focus Records) * The LP ''Stranded in Foggy times'' 2021 (with Illinformed) (High Focus Records) * The LP ''Found In The Fog'' 2023 (with Illinformed) (Independent) * The LP ''The Tower Where The Phantom Lives'' 2023 (with Vic Grimes) (High Focus Records) * The LP Restoration 2024 (with Malek Winter) (Independent) * The EP ''Homer Loan'' 2024 (Independent) * The single ''Verify'' 2025 (with Micall Parknsun) (Independent) * The single ''Topsy Turvy'' 2025 (with Beano, Graham, Donkobz & No Venom) (Outstraight Records) * The single ''Spliffin'' 2025 (with Graham & Hikii) (Outstraight Records) * The single ''Who?'' 2025 (with Panda Drey & No Venom) (Outstraight Records) * The single ''Contrast'' 2025 (with Graham, Beano & No Venom) (Outstraight Records) * The EP ''Homer loan 2'' 2025 (High Focus) * The LP ''To Love A Phantom'' 2025 (with Vic Grimes) (High Focus)
==Appearances== * ''Showbitchness'' from the Lowlife Records compilation ''Food'' (2002) * ''Exactly'' from the Ghost EP ''Ghost Stories'' (2004) * ''Headtrip'' from the Copperpot album 'Chapter 7' (2005) * ''Soul Cry'' from the Manage album ''Live In Protest'' (2006) * ''Black Sea'' from the Kashmere album ''In The Hour Of Chaos'' (2006) * ''Opium Foetus'' from the Kashmere album ''In The Hour Of Choas'' (2006) * Various tracks from the Ghost album ''Seldom Seen Often Heard'' (2006) * ''Pick A Subject'' from the Braintax album ''Panorama'' (2006) * ''Just Let Me'' from the album ''EV Records Presents: Everything'' (2007) * ''Why Do You Try'' from the Fliptrix album ''Force Fed Imagery'' (2007) * ''Alternate Take'' & ''Jealousy's a Bitch'' from the Jon Phonics compilation ''Half Past Calm'' (2008) * ''Dynamite'' from the Sonny Jim album ''Trading Standards'' (2008) * ''Mine for the Taking'' from the Skreintax album ''The Scene Stealers'' (2008) * ''Frozen in Time'' and ''Invisible World'' from the Ghost album ''Freedom of Thought'' (2009) * ''Cracked It'' from the Asaviour and DJ IQ album ''A Loop Theory'' (2009) * ''Own Zone'' & "life We Lead from the Fliptrix album ''Theory of Rhyme'' (2010) * ''Everything'' from the Jam Baxter album ''Rinse out Friday / Spack out Monday'' (2010) * ''Time and a Place'' from the Leaf Dog album ''From a Scarecrow's Perspective'' (2011) * ''Nothing's Quite as it Seems'' from the Fliptrix album ''Third Eye of the Storm'' (2012) * ''Squashed'' from the Jam Baxter album ''Gruesome Features'' (2012)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=5859500|name=Verb T}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20061109104820/http://www.ukhh.com/features/interviews/verb_t_harry_love/index.html Verb T & Harry Love interview] * [https://www.high-focus.com/home/artists/verb-t/ Verb T] * {{discogs artist|463122-Verb-T}}
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