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Babangida (russian rapper)

Alexander Igorevich Bakulin; (September 17, 1981, Kaliningrad, USSR), better known under the pseudonyms Babangida (Russian: ), Bob and Master Hood is a Russian rap artist. Babangida’s work is characterized by a large amount of profanity, intolerance towards LGBT people, communist motives and, above all, satirical exposure of the rap industry in Russia. (“Koba”, “I can no longer hear the roar of the cosmodrome”, “Swastika”, “Emigrant”, “Rap shit”). There are also some references to Japanese culture and traditions (Bushido, Five Elements, Gay and the Geisha).

At the same time, a vast layer is occupied by philosophical (“Shadow”, “Mask”, “Feast of the Spirit 2009”, “Dome”, “Fire”, “Constructor”) and lyrical songs (“Emo”, “Gypsy”, “Old Courtyard” , “The Old Guard”, “Seasonal”).

Anonimity, "Russian MF DOOM"

Babangida is one of the most prominent representatives of the underground in Russian rap. During the years 2002-2005, his work developed an image that denied the world of show business. Anonymity has become an integral attribute. Babangida never conducted concert activities and released one official album, “Makarevich.” All of his tracks, like the album “Makarevich,” were Internet releases available for free download, and presentations in most cases took place on the largest Russian-language rap websites hip-hop.ru (individual tracks, singles, EPs) and rap.ru

Biography

2001-2004: Early work

Babangida recorded the first track entitled “Fuck everyone in the mouth and ass” in November 2001, and the first track presented on the Internet was “Victim”[5] (May 2002), recorded together with Baron von Dron (banter) cover of the song of the same name by NTL). In 2002-2004, Babangida’s style, which was subsequently recognizable, gradually emerged and formed. Against the background of most of the tracks, which were thrashy, shocking in nature (the most famous is “Mood Good” / “Hat”), and disses (mainly on the NTL group), the lyrics (“Cold”, “Bullfinches”, “Hip-Hop”, “Nudnyak (11/27/2003)”) and storytelling (“Engineer”, “One Evening”, “She Believed”).

2005: single “Svetlogorsk” and 6th Official Battle

In April 2005, the single “Svetlogorsk” was released, consisting of two parts, which, in addition to freestyles and instrumentals, contained a track of the same name, which became not the first, but the most famous among those performed by Babangida in the Quasimoto style (with an artificial increase in the timbre of the voice by accelerating the vocals during recording), as well as a joint song with SD “It happens in life.” Another significant track was “Rap is Shit” which was actually a diss on the entire image of Russian rap and the abstract average Russian-speaking MC that personifies it.

A significant expansion in the number of fans of Babangida’s work was his participation in the 6th Official Battle, held at the end of 2005 by the site hip-hop.ru (one of the two most authoritative Russian-language Internet resources on rap topics, along with rap.ru). Babangida reached the 5th round and did not advance to the next due to non-compliance with the conditions of the round (for the 5th round it was necessary to pass a track in the form of storytelling, which he did not fulfill).

2006–2008: Gaining widespread fame

In 2006, Babangida recorded a diss against the judges of the 6th Official Battle (“Horns”), the songs “Budulai”, “Emigrant”, prepared tracks for the first rounds of three battles (including “Club” and “I live in the capital of rap” ), but did not participate further, disappearing from rap for more than a year. The very fact of Babangida’s absence caused an increase in interest in him; in the summer of 2007, the first unofficial trackographies began to appear on the Internet.

Since September 2007, Babangida returned to rap and began publishing new songs that brought him the greatest fame (“Koba”, “Emo”, “Old Guard”, “Russell”, “Bushido”, “Five”, “Gay and Geisha”, “The whole truth about Yuri Kuklachev”, “Swastika”, “I rap”, “Perdiv”, “Early Spring”, “Alexander Gabozov”). The tracks, filled with a lot of profanity, contained a mixture of lyrics and shocking satire. During this period, Babangida planned to release his first full-length album, which never happened. Babangida also took part in the recording of the album of the group “Lenina Packet” - “Ghetto of ridiculous people”.

2009: 14th Independent Battle and “Mask”

2009 became one of the most fruitful years in Babangida’s work. It is worth noting the most popular tracks: “Pirdukha 2009”, “Kalik”, “Post-Apocalypse”, “Seasonal”, “Black Lord”, “Gypsy”, “Hip-hop”. An important event that brought even greater fame was Babangida’s victory at the 14th Independent Battle. One of the main intrigues of the battle was the correspondence confrontation of Babangida and Oxxxymiron, which was expressed in mutual attacks against each other in the tracks of several rounds. However, Oxxxymiron dropped out in the semi-finals, and therefore the head-to-head confrontation never happened. At the end of the year, Babangida recorded the track “Mask,” the content of which most clearly revealed the essence of his artistic image, and the song itself became Babangida’s “calling card.” The “Mask” video was presented on the A-One TV channel.

According to the results of voting at the Hip-Hop.Ru Awards, Babangida was named performer of the year in Russian rap.

2010-2011 and 9th Official Battle

At the beginning of 2010, the joint single of Babangida and RZhB “Give Me” was released, on which the track of the same name took center stage, which became one of the samples of Babangida’s lyrical songs.

designed in the tones of Russian futurism,

The tracks “Eternal Winter”, “16”, “Fire”, “While the Candle Burns” recorded in 2011 also indicated a deviation in Babangida’s work into the lyrical plane.

In 2011, Babangida took part in the 9th Official Battle, where he reached the semi-finals and then won the third place round. At the same time, many felt that Babangida was unfairly condemned, since according to the results of the audience vote, he was named the best MC of the battle, and the best track was named “Victim of the System”, submitted by Babangida in the 10th round.

In addition to everything, at the end of 2011, he won for the second time in the category “Performer of the Year” at the Hip-Hop.Ru Awards.

2012: Album “Makarevich”

In 2012, after a long wait, Babangida’s debut album “Makarevich” was released. According to the results of the Hip-Hop.Ru Awards, the album was named album of the year, and the very fact of its release won in the category “Event of the Year”. The album contained many themes familiar to Babangida’s work: satire on the Russian rap industry, gangsta rap stylizations (“Constructor”, “Cooking”, “r.i.p. Oldie”) and philosophical lyrics (“Shadow”, “Dome”).

2013: disappearance from rap

Throughout 2013, Babangida recorded only one freestyle (“Freestyle 2013”), which became his last track. After June 2013, Babangida disappeared from rap, although he made no official statements about this. The subsequently published songs (Lenina Packet and UrbanKhleb “Nostalgia”, Babangida and Pra(Killa’Gramm) “Province”) were not new, and their recording dated back to 2011.

Facts

1. Babangida names Mayakovsky as his favorite poet
2. Bob often criticizes Vladimir Putin and "United Russia" in his verses, like in: "Yesterday Ridiger died, Lukich’s feet were wiped long ago But our people will endure something different than Putin After all, no matter how they fuck us, we get stronger Old man Nietzsche noticed this"; "wears yellow trousers, fucks in the ass the regime of Vladimir Putin and the jew Dmitry Medvedev Believe me, this country is going to hell."; EdRo, Edinaya Rossiya=Edim Rossiyu "party eat russia"; and ironnically: "I’m plowing here like Putin in the galleys."