Basta 5

In September 2015, Basta reported in the video interview to the Gazeta.Ru portal that the release of the album “Basta 5” is scheduled for April 20, 2016 ^{[7] [8]} .

The reason for dividing the album into two parts, according to Basta, was the technical moments: “It happened because I didn’t manage to finish the second part in time. There were interesting ideas on how to finalize it ” ^[9] .

The first single of the album was the song “Where we are not” on October 2, 2015, recorded for the film “ Motherland ” ^[9] . The second single appeared on February 20, 2016 and it became the song “I look at the sky” to another film - “ Ke-dy ” ^[4] . The third single from the album - “The Voice” - was recorded with the participation of singer Polina Gagarina , a colleague of Basta on the jury in the fourth season of the TV show of the same name , and was released on April 14 ^[5] . On the same day, on Channel One in the evening show “ Evening Urgant ”, Basta appeared as a guest, and then with Polina sang a dramatic song with a live sound ^[10] .

The song "Graduation (Slow)" became a hit after the release of the video clip and one of the most popular songs of the year ^{[11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]} . By the end of 2017, the composition continued to be popular, it took the 29th place in the Apple Music and iTunes charts among the most popular songs among Russians ^[17] .

Gazeta.Ru noted the uniqueness of the album by the fact that it does not fit into any genre framework, and also called it one of the main Russian-language albums of the year ^[1] . However, Basta himself is also unable to determine the style of the album, but characterizes it as rather gloomy and called strange, comparing the result of the recording with a “ midlife crisis ” ^[6] .

According to the editorial staff of the portal Rap.Ru, the double album became one of the twenty best Russian-language rap albums in 2016 and won the third place in this top ^[18] .

At the end of 2017, the album occupied the 27th (1st part) and 25th (2nd part) places in the Russian Apple Music and iTunes charts ^[17] .

1 part

Part 2

• 2015 - “Where we are not (OST:“ Motherland ”)”
• 2016 - “I look at the sky” (OST “ Ke-dy ”)
• 2016 - “Intro (My time is on the way)”
• 2016 - “The Voice” (with the academician Polina Gagarin ) ^[19] .
• 2016 - "Graduation (Slow)"
• 2016 - "Lanterns" (with the study of Tati )
• 2016 - “I learned to fly early”
• 2016 - “I rise above the ground” (with the teaching of Alena Omargaliyeva)
• 2017 - Trolleybus
• 2018 - “My Broken Dreams”
• 2018 - “I will”

• The album cover was drawn in Basta’s iPhone text editor ^[9] .
• The songs “Partizan”, “I look at the sky” and “I learned to fly early” are combined into the cycle “Three letters”. They are written by the letters of the soldiers, in which they share their pain with their mothers ^[9] .
• The text of the song “Where we are not” was written by Basta 10–15 minutes immediately after the pre-premiere viewing of the film “ Motherland ” ^[9] . The composition itself became a soundtrack for the film and, incidentally, the first single from the album ^[20] .
• The song “I Look at the Sky” was announced by the soundtrack to the film “ Ke-dy ”, directed by Sergey Solovyov ^[4] , in which Vakulenko himself played the role of the military ^[21] .
• The oldest recorded song before its release on the album was seven years old ^[9] .
• The song "I want to you" has a different version with the participation of the singer Tati. She appeared in 2015 and recorded a more "studio" sound and in a more rapper style. For this work, filmed a video clip.
• At the presentation of iPhone 7 on September 7, 2016, Apple, during Tim Cook ’s story about the success of Apple Music, showed a collage of music album covers, including the first part of the album “Basta 5” ^{[22] [23]} .
• The song “Final Match” on October 26, 2015, before being released on the album, became the official anthem of the TV channel “ Match TV ” ^[24] .

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