Who reads the best of all: the best reference of Russia

"Music Street" has long been a leader among the preferences of the lion's share of the young population of the country. Why do we love rap? Perhaps, because from time immemorial we have a love for poetry. And maybe it's all about the inescapable hatred of glamor. Who knows the real reason! But nowadays there are so many popular performers in this genre that it's time to hold a separate parade of leaders. Who is Russia's best reference point and is it possible to unequivocally choose a leader?

What is Russian rap?

In our country, rap is still relatively young, as a musical genre it appeared only in the early 1990s. It is worth remembering the first releases of the group "Bachelor Party", propagandizing "Sex without a break". For the group, it was just a golden vein, since only few people could talk about sex. It's no wonder that an album with a similar name became a hit album and sold out faster than hot pies. In 1994, there appeared a certain Mr. Malaya with hits on all radio stations. And then the time came for the legendary Bogdan Titomir, who is now better known for his winged phrases, like "People hawala," and not songs. In 1996, at the helm of Russian rap, the band Bad Balance was standing. Approximately at the same time the best rapper in Russia loudly proclaimed itself, if the criterion to put poetry, is the Dolphin. His album "Out of Focus" greatly raised the level of quality. A year later, his only solo album "Bitch Love" was released by Micah, and this is perhaps the only case when the songs remained relevant for centuries.

Quality criteria

Calling Dolphin the best poetic, does not detract from the merits of other rappers. It so happened that the list of the best reference points in Russia began to be compiled for a long time, and the criteria for getting there are very variable. It would be strange if all the leaders were identical in sound, manner of reading and rhyming. The first festival of Russian rap fell on 1991. Then he wore a funny name - "RAPPIK". Three years later the Rap Music festival appeared. It was the first rap festivals that gave the best performers to date. The brand of the championship is confidently held by the Rostov group "Casta". Previously, it was much more numerous. In fact, from "Caste" came "Yu.G.", MaryJane, Noggano, Basta and others.

On the wave of showbiz

Big money and beckon today's rappers. Alas, but most of the songs are written not for the sake of art, but for the sake of the ringing of despicable metal. Like mushrooms after the rain, Russian hip-hop labels are expanding, new performers are appearing. A pioneer in this field was the unforgettable "Legal Business $$" under the leadership of Vlad Valov, who himself had performed quite successfully in the past. By the way, it was Valov who became the producer of Decl, whose success in commercial terms has not been surpassed yet. Political hip-hop became a fertile topic. The performers described and continue to describe their vision of the situation in the country and the world.

The best of the best

It will be more correct to voice the top five according to the majority opinion. So, despite the large number of negative responses, the whole army of opponents, the most successful performer after three years can be called Gufa. Is he the best benchmark in Russia? This question can still be left open, because when you compiled the statistics, the total number of requests in the network was taken into account, and not only the percentage of listening to songs. Guf became a good project at the expense of just the confrontation of interests. This artist has good commercial support, his own label and an active team. Social network "VKontakte" offers the user the most video of the artist and the most rated personal page.

In second place in popularity is Basta. According to many, this is really the best benchmark of Russia, the responses about it are predominantly positive. Basta communicates with the "right" people, releases really "hit" songs and lacks life themes. From Guf lags 7%, and the number of tracks leaves it far behind.

The third place at Nojs MS. He is really a poet of his time and a master of speed reading. Neus skillfully rhymes and improvises. His main "chip" is personal pain, fear and fury. The main audience is teenagers, which, meanwhile, does not prevent him from sticking to confident favorites around the country.

Unexpected backlog

The fourth and fifth place among the leaders are Timati and "Casta". To put it bluntly, this is an amazing result, because in general the performers have the most responses and admirers. "Caste" is the founder of Russian rap, does not lose relevance for many years. Affects the lack of activity in the media. "Caste" is mainly popularized at the expense of loyal fans, who from year to year make the "cashier" to their beloved band.

With Timati things are even more interesting, because he is not only included in the TOP of the best benchmarks of Russia, but also gradually breaks the path to the West. Timati managed to sing with some pretty well-known performers of the United States. He created his own label and promoted young performers. Why is not he the first? Also affects the omissions of the artist's team, a cool attitude to their own Internet resources, although the "Twitter" performer beats all records. Even Guf lags behind. In subscribers Timati has more than half a billion people.

Promising guys

Do not despair, and "young", because rappers give way and beginners. For this, for example, you can take part in the online competition InDaBattle, which has been the story since 2009. In fact, this is a tournament for Russian rappers. Here and the task, and themes for improvisation. Many popular rappers supported the project. Among them, too, were those who wanted to test their strength, because Russia's best benchmark is a title that should be regularly justified. Among the promising performers is worth mentioning Djigana, who loudly announced himself in 2009 and has since managed to get a couple of awards. Belarusian performer Max Korzh is more suited to the lyrical character. Strangely enough, but in the top of the best benchmarks of Russia is a British guy Oxxxymiron, who began performing since 2009, just finishing Oxford. His music is aggressive and gloomy, but fascinating. Well, and for ten years on the wave of glory remains Slim. He is a veteran of Russian rap, who started his career as a member of the group Centr. Corporate identity, the philosophical meaning of texts and high-quality albums - such criteria should be followed by the best reference of Russia.