Valentin Aleksandrovich Presnov[1][2] (Russian: Валенти́н Александрович Пресновborn August 15, 1982, Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, USSR), better known as Slovetsky (Russian: Словетский), is a Russian rap artist, member of the rap group “Konstanta”, and artist of the record label and creative association Gazgolder[rus].[3]
Valentin Aleksandrovich Presnov
Background information
Also known as
Slovetsky
Born
(1982-08-15) August 15, 1982 (age 41)
Genres
Rap
Occupation(s)
Rapper
Labels
Gazgolder
Member of
Slovetsky (2003-)
Biographyedit
Valentin Presnov was born in Kazakhstan in the city of Karaganda In 1997, at the age of 15 he and his family moved to New York. There he finishes school, enters a master's program and receives an education as a financier and an MBA.
In 2003, he began his hip-hop journey in New York, when he met Mitya Severny and formed with him the team “Pentagon: Project Konstanta”, the name of which was later shortened to “ Konstanta”.
The appearance of “Konstanta” in Russia occurred on the album “Etazhi” released in 2006 by the group “Smoke Screen”[rus] consisting of Slim and Lexus. The song is called “On the Area”, and, in addition to them, Dmitry 5 Plyukh is presented there, with whom they strike up an acquaintance. Over time, the participants of “ Konstanta” met Guf and the group “Ezekiel 25:17”, which also took part in “Floors”.
After some time, Severny met Nikita DJ Nik-One, who invited the guys to include their track in their music release. The track "Poetry Nights" appeared on DJ Nik-One's 2008 mixtape.
2008-2011edit
Members of "Konstanta" with the participation of Slim, appeared on such albums as "Ether is Normal " by the group Centr and " Cold " by Slim. In 2009, Slim took part in the filming of a video for the song “Running” in New York from the album “Cold”, which was released on November 12.[5] This was considered his major break into the culture of Russian hip hop at the time.[6]
In 2010, “Konstanta” came with its first concert to Russia, to St. Petersburg and Moscow , having previously filmed a video in New York for a joint song with Slim “Demons”. The video clip was released on October 11 in anticipation of Slim's second album . After some time, Severny returned to New York. Soon the recording of a joint album between Slim and Slovetsky began, on which Severny joined from New York via the Internet, and the album grew into a collaboration between Slim and “Konstantas”. On May 31, 2011, the album “Azimut” was released, released with the support of the TsAO Records label by the Nikitin recording company on CDs. The album was also posted for free download on the portal thankyou.ru.[7]
2012-2014edit
In 2012, Slovetsky at the TsAO Records studio met Vadim QP, a member of the Gazgolder label , who invited Slovetsky to the Gazgolder studio, where Slovetsky recorded a joint track with Noggano called “Be Healthy” (before that they already had a joint song “Let’s smoke on the loggia”), for which a video clip was later shot. Soon Slovetsky decides to join the Creative Association Gazgolder. On June 2, 2012, he participated in the “Hip-Hop All Stars II” event, where performers such as the groups “Casta” and Centr, Rem Digga, the Chemodan clan and others performed.
On June 8, Slovetsky’s debut solo album, entitled Mozaika, was released, which featured rap artists such as Noggano, Tato, Daffy and Mitya Severny.
Discographyedit
As part of Konstantaedit
2010 - “Two Barrels” (together with “1000 Words”) EP
2011 - “ Azimuth ” (together with Slim)
2013 - EP (together with IzzaBeatzz)
Solo Albumsedit
2012 - Mozaika
2012 — Mozaika (together with IzzaBeatzz) EP
2013 - Antishlyagger (together with Lyonya Kamufflyazh) EP
2014 — “Thaw”
2015 — Antishlyagger II (together with Lyonya Kamufflyazh) EP
2017 - “SLOVO AND TT” (together with Tony Tonite)
2017 — “Kalina Krasnaya”
2018 — Antishlyagger III EP
2019 - MONTANA (together with DJ Nick-One) EP
2020 — MONTANA II (together with DJ Nick-One) EP
2020 — Antishlyagger IV EP
2021 — Antishlyagger V EP
2023 - MONTANA III (together with DJ Nick-One)
Collaborative Albumsedit
2007 - 7 (Gigi's mixtape): Song "I am the King."
2007 - “ Floors ” (album of the group “Smoke Screen” ): Song “On the Area”.
2007 - “Nagan” (Gigi’s album): Song “Catch the Bullets.”
2008 - Poetry Nights (album DJ Nik-One): Song “Two Guns”
2009 - “ Ether is Normal ” (album of the group “ Centr ”): Songs “To the West”, “In Normal”.
2009 - “ Cold ” ( Slim’a album ): Song “Running”.
2010 - “A Year Has Passed” (album by Kota Balu): Song “Stones and Walls.”
2010 - “Bula Jupiter” (album by Kota Balu): Songs “Elephants”, “Every Winter”.
2011 - “Retrospective” (album of Grozny): Song “Bosota”.
2011 - “Download” (mini-album by Kostya Bes): Song “Download”.
2011 - “Don’t Sleep” (album of the group “Advaita”): Song “Don’t Catch”.
2011 - “From and to” (album of the group “Bratubrat”): Song “Bratubrat”.