Group "Legalize" - what is

Many people have repeatedly heard from the fans of rap the name of Legalize, but what it hides under itself, only those who have long been passionate about this genre of music know. The question "Legalization - what is it?" Excites many parents and people far from rap. In fact, almost all met the artist's compositions, which is hidden under this nickname, we will tell more about him.

The origin of the nickname

First of all, to answer the question: "Legalization - what is it?", You need to turn to the English language. This nickname is provocative enough, it comes from the English word legalise, which translates as legalization, and is usually used for light drugs, namely marijuana. In many countries, they are legally permitted, and in some US states this substance is used to reduce intraocular pressure in glaucoma or prescribed by doctors for depression.

Andrei Menshikov is now better known as Legalize, since that was the name of his first group. Nobody knows why this is what he called the collective, but many believe that the subtext was in the legalization of rap in the territory of our country. At the time when the performer began his creative career, there were practically no artists who chose this genre, except for the banned group "Bachelor Party".

A bit about this artist

It is impossible to tell about who is Legalize, what is his creativity and how he became famous, without a brief biographical reference. Like many modern rappers, this performer was born into an intelligent family. His father is a professor of chemistry of world importance. Andrew received a basic music education, which helped him a lot when composing songs, although it was not over.

Later he took up karate and gave him 7 years of his life, and then in his life came rap. He tried to follow in the footsteps of his father and enrolled in the Chemical-Technological University. However, he also did not complete the training in it. Since together with his group Slingshot he joined the association DOB

Immediately after the recording of the first English-language album in the Congo, Ligalaiz leaves, what does this mean his deed is still unknown. There he continued to study hip-hop with the band AERO. This allowed him to expand his knowledge about this direction and gain invaluable experience, which he used already in Moscow.

Creative way

A year later, Legalize continued to work under the DOB brand. He recorded a Russian-language album, which quickly made him recognizable and popular among fans of this direction. Later the team of Jam Style & Da Boogi included his recitatives in the clip "You wanted a party". He deserved great popularity on MTV, which attracted the attention of Ligalaiz producer Alexander Tolmatsky, better known as the father of rapper Decl. He included him in the famous team "Legal Business $$", which soared to the top of the charts thanks to a hit, using the song of Viktor Tsoi "A pack of cigarettes."

From that moment, he composed Ligalaise songs for Decl, participated in two groups (the second Bad Balance) and actively developed in terms of creativity. He fell in love with the public for the fact that it was not repeated at all. Each composition was unique and loved. It was his line that the fans of Deczl sang.

But then Лигалайз has again made an unusual act, on peak of popularity it leaves to Prague. In a farewell note he deprived himself of the right to vote in Russian hip-hop and renounced his previous work. After a short time, the Bad Balance alliance collapsed, which created a conflict between the League and Scheffe.

Participation in the creation of soundtracks

Upon his return to Russia he creates his own label "Intelligent Hooligan Productions". Under him, he was finally able to release his first solo album, as well as several notable hits. Until this time, albums were released only in association with other artists, although he worked on the stage for more than ten years.

In 2005, his solo track from this album immediately received a nomination from MTV, and then a succession followed. His track "Neither love, nor anguish, nor pity" became the title in the film "Bastards" and fell in love not only with fans of hip-hop. Almost together with this cash register tape on one of the Russian channels there was a serial "Club", the soundtrack to which was also written by the League.

Also, the debut album included the track "Future Moms", which confirmed that it costs to see the clips. In it actors from a serial "Club" have acted, and the view was pleasant to spectators. This clip was in the rotation of all the music channels, and on MTV was at the top of the summary charts. Later in the treasury of achievements was added work on the soundtrack to the film "Black Lightning", which he wrote together with the group "Bi-2".

Creativity today

In 2015, a new clip of Ligalize feat comes out. ONYX, which conquers the charts. He is close to all modern people, so not only hip-hop lovers love the track. The video tells about people who are stressed. Everyone needs a way out for accumulating energy, the League and his comrade-in-arms offer to use creativity for this. Rap they identify with a kind of "Boxing Club".
On the day of Cosmonautics in 2015, Ligalaise again surprises the audience and produces a joint video with the band Trubetskoy called "Gagarin". For the rapper, it was a step into the territory of Russian rock and underground.

Rappers often make joint tracks with rockers, one of the most famous was the duet Jay-Z & Linkin Park, so it can not be said that the league used by the new is not new. The clip for this track was shot in Kiev.

Album

In December 2016 a new LP "Live" was released, which became a long-awaited continuation of the debut album. While it is not known how successful it will be, but there is a tendency to this. When recording, we used different techniques, a mixture of genres and support for famous singers and bands.