Płomień 81 (literally "Flame 81") is a Polish

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group founded in

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. It was formed by the Polish rappers

Pezet ''For the French politician, see Michel Pezet.'' Jan Paweł Kapliński (, born April 18, 1980), better known by his stage name Pezet (), is a Polish rapper. In 1998, he debuted with Onar in Płomień 81 and they released three albums. He starte ...

and Onar in 1998. The group name originates from the school in which the two rappers met (Primary School No. 81 in

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History

The first song produced by Płomień 81 was "Ursynów", featuring Lady K on the mixtape ''Enigma: 0-22 vol. 2''. Soon after, Płomień 81 was signed on by the Polish label

Asfalt Records Asfalt Records is a Polish independent record label specialized in hip-hop music. It was founded in 1998 by Marcin "Tytus" Grabski. In July 1998, Asfalt Records signed a three-year distribution deal with Sony Music Entertainment Poland. The first ...

. In 1999 the mini-album ''Asfalt Wiosna '99'' (literally "Asphalt Spring '99") was released with the two songs "Muzyka" and "Miłe słowa". Later in the same year, the debut album ''

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'' which was produced by O$ka was released. This was followed by the release of the mixtape Hip-hopowy raport z osiedla which featured the song "Pytasz kim jestem". After their debut, Płomień 81 was invited to work with

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on the album '' Szejsetkilovolt'' he was producing. The group did the vocals for the song "Mieszkam w mieście", and were featured on the song of another artist -

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, who later joined Płomień 81. In 2000 the group decided to drop the

label and instead sign with RRX due to being unhappy with the promotion they were receiving from the label. This was soon followed by the release of their second album under the RRX label, '' Nasze dni''. Płomień 81 was once again invited to record a song, "Projekt jest w drodze", for the album '' Wkurwione bity'' being produced by

. After their work together, Onar and

decided to end their collaboration and to pursue their musical careers separately. Their third album, "Historie z sąsiedztwa", premiered on October 15, 2005.

did not contribute to this album, but it did feature the rappers Nowator and Dwie Asie. During this time Pezet's brother

Małolat Michał Kapliński (born February 7, 1984), better known by his stage name Małolat, is a Polish rapper. Małolat has a brother who is also a rapper, better known as Pezet. In 1998 he won the Super MC contest, in which the main prize was an appe ...

(also a rapper) was arrested on suspicions of drug trafficking. This prompted a campaign to free

through the use of donated funds to cover the costs of the legal proceedings.

wrote a song titled "Jestem przeciw" (literally, "I'm against it") where he expresses his discontent with the state of Polish politics and bureaucracy. This song was on the group's newest and also most popular album. Their latest album was so well received that it was selected by users of hip-hop.pl and rapgra.com as the best album in 2005. Three music videos were recorded to promote the album from the songs "Powiedz na osiedlu", "WWA", and "Odwaga".

Discography

References

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