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Draft:Russian hip house

Russian hip-house
Native name
  • Хаус-рэп
  • рэп-хаус
  • хип-хаус
  • прямая бочка[1]
Other names
  • Russian house rap
  • Russian rap house
Stylistic origins
Cultural originsFirst wave: 1990s, Russia
Second wave and mainstream popularity: 2010s, Russia and Ukraine
Derivative formsHookah rap
Local scenes
  • Belarus
  • Russia
  • Ukraine

Russian hip-house (also known as Russian house rap, Russian rap-house) is a local subgenre and scene of hip-house music from predominantly post-Soviet countries, rapped in Russian.

Russian rap-house first emerged during the 1990s and early 2000s, when groups and performers like Lika MC, Bogdan Titomir, Dva Pterodaktilya, Otpetye moshenniki, Diskoteka Avariya and others repeatedly adapted and re-invented hip-house for local audience, combining various subgenres of house music with rapping in Russian.

It wasn't until the mid-2010s when the new wave of hip-house saw substantial mainstream popularity in the post-Soviet countries, when diverse Russian rap scene increasingly started using more "pryamaya bochka" (literally, "straight kick drum") beats for their rapping. Such acts and performers included Ukrainian Griby[2], Kravz,[3] Feduk, Eldzhey and others, and thus became one of the most popular music genres in Russia during the late 2010s.

Arguably, experiments with dancehall and Russian hip-house from such artists as Miyagi & Andy Panda substantially influenced creation of hookah rap, which was once called "a 100% fusion of hip-house and music of Miyagi & Endshpil".[4]

History

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1990s and 2000s

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Hip-house made its first appearance in Russia after it became popular in the United States during the early 1990s.

Between 1990 and 1992, Igor Siliverstov, who was a DJ since 1985[citation needed][5] recorded several hip-house songs, "Shpana" and "Santa Lyuchia" were among them.[citation needed]

In 1993, MD&S Pavlov, rap group started by former members of psychedelic rock band Zvuki Mu, Alexey Pavlov and Pavel Khotin,[6] released their self-titled album, which was recorded between 1991 and 1993 and contained several hip-house songs.[citation needed]

Between 1991 and 1993, Lika MC recorded several hip-house songs.[7] One of these tracks, "Bi-bi, taksi" ("Honk-honk, taxi") became a major hit in Russia and was referred to as "Russian Technotronic".[4] Russian rap pioneer, Bogdan Titomir, who got inspired by MC Hammer and Dr.Alban,[8] recorded several hip-house songs in 1991, while working on his "High Energy" album.[citation needed]

The short-lived hip-hop "Vzglyad MC" ("MC Stare") project, which was formed in 1992 and ceased to exist in 1993, preferred to use house and techno (dubbed "technorave") instrumentals for their rapping, instead of using traditional hip-hop beats.[8]

Russian music critic Oleg Karmunin (Forbes (Russia), Lenta.ru, Russkiy Shaffl) noted in 2023, that the mid-1990s Russian hip-house duo Dva Pterodaktilya was making a variety of hip-house that would "perfectly fit in a modern playlist", referring to their song "Draki-draki" ("Fights-fights"), recorded around 1994.[9]

The history of Dva Pterodaktilya ended when one their band members passed away in the late 1990s from drug overdose. However, the surviving member of the band, Andrey Repnikov went on to ghostwrite another hip-house band with a more pronounced pop appeal, called Otpetye moshenniki [ru] ("Reckless scammers").[4]Otpetye moshenniki enjoyed significant popularity during the late 1990s and early 2000s, with their hip house songs "Vsyako-razno" ("A whole lot of different things"), "A u reki" ("And there by the river") becoming hits. While Sergey Amoralov of Otpetye moshenniki self-acknowledged their influence on the 2010s wave of hip-house and was dubbed "father of Eldzhey", he claimed that they preferred to call their music "house-chastushki" and had little to nothing to do with hip-hop.[10] In another interview, Amoralov claimed that Otpetye moshenniki was one of the earliest pioneers of rap and electronic dance music fusion in Russia, and cited Malchishnik as influence.[11] In yet another interview, Amoralov called the sound of Otpetye moshenniki "a variety of house-rap".[4]

Variously labelled as rap,[citation needed] pop, electronic dance music, Diskoteka Avariya ("'Accident' the discoteque"), throughout the 1990s combined house music, hip-hop music, pop music, rock music with ironic[12] rapping and singing, and self-dubbed their style as "hip-hop, house and rock-n-roll" in an eponymous hit-single.[13][14]

Another group, albeit short-lived, during the heyday of Otpetye moshenniki and Diskoteka Avariya, often compared to both of them in terms of style,[citation needed][citation needed] was Akhi-vzdokhi ("Moans and sighs"), which became popular with their 1999 hit Maloletka (Dura-duroy) ("(Completelly stupid) Teenage girl"). In a review, Akhi-vzdokhi music was compared to funk carioca, noting the steady electronic umts-umts (Russian omonaoepic for straight kick drum pattern), rapping and accessible aesthetic of their music.[citation needed]

Late 2000s

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Moscow underground rapper Loc-Dog recorded experimental "Electrodog" album in 2007, for which he was dubbed "originator of house-rap" in Russia.[15] According to critics Andrey Nikitin and Alexey Aleev of Afisha, "Electrodog" anticipated, although barely directly influenced, the second wave of Russian hip-house, which started several years later.[16] Nikitin and Aleev noticed, however, that "Electrodog" contained many later cliches of the sound, including a boastful macho rap persona.[16]

2010s

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The resurgence of hip-house in Russia started during the mid-2010s, arguably with SP4K's UK garage-influenced[citation needed] remix of Boulevard Depo [ru]'s "O.C.B".[16]

In the mid 2010s, Yuri Bardash [ru], Ukrainian and Russian musical producer, started producing the rap group Griby ("Mushrooms"), when he was proposed several tech-house beats for the group by 4atty, Ukrainian hip-hop beatmaker. Initially hesistant, he decided to take a risk and produce "Intro" hit single with a tech-house beat, which proved to be significantly popular. Griby later released more hip-house hit singles, such as "Kopy" ("Policemen"), "Taet lyod ("Ice is melting"), and eventually disbanded in 2017 due to internal conflicts.

Around the same time in 2016, Russian experimental hip-hop producer and rapper Pika [ru] released "Patimeiker" ("Partymaker"), which became a major viral hit.[citation needed] "Patimeiker" combined signatory boastful raps of Pika with a minimal house beat.[citation needed]

Another big hit from 2016 was house rap singlde "Diskonekt" ("Disconnect") from Eldzhey (who previously was a padik-rap rapper) and Kravts [ru].[citation needed]

Conscious rap[citation needed] and ragga-influenced[citation needed] music duo Miyagi & Endshpil [ru] (later renamed to Miyagi & Andy Panda) released a collaborative, dancehall-influenced house-rap single with another ragga-influenced rapper Rem Digga [ru],[citation needed] called "I Got Love", which, in opinion of Basta, kickstarted hookah rap.[citation needed]

In 2017, Eldzhey became a major superstar in Russia, with most of his largest hits being hip-house "Rvanye dzhinsy" ("Ripped jeans"), "ZEF", "Ey, gays" ("Hey guys"), "Minimal". Their duo with Feduk, called "Rozovoe vino" ("Pink wine") was a massive house rap hit, accumulating several hundred millions of Youtube video plays and repeatedly voted as one of the best songs of 2017.[17] The same year house rap was called the most popular genre in Russia.[18] After "Pink wine" success, Feduk, who was previously known for football hooliganism-related and patriotic hip-hop, also became a major star of Russian house rap, with such hits as "Moryak" ("Seafarer"),[citation needed] "Zakryvay glaza" ("Close your eyes"),[19] (which was voted for among the best Russian songs of 2018 by foreign agent and undesirable organization Meduza[citation needed]),"#TusiNaRusi" ("#PartyInRus")[citation needed] and other.

Starting from late 2018, Russian rapper Ganvest [ru] started producing hip-house music,[citation needed] influenced by Middle Eastern music.[citation needed]

As house rap became substantially popular, Russian underground rapper Slava KPSS released a house-rap EP called "_" and a house-rap hit single "Grustnye tantsy" ("Sad dances").[20] Slava's "Antikhayp" ("Antihype") crew member, SD [ru], also recorded a house rap hit single, called "Svyaschennyy antikhayp" ("Saint Anti-hype").[21]

In 2018 and 2019, Belarussian rapper Tima Belorusskih became one of the most popular rappers in Russia, and many of his hit songs were hip-house, such as "Nezabudka" ("Forget-me-not").

In 2019 on, Russian rap duo GAYAZOV BROTHERS released many popular ironic[22] hip-house songs, such as "Zaberite menya na dip-khaus" ("Take me to deep house party"),[citation needed] and others.

Criticism

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According to Ridus of Rambler News, by 2018 and after the success of "Rozovoe vino" hip-house in Russia became a type of cliched "pop sound for the generation of Eldzhey and Olga Buzova", and production of hip-house was put "on conveyor", stripping it of any character.[23]

References

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  2. ^ Editorial Staff. "Хиты 2010-х на русском: главное". Apple Music.
  3. ^ https://tntmusic.ru/14893-kravc-dropnul-khaus-rep-singl-golovokruzhenshina/
  4. ^ a b c d Alexander Gorbachev (2021). Не надо стесняться. История постсоветской поп-музыки в 169 песнях /1991–2021/. ИНСТИТУТ МУЗЫКАЛЬНЫХ ИНИЦИАТИВ. ISBN 978-5-6045661-3-8.
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  6. ^ "Moscow: Rap Star MC Pavlov. Part I". Archived from the original on 2011-05-23.
  7. ^ "«Русская Мадонна»: куда пропала самая стильная звезда 90-х Лика Стар".
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  9. ^ Oleg Karmunin (2023). "Слушаю группу "Два Птеродактиля" — ну чисто же группа "Грибы" [..]". Russian Shuffle.
  10. ^ Alexey Aleev (2021). "Интервью ОТПЕТЫЕ МОШЕННИКИ".
  11. ^ Tagir Vagapov; et al. (2011). "История поп-музыки от Ветлицкой до Елки 1991-2011". Afisha. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01.
  12. ^ "Альбом «Маньяки» (Дискотека Авария) в Apple Music".
  13. ^ Oleg Karmunin (2021). "«Фабрика звезд», «Дискотека Авария», Круг, «Пропаганда», Дружко | ИСТОРИЯ РУССКОЙ ПОП-МУЗЫКИ: 2002". Lenta.ru.
  14. ^ Oleg Karmunin (2021). "Дискотека Авария - как ивановские диджеи порвали страну". ИСТОРИИ РУССКОЙ ПОПСЫ.
  15. ^ Yulya Shirobokova (2011). "Не умрёт ни за что на свете! Позитив!". Fanlife.
  16. ^ a b c Andrey Nikitin; Alexey Aleev (2018). "Все вокруг делают хаус-рэп. Что происходит?". Afisha.
  17. ^ Editorial Staff (2017). "«ВКонтакте» назвала самые популярные песни уходящего года". Esquire (PravilaMag).
  18. ^ Alexey Aleev. "Интервью: President Bongo". One Media.
  19. ^ https://www.gazeta.ru/culture/2018/05/12/a_11748751.shtml
  20. ^ "В клипе "Грустные танцы" Слава КПСС берет хаус-рэп и заставляет его играть по своим правилам".
  21. ^ http://rhyme.ru/sd-svyashhennyj-antixajp-2/
  22. ^ "GAYAZOV$ BROTHER$ в Apple Music".
  23. ^ https://news.rambler.ru/other/41483261-12-samyh-otvratitelnyh-muzykalnyh-yavleniy-2018-goda/
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