Vulgarnyj toNN

Вульгарный тоНН
Vulgarnyj toNN (OST, Kore, CLassic, Ksandra, rAp)
Background information
Origin	Vladivostok, Russia
Genres	Hip hop, Rap
Years active	2005 – Present
Website	http://www.rapvladivostok.ru/

Members	rAp OST CLassic (since 2006) Kore (since 2009) Ksandra (since 2006)

Vulgarnyj toNN (Russian: Вульгарный тоНН) is Russian rap band from Vladivostok. The band consists from rAp, Ksandra, CLassic, Kore, OST.

History

Vulgarnyj toNN was formed on July, 27th, 2005, originally there were only rAp and OST in a band. In 2006 singer Ksandra and MC CLassic had joined to band. In 2009 one more MC - Kore was recruited in band and since then them became five. In 2009 Nikita OST has moved to Moscow where he has got acquainted with bands Rynochnye Otnosheniya (Russian: Рыночные Отношения) and Chernaya Ekonomika (Russian: Чёрная Экономика), further having released the solo album and some tracks with these groups; from this moment, participation of OST in releases of Vulgarnyj toNN was reduced to a minimum, however, at present, OST is officially member of band.

Participations in rap-battles

Hip-Hop.Ru Battles

From the moment of foundation, Vulgarnyj toNN often take part in rap-battles, as a team and as single MC. In 2007 the band Vulgarnyj toNN took part in "5th command battle Hip-Hop.Ru" and has won it, defeated in the final rap-band Mychanie Yagnyat (Russian: Мычание Ягнят), led by the well-known rap artist Maestro A-Sid.^[1] Further, a band, and single rappers, with variable success took part on two command battles: 6th and 7th command battle Hip-Hop.Ru, and in seven single battles: 6th, 7th, 8th official MC-Battle Hip-Hop.Ru, 11th, 12th, 13th independent MC-Battle Hip-Hop.Ru, and in 14th informal MC-Battle Hip-Hop.Ru.

Team battle "Ostatsya v Zhivyh"

Also, in 2007, Vulgarnyj toNN won the team battle "Ostatsya v Zhivyh" (Russian: Остаться в Живых, Russian for Lost), organized by the site RapVladivostok.ru, which involved rap bands from Primorsky Krai of Russia. In the final of battle, Vulgarnyj toNN defeated rap-band Futurama (Nego and Tady), with which (at then moment) they recorded on the Vladivostok recording studio "Nasha Volna" (Russian: Наша Волна, Russian for Our Wave)

InDaRnB.ru battles

Single rap battles by IndaRnB.ru also attracted attention of members of Vulgarnyj toNN. In first InDaRnB.ru battle took part rAp and CLassic, in second battle Kore joined them. However, only CLassic achieved great success. In first InDaBattle CLassic reached the semi-final, lost there a future winner: Chet - largely because of disagreements with one of the judges - David Nuriev (Russian: Давид Нуриев), known by the pseudonym of Ptaha.^[2] However, then CLassic took part in the festival "InDaBattle",^[3] which involved the winners and semifinalists of battle, and special guests with concert program. Also, as he reached the semifinal, CLassic won 10 thousand rubles from the site IndaRnB.ru
Then CLassic took part in second battle - InDaBattle 2, and, despite the new conflicts with the judges^[4] - the organizer of battle - Snake and rapper SD (Russian: СД), CLassic reached the final and again lost future winner - 18-year-old rap-artist from Latvia - Johnyboy, which win final round with score 5-2.^[5] For participation in the final, CLassic received 30 thousand rubles, and would take part in the second festival "InDaBattle"

Awards

Hip-Hop.Ru Awards 2009

With three solo albums, released in 2009 (solo albums released CLassic and OST, a joint album released rAp and Kore), Vulgarnyj toNN has been gaining popularity among rap bands in Russia. This helped band get a few awards of "Hip-Hop.Ru Awards 2009". Vulgarnyj toNN won in nomination "Best rap-band/flava of 2009"^[6] (Russian: Лучшая группа/тусовка 2009), solo album of CLassic - "Otvertka, vokrug kotoryj vraschaetsya mir" (Russian: Отвёртка, вокруг который вращается мир) took 2nd place^[7] in nomination "Best Hip-Hop album of 2009" (Russian: Лучший Хип-Хоп альбом 2009), and singer Ksandra took 2nd place^[8] in nomination "Best Hip-Hop girl-singer in 2009" (Russian: Лучшая Хип-Хоп исполнительница 2009 года)

Band members

rAp — Aleksandr Epov (October 6, 1987, Ussuriysk)
OST — Nikita Savinkin (March 14, 1987, Vladivostok)
Ksandra — Aleksandra Shabalina (September 28, 1990, Vladivostok)
CLassic — Viktor Stelmah (January 4, 1987, Vladivostok)
Kore — Denis Kotelnikov (December 8, 1986, Vladivostok)

Discography

Studio albums

2007: Vulgarnyj toNN — "Proba Pera" (Russian: "Проба пера", Russian for "First attempt at writing")

Mixtapes

2008: Vulgarnyj toNN — "Vulgarnyj KTO?" (Russian: "Вульгарный КТО?", Russian for "Vulgar WHO?")
2008: Kore — "The Phantom"

Solo albums

2008: Ksandra — "Maski" (Russian: "Маски", Russian for "Masks")
2009: CLassic — "Otvertka, Vokrug Kotoroy Vraschaetsya Mir" (Russian: "Отвертка, Вокруг Которой Вращается Мир", Russian for "Screw-driver Round Which the World Rotates")
2009: rAp, Kore — "Vidish Raznitsu?" (Russian: "Видишь Разницу?", Russian for "Do you see the Difference?")
2010: OST — "O.S.T. 2008-2010"
2010: Kore — "Zri v Koren" (Russian: "Зри в Koрeнь", Russian for "Get at the root")

Music videos

2009: «Kto, esli ne my?» feat. GidroPonka, 228
2010: «My nauchim tebya, kak» feat. FASTA

References

External links

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