Kaliber 44 is a legendary hip hop band formed at the end of 1993 in Katowice, Silesia, Poland by Piotr Łuszcz ("Magik (rapper)"), Marcin Marten ("Dab") and Michał Marten ("Joka"). The group is dubbed the most influential Polish hip hop band, while their so-called Hardcore Psycho Rap style is the most prominent. It was originally thought that the name of the group came from a gun, but later members revealed that it should be explained differently:...
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Kaliber 44 is a legendary hip hop band formed at the end of 1993 in Katowice, Silesia, Poland by Piotr Łuszcz ("Magik (rapper)"), Marcin Marten ("Dab") and Michał Marten ("Joka"). The group is dubbed the most influential Polish hip hop band, while their so-called Hardcore Psycho Rap style is the most prominent. It was originally thought that the name of the group came from a gun, but later members revealed that it should be explained differently: first part of the name comes from the calibre of problems the group sings about. The number 44 is a reference to a prophetic poem Dziady written by Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz.
"Księga Tajemnicza. Prolog", released in 1996 was the first Polish hardcore psychorap album and the second one where live-scratching technique was used. Their two other albums - "W 63 minuty dookoła świata" (released in 1998) and "3:44" (released in 2000) were completely devoid of psychorap style.
Soon after release of the second album "W 63 minuty dookoła świata"...
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