Russian Stars Radio!
I'm a total captive of Russian Stars Radio. I started streaming the stuff the day after the tsunami and was bouyed to a great extent by the silly raps and ravey beats and the heavily accented flava of Russian pop. It's both undeniably dirivitive yet branded so culturally Russian there could be no confusing this for French pop or Israeli club music.
Some of it is straight up hip-hop, delivered in a colloquial Russian that throws in a few very American phrases. When it comes right down to it, Russian is a great language for hip-hop. It's bnatural tympanic rhythm gives it an even flow that bounces along as easy as Snoop Dogg's cadence.
Other songs are poppier, blending the Europop sensibility of, say, Atomic Kitten or any number of faceless club producers with Russian folk accordians and balalaikas. It's not a mix that you'd think sounds great at first, but it is.
Russian Stars Radio is at [http://3mp3.ru/ru/radio/] and is also listed under "Internet Radio" in the Winamp Media Library (Alt-L in Winamp). The stream is always CD-quality and never breaks up. They have a definate rotation that loops every few hours, but all the songs are good at worst and damn great at best. The site is mostly in Cyrillic.
Some of it is straight up hip-hop, delivered in a colloquial Russian that throws in a few very American phrases. When it comes right down to it, Russian is a great language for hip-hop. It's bnatural tympanic rhythm gives it an even flow that bounces along as easy as Snoop Dogg's cadence.
Other songs are poppier, blending the Europop sensibility of, say, Atomic Kitten or any number of faceless club producers with Russian folk accordians and balalaikas. It's not a mix that you'd think sounds great at first, but it is.
Russian Stars Radio is at [http://3mp3.ru/ru/radio/] and is also listed under "Internet Radio" in the Winamp Media Library (Alt-L in Winamp). The stream is always CD-quality and never breaks up. They have a definate rotation that loops every few hours, but all the songs are good at worst and damn great at best. The site is mostly in Cyrillic.
By the way, 3mp3.ru, also has an English side. You can read everything in English that's in Russian, minus the advertisements... But who needs them?
Their music is really great at helping y mood improve... As I'm currently going through a hard time in my life, It's really great to have good music playing. Also, one of my coworkers told me one day that he listened to 3mp3.ru. Coincidences are great. =D
Great review by the way. Their rap is pretty good, but a bit hilarious due to their accents... Love it!
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