Bandana I (or simply Bandana) is a collaborative studio album by Russian rappers Big Baby Tape & Kizaru. It was released on 22 October 2021 through the label Sony Music Russia.
History Big Baby Tape flew to Kizaru to Barcelona in mid June 2021. They built a home studio there, where they recorded the album.
The release name was announced on 17 July 2021 in the video of the same on the YouTube-channel of the creative association Haunted Family.
Listens The album garnered a million listens on the service VK in 15 minutes & three million listens an hour after the release. A day later, the number of listens increased to 18 million, but did not break the record of 21 million listens set by Russian rapper Morgenshtern with his album Million Dollar: Happiness.
Reception Meduza praised the album, noting it followed a "nostalgic" trend in Russian hip-hop, offering throwbacks to 1990s rap stars such as Three 6 Mafia and Snoop Dogg. The album was named by The Flow as the #4 album of 2021 in their top-50 list.
Track listing
Personnel This list of recording members is taken from Genius.
Producers Big Baby Tape (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 11 & 12) Waves B (track 2) Culoso Beats (tracks 3 & 5) Flory (tracks 3 & 5) Vickyferribeats (track 6) Soulm8 (track 6) Deyjan Beats (track 7) YG Woods (track 9) Montana (track 10) Evince Beats (track 13) Call Me G (track 13) JunioR Beats (track 14)
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