Malchishnik

Initially producer and manager Alexey Adamov aimed to form a commercially successful boy band.

Adamov then asked Dolphin (Andrey Lisikov), a breakdancer, apprentice song-writer and a friend of Dan to write some lyrics for the group.

None gained any mainstream success or media coverage, as they appealed neither to newer generations of hip hop fans nor to pop audience.

Frequent use of obscene language and explicit descriptions of sexual acts provided shock value and attracted listeners raised within conservative and asexual Soviet culture.

With techno and later, house music gaining mainstream popularity in mid-1990s, Russian youth lost interest to hip hop.