One of the most famous Russian rappers and sound producers Smokey Mo (in the world - Alexander Tsikhov) is from St. Petersburg. At the age of 15, he first got to a hip-hop concert, and since then music has become the most important thing in his life for him, overshadowing even the planned sports career (in his youth Smokey was engaged in karate). "Lente.ru" rapper-philosopher, who is now finishing recording a new album, revealed the innermost secrets of his soul and explained the cause of all the troubles and anxieties of each of us.
I am much closer to spiritual values than material ones. That is, spiritual progress is more important to me than technical progress. It is impossible to move towards spiritual enlightenment on purpose - it either happens or it doesn't. I'm talking about the indulgence of some grace. Of course, the material things also fascinate me a little.
We are not far from those times when artificial intelligence will be introduced into our lives everywhere. Not as dumb as Siri, but one that is able to develop itself, self-learning. And now such experiments are being carried out. But the whole horror is that this brain can develop in such a way that a person simply becomes a nonentity against its background.
Spirituality is part of the job. But there are levels of spirituality that are impossible to comprehend, no matter how much you work. It either happens to you or it doesn't. Unfortunately, this has not happened to me yet. I believe that someday a hand from above will still touch me, and my internal dialogue will stop. The inner voice will be silenced.
In the head of each of us lives a best friend who dictates to us - who is right, who is wrong, says how good you are or how bad you are. We all have bad friends, downright bastards. Here it is about him. The highest spirituality will come when he dies. And you will be left without this friend. One. I advise everyone to watch the film "Revolver", there is just about it.
The only thing separating me from higher spirituality now is my best friend, who constantly tells me things that cannot be true. When he ceases to stand between me and real life, I can fully integrate into it. If you think about the most unpleasant moments that happened to us, each of us will understand that this most very bad intermediary was constantly present in them.
We become restless at heart, from the fact that our best friend is twitching. We ourselves are calm, it's all itching for him. There is nothing terrible or bad in the fact that the inner voice constantly sounds and talks to us. You have to accept this as a fact. A fact called "ego". It collects all the complexes, fears, traumas - and operates with them, activating various negative feelings inside.
Animation: Nadezhda Ryabikina
Our thoughts are shaped by an intermediary. If it were not for him, we would calmly draw up our schedule: you open a weekly journal and write down that you need to go there, do this, do that. Take it and do it calmly. In reality, an intermediary connects to this story, and it starts: if I go there, there will be a queue, and then I can meet people with whom I had graters, I won’t be able to go anywhere else - to hell with it all! And you delete. Your best friend communicates with the outside world for you, and not in your favor. Because the devil can't be for you.
The pain that the inner voice inflicts on people can only be inflicted by the devil. And God, who can help, is in silence. I realized this when I began to analyze my condition. Of course, bad, because it is hardly possible to come from good to this. But without evil, they would not know what good is. And so all life - one replaces another. But when everything stops and falls silent - you no longer have problems. Are you sick, will you die, how much money do you have and what will happen tomorrow. In silence, you just continue to live and write your schedule for the week.
Alexander Tsikhov (Smoky Mo)
Age: 33
City: St. Petersburg (Russia)
Significant works: "Stone Flowers", "Bracho", "It was and it was", "Herman and Patrick", "Mr. Vintage", "Tuesday"
Now I'm worried about all the same things that everyone else - grandmas, success, relationships. Is that I can control a little better when I start to frankly “drive”. And I see better how other people "drive". More precisely, not they, but their best friends in their heads.
Money and status are all vanity. Basically it doesn't make any sense. Some homeless person can be more realized than many of us if his fool in his head is silent. Of course, a high income and position in society is cool and pleasant, and you can strive for this. But this is all temporary. And there is only one truth - it is silence and tranquility, the absence of an intermediary between a person and the outside world. And complete unity with the world.
We are now almost at the animal level. There are wars, people are killing each other. Is this human development? We do not live, we listen to what the inner voice tells us.
I met a man who does not have an intermediary. And he was born that way. We would have perceived him as mentally unhealthy. Now he lives in Europe, in a country with the highest standard of living, and there he is treated normally. He works in the library and writes summaries of the books he reads. There are so many of them in his head that we could not even dream of! A wonderful person. His most negative emotion I have ever seen was surprise.
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Real life will begin when we have no questions left. Because they are now just being asked by an intermediary. Yes, and how can you feel life if someone constantly says something to you: this is red, this is bald, this is fat, this one stinks, this is hair extensions, everything is bad in this country, everything was stolen here.
I advise everyone in those moments when it becomes bad to trace exactly how such a state appears, where it comes from, and whether it is really so terrible. It will immediately become clear that someone is showing pictures: someone insulted you, you lost something, you had a fight with someone. Each negative event is assessed not by a person, but by his best friend in his head, who, with the help of accumulated complexes and injuries, began to manipulate his opinion.
Do not confuse complete calm and indifference. A person who scores on everything suffers a lot. He is irresponsible and destroys his life. Often it all comes down to drugs or alcoholism. And again, this is the desire of the intermediary. A calm person is a self-sufficient person and attracts other good people to him. With this you can do serious business, succeed in anything.
I have no questions about the purpose of my life. None at all. I can, of course, start listing: money, success… But all this will come, these are accompanying stories. And the main thing for me is to achieve silence.
All the best things came to me after I was completely disappointed. One has to go to the point, to the edge, in order to reach the highest state. Many enlightened masters had a point - when it was already impossible to live, when there was a pre-suicidal state, which then changed to emptiness.
I can answer the question why I am here in this world. In order to achieve silence, tranquility and merging with the Universe.
No matter how much money you make, it's hard to live when you're constantly twitching.
Video: Nadezhda Ryabikina
Smoky Mo- a rap performer who cultivates pseudo-philosophicalness and the possession of secret knowledge. In real life, he is hardly a mystery man.
The hip-hop portal http://www.site tends to think that this image is not just deliberately cultivated (although the substances may have been the root cause).
Smoky Mo- performer Russian rap from St. Petersburg, who for the first time made people talk about himself at the end of 2003 thanks to Internet records that got into the Internet. Sampler (mixed fragments of tracks posted for introductory listening) of the debut material from Smoky Mo caused a lively discussion among rap runet activists. Recordings made in collaboration with the St. Petersburg party of rappers "Kitchen Record", which included members of the groups Krec and Umbriaco, sounded different from everything that already existed in Russian rap. Before Smoky Mo had experience of participating in several projects,
which today he does not appreciate very highly. Yes and myself Smoky Mo was not the same as now...
He was introduced to the Krec group, the core of the Kitchen, by Vladi from Kasta. Smokey admits that it was Fuze and Marat who inspired him, convinced him to start recording a solo album, and helped with the studio. It all started with the recording of old texts, then, as if inspiration had come, new poems appeared, with a different content and message.
The manner of reading has also changed drastically. In 2004 Smoky Mo entered into an agreement with the Respect Production label, which published such rap teams as "Kasta" and "South", to release the album. The record called "Kara-Te" was released in the spring of the same year and received positive feedback. Now, after the release of the album, Smoky Mo
Smoky Mo- Russian rapper from Saint Petersburg. Participated in the project "Wind in the Head" (1999). The project lasted about a year, the result of which was the rap album Signorita. Later Smoky Mo was one of the members of the Di Dynasty group. First Smoky Mo made me talk about myself in 2001 after winning the Rap Music festival as part of this team.
He started his solo career around 2003. Before Smoky Mo had experience of participating in several projects, which today he does not rate very highly. And he himself was not at all the same as now ...
He was introduced to the Krec group, the core of the Kitchen, by Vladi from Kasta. Smokey admits that it was Fuze and Marat who inspired him, convinced him to start recording a solo album, and helped with the studio. It all started with the recording of old texts, then - as if inspiration had come, new poems appeared, with a different content and message. The manner of reading has also changed drastically.
In 2004 Smoky Mo entered into an agreement with the Respect Production label, which published such rap teams as Casta and Yug, to release an album. The record called "Kara-Te" was released in the spring of the same year and received positive feedback. After the release of the album Smoky Mo actively travels around the country with concerts, and is also recording material for a new album.
Smoky Mo
Full name Alexander Tsikhov Pavlovich
Date of birth September 10, 1982
Place of birth Leningrad, USSR
Aliases Smokey Mo, A Certain Molla, Omicoms, Smokey Morphine, Smoky Mo
Def Joint Collectives, Dynasty Di
Label Respect Production, Gazgolder Records (2011 - present)
Alexander Tsikhov, better known under the pseudonym Smoky Mo- Russian rapper from St. Petersburg. Participated in the project "Wind in the Head" (1999). The project lasted about a year, after which the album "Señorita" was released. Later he was one of the members of the Di Dynasty group. He started his solo career around 2003. First Smoky Mo made people talk about himself in 2001 after winning the Rap Music festival as part of the Dynasty Di team. In 2003, the artist's sampler (mixed fragments of tracks posted for introductory listening) caused a lively discussion among rap runet activists.
Recordings made in collaboration with the St. Petersburg party of rappers "Kitchen Record", which included members of the groups "Krec" and "Umbriaco", sounded different from everything that already existed in Russian rap. Previously, Smokey had experience of participating in several projects, which today he does not rate very highly. With the Krec group, the core of the Kitchen, he was introduced by Vladi from Casta. Smokey admits that it was Fuze and Marat who inspired him, convinced him to start recording a solo album, and helped with the studio. It all started with the recording of old texts, then - as if inspiration had come, new poems appeared, with a different content and message. The manner of reading has also changed drastically.
In 2004, Smokey Mo entered into an agreement with the label Respect Production, which published such rap teams as "Casta" and Yu.G., to release an album. The record called "Kara-Te" was released in the spring of the same year and received positive feedback. After the release of the album Smoky Mo actively travels around the country with concerts, and is also recording material for a new album. Smokey Mo left Kitchen Record in 2005. In the fall of 2006, the second album, Planet 46, was released on the Respect Production label. It was attended by such rap musicians as Decl, Umbriaco, Maestro A-Sid, Gunmakaz, RAPid, DJ Vadim, Kobi Zero, Shaali Sekira, Mister Malay, Vint.
On June 10, 2010, the third studio album entitled "Out of the Dark" was released. The album is very different in style from everything that has been done before it.
The album "Time of the Tiger" was released by the label "MadStyleMusic" with the support of "Soyuz Music" in early May 2011.
In 2011, he began cooperation with the creative association "Gazgolder".
Discography
Studio albums
2004 - Kara-Te
2006 - Planet 46
2010 - Out of the Darkness
2011 - Tiger Time
Participation on albums
CENTR - Ether is normal
Slim - Cold
Krec - No Magic
Basta - Basta 3
Noggano - Warm
Caste - True to the eye
Bore - "Cigarettes"
Decl - Here and Now
Decl - MosVegas 2012
Crip-a-Crip - Peter will tear, Moscow will decide
Slim - Azimuth
Kazhe Clip - The Most Dangerous LP
5Splash - 5.1
F.Y.P.M - Pay Day
Sandmen - Combustible mixture
Triagrutrica - T.G.K.lipsis
Mixtapes
Smokey Mo & DJ Nik One "Saint P Phenomen" 2009 (Rap.ru)
V-Style and Smokey Mo "200 years later" 2010 (Rap.ru)
Smokey Mo "Nostrils" 2003 (News from Rap Recordz #1)
Smokey Mo "Bullet Reasons" 2004 (Rap.ru)
Dirty (Assai), Smokey Mo "Agents" 2004
Smokey Mo feat. DJ Bazil "Man and Echo" 2005 (Rap.ru #2)
Smokey Mo "Molla" 2005 (Rap.ru -3)
DJ Nik One, Smokey Moe, Tony P "Real Life Game" 2009 (Rap.ru)
DJ Nik One, Smokey Mo, Dzhigan "Everything is exactly" 2009 (Rap.ru)
Bird, D.Masta, Smoke, Smokey Mo "Background" 2009 (Rap.ru)
Slim, Loc-Dog & Smokey Mo "The Show Goes On" 2009 ("It's Cold")
Smokey Mo, Rem Digga "Hardcore" 2011 (Rap.ru)
Smokey Mo, DJ Nik-One "Rustle in the bushes" 2011 (Rap.Ru)
Unofficial releases
Dynasty Dee "Unreleased Tracks" 2002 (Spot)
Smokey MO & Others "Instrumental Pack" 2007 (ALLBEATZ)
Smoky MO "Promo Recordings" 2007-2008 (Tref)
Smokey MO «Rare Tracks Collection» 2008 (HH-SHOP.narod.ru)
Smoky MO «Promo Tracks Vol.1-3» 2010 (Getalbums.ru)
Smokey Mo on "Hip-Hop TV" 2008 (Next Fm)
Smokey Mo feat. Le Truk - Sweet Mist (2007)
Smokey Mo - My Spiritual Foundation (2008)
Smokey Mo feat. CENTR - Traffic (2008)
Smokey Mo feat. Dead Poets - The Heat / The Roofs Are Burning Already (2008)
Smokey Mo feat. DJ Nik One, Tony P - Real Life Game (2009)
Smokey Mo feat. Bess - Rock Money (2009)
Smokey Mo feat. DJ Nik One, Dzhigan - Everything is exactly (2009)
Smokey Mo feat. Lyon - Spin (2009)
Smokey Mo - My Rock (Entrance) (2010)
Smokey Mo feat. Avatar Young Blaze, Berezin, Legion/P.Squad - Brother Connect (2010)
Smokey Mo feat. DJ Nik-One - Rustle in the Bushes (2011)
Smokey Mo feat. Mezza Morta - Leave me (2011)
Smokey Mo feat. Kirill Sedoy - Yes or no (2011)
Smokey Mo feat. Guf - Red Arrow (2011)
Smokey Mo - Lone Star (2011)
Smokey Mo - Me and my hip hop homie (2011)
Smokey Mo - Rock Star Girlfriend (2011)
Smokey Mo feat.Slim, Slovetsky & Dj Nik One - What's the matter? (2011)
Smokey Mo - Mister Vintage (2011)
Smokey Mo - Tuesday (2012)
Smokey Mo feat. Triagrutrika - Get to work (2012)
Smokey Mo - What You Can Do (2012)
Smokey Mo feat. Basta Slovetsky Tati - Freedom (2012)
Interesting facts from http://www.site
What is characteristic, the father of the brother's wife Smoky Mo- the head physician of a psychiatric hospital, therefore, in his first album (for example, the song "Durka") its atmosphere is described in such detail.
Smokey Mo participated in the filming of the video: Factor, Gus and Liana - "Where the stars do not go out" in 2000.
In 2009, Smokey Mo participated in the recording of a tribute to rock musician Ricochet "Enter the Dragon".
At the end of 2010, the Praktika Theater hosted a solo performance by Smokey Mo Crop Circles.
In 2011, he helped record the track and video of Guf "a" 200 lines ".
Official website launched in 2011 Smoky Mo.
Album "Tiger Time" Smoky Mo recorded in his home studio. Currently recording at the Salut Sound Recording Studio.
Special correspondent spoke with Smoky Mo. Smokey Mo was one of the members of Dynasty. Yes, Smokey from Peter. No, he is not Busta Rhymes or Ludacris. No, he's not a psycho with a certificate. No no no…
smokey mo interview
Today you are one of the most mysterious characters in Russian rap. Despite the fact that "Kara-Te" is said to be one of the most interesting albums of the year, your personality is shrouded in a veil of mystery. No interviews, no publicity. How satisfied are you with this state of affairs?
Smokey Moe: I, as a solo artist, appeared not so long ago, so not much is known about me. Further - more, but some things will still remain undisclosed ...
A.N.: Are you a secretive person?
S.M.: Of course! Why do you need to know so much about me?
A.N .: But after all, artists are public figures, constantly at gunpoint, someone is constantly prying into their personal lives. Are you afraid of such prospects?
S.M.: Hmmm... Well, if someone starts to meddle in my personal life, then I will start to come up with some moves, but for now everything is calm, I'm not worried.
A.N .: Since you are so mysterious, let's go back many years and try to get some details out of you. Where did you spend your childhood and youth?
S.M .: I was born in St. Petersburg (then it was still Leningrad), in the South-West of the city, I hung out there somewhere until the second grade, and then moved to Kupchino (such a famous, large area in St. Petersburg), and there already finished my studies up to the tenth grade ... Such things.
A.N.: And who are your parents?
C.M.: My parents are wonderful, kind people, so I usually hang out on the positive too!
A.N .: Can we say that you are from a prosperous family, with all the ensuing consequences?
SM: Whatever happens, my family has always been and remains prosperous for me! Maybe from the outside someone will say the opposite, but I don’t care - this is my family !!
A.N .: I just want to get to the bottom - did you grow up in the atmosphere of library theaters or vodka street, other outrages?
S.M .: There was a street, there was rap, there was vodka, booze, there were local clubs, but I chose it all myself ... When I lived in Kupchino, no one could influence me, it seems to me. Take the hand, for example, take me to see the opera (I would not fit in). Everyone with whom I then communicated and was friends lived the same way as I did - everything is very simple. In general, if you come to St. Petersburg sometime, call me, I'll take you to Kupchino - look at the beauties ... (smiles) But there seem to be no theaters there.
A.N.: What place did music occupy in this life span?
S.M.: I was constantly thinking about how wonderful it is to be a famous musician, earn money, go on tours and so on ... Therefore, from the age of 14 I began to rhyme diligently.
Now I think a little differently.
A.N.: Are you joking now – about lavekha, tours?
SM: Of course I'm joking... I started doing all this because of women!
A.N .: And who were these ladies, thanks to whom such a character as Smokey Mo appeared on the stage?
C.M.: I just didn’t sleep much today, my head doesn’t boil, so it’s hard to immediately remember everything that happened to me at the age of 14 ... But these same Ladies always inspired me.
A.N.: How do you define your style? People talk about themselves - gangsta, hardcore, bounce-herowns... Can you say something like that about yourself?
SM: That's what I don't really like to do - to drive my music into clear styles - it means to drive myself into a frame (my personal opinion). I just do rap - it must destroy all the frames!
A.N.: Are you concerned about the opinion of outsiders about your work?
CM: When I wrote the album, I listened only to those who were nearby (in fact, I wrote the album for these people), their opinion was important to me. It so happened that the album was released, and now many people can appreciate it, so I'm still interested in the opinion of outsiders.
A.N.: Your answers create an image of a self-sufficient, incomprehensible and depressive person. Just a rock 'n' roll hero! Maybe you are Kurt Cobain?
S.M .: Recently I read some rap article on the Internet, and there they even compared me with Vysotsky! (laughs) In general, I was faced with the fact that they constantly compare me with someone or try to compare, but all these comparisons are not very convincing in my opinion ... Where does depression come from (laughter)
A.N .: I wonder what you yourself think about such charismatic self-destructive idols as Morisson, Hendrix, Joplin or the same Vysotsky?
SM: Geniuses usually like to destroy themselves, but how much do they leave behind (although is it worth it)?! Of all the people you listed, I can single out Janis Joplin - I listened to her at one time, got high. Even in one of my songs it is mentioned!
A.N.: Why do you think there are no such bright people in rap?
SM: Such persons were and are in rap! Another fifteen or twenty years will pass and their names will begin to emerge slowly ...
A.N.: For example?
SM: Eminem... He will be written about in books as America's preeminent performer of the 20th and 21st century.
A.N .: And in Russia, do you think anyone will pull it?
S.M.: Everything is so fast in Russia... that I don't even know!
A.N.: Why are there so many sadness and anxiety in your lyrics? Don't you want to do funny rap?
S.M.: I am worried and worried about a lot of topics, and I am trying to tell about them (this is what I dedicated the album to)! But, as I said, I'm trying not to set limits, so the fatal fun will probably trample on, the main thing is to feel it when you write!
A.N.: What do you mean by fatal fun?
SM: When you turn all your depression upside down, then the fatal fun begins ... The main thing is not to turn yourself into one of those geniuses that we recalled. (laughs)
A.N.: How often do such upheavals happen to you? And in general, how does a typical ordinary Smokey Moe day go?
SM: Almost the whole summer of 2003 I tried to turn everything upside down, then the album was written very well! Days fly by in different ways, but something remains ... Family, rap, college, friends, records, movements, performances, letting rings into the sky ... (after a pause)
You know what I was thinking...
SM: Now for some reason I thought that my whole album, despite all the depression in the lyrics, was one continuous fatal fun while I was writing it ... So in the answers above, I lost sight of something. Damn, sleepless night again affected.
A.N.: I, too, seem to be beginning to understand that I have never heard anything more fun than "Kara-Te". Now I'm sitting, laughing and I can't find rational explanations for this. Biotoki... Do you pay much attention to rap now? What emerges from the new album?
S.M.: Probably 50 percent of my time is devoted to rap, and almost 50 percent of my time has already been collected for the new material, it remains only to correctly record everything, mix it, master it, make a design, launch a single, shoot a video ... In short, there is something to take time.
A.N.: Do you continue the Kara-Te line?
S.M.: The “Kara-Te” line will definitely be present, but progress is being made, and I can’t get away from it...
A.N.: In what direction?
S.M.: In different. Now I constantly listen to a lot of completely different rap and this, in my opinion, somehow affects me!
A.N.: Surely there will be more collaborations on the disc?
SM: Oh, yes, there will be a lot of collaborations... Unfortunately, solo is still in the minority!
A.N.: Aren't you afraid to get carried away by featuring and blur your individuality? And by the way, who are the candidates?
SM: Individuality cannot disappear, it can only transform for the better - if you develop it in yourself! 4 joint tracks have already been recorded, one of them is presented by me and a wonderful MC from the warm city of Krasnodar, Aysik! And in the project of joint tracks there are probably already 8 pieces ...
A.N.: Let's talk about texts. They contain many ambiguous and mysterious phrases, many different codes and ciphers. And the question immediately arises: are they decipherable?
S.M.: I call this inspiration: when you write, pictures, images, ciphers, etc. appear in your head. Time passes and everything remains only on the record, sometimes you go nuts yourself: “What did I mean by that?”. You have to rethink everything anew, so there is no one clear line in many tracks, you can always find and understand something in different ways! But there are, of course, topics where I clearly state everything, now I am trying to write more of them.
A.N .: In my opinion, in “Anton”, the lyrical hero comes to the shawarma? In my city, they call shawarma shawarma and sell it in kiosks, so they can’t “burn through the time of a person” there, you can only buy a havka and drop out. How is this going on in St. Petersburg?
SM: When I hear this line, I always smile. Initially, it looked like this: “... Anton has already got to the center, meter by meter, but first he decided to go to the tavern...” they changed the tavern to a shawarma (in St. Petersburg there are cafe-type shawarmas), I thought about it and decided to leave this phrase! Those who go to those places will probably think about their personality...
A.N.: And where did the fools, psychos and drug addicts come from in your texts? Did you make them up or were there prototypes?
S.M .: There are a lot of mentally ill people walking the streets in my city, they are everywhere, I know, but in St. Petersburg I notice them more often than anywhere else, and many of them were once healthy ... but maybe they are healthy? In general, this topic interests me!
A.N .: In my opinion, what are you hiding ... And where does the description of the hospital come from, amazing with the accuracy of details, where do these super-realistic details come from?
S.M.: My brother's wife has a father. a doctor in a suburban psychiatric hospital, by the way, he told me a lot about this place ... I usually describe everything from the outside. You see, I don’t have to move out myself to write about it, I can imagine it or describe what I saw or heard!
Quite well known to many, the Moscow creative association called "Gazgolder" secured cooperation with all the famous Russian rap artists Triagrutrika (Chelyabinsk) and Smokey Mo (Peter). At the moment, Gazgolder is already fully working on the concert activities of artists. In the near future, it is already planned to shoot several new video clips for the tracks of TGC “Where to go after the institute”, TGC feat. Smoky Mo"To work" and TGC feat. Noggano "At sunrise". All three soundtracks were previously released on a new release called T.G.K. lipsis".
To summarize: Smokey Mo used to do original psychedelic rap, since then the originality has somehow disappeared... Makes dull analogues of dirty south and does strange (or rather stupid) actions ... Not a cake, Smokey Mo is not a cake at all ...
Alexander Tsikhov is a Russian rap artist who has been doing what he loves for a long time and pleases many listeners not only in Russia, but also abroad. It is he who performs under the stage name Smokey Mo.Until 2015, he managed to record 5 albums, which included several dozen life compositions, as well as release a huge number of tracks recorded together with other equally famous performers.
Smokey Mo writes vital, not invented texts that can pierce the soul of every listener. It is because of this that every year the number of his loyal fans is growing rapidly.
Childhood and youth of Alexander Tsikhov
The talented rapper was born on September 10, 1982 in the cultural capital of Russia - St. Petersburg. Since childhood, he had two hobbies at once - creativity and karate. Smokey always wanted to be like the characters from the movies, so back in his school days he went to the karate section. Even then, he could stand up for himself and, without much effort, protect the weak and teach the bully a lesson. 
A few decades later, he admitted that if he hadn’t started playing music, he would definitely have continued to go to the karate section and become a professional athlete.
Sasha successfully entered and graduated from the St. Petersburg University of Culture and Arts, where he studied management and production. The books of the American writer Robert Alan Monroe, which mainly dealt with out-of-body experiences, had a great influence on his character and outlook on life. The guy always recommends it for reading to all his friends and fans.
The beginning of Smokey Mo's musical career
The desire to connect his life with music, and in particular with rap, appeared in the guy in 1997. Then he first got to a rap concert for the Tree of Life group and was truly inspired by their energy and success. From that moment on, he had an irresistible desire to record his own tracks and convey his feelings through music to listeners of any camp. 
He began attending various hip-hop parties and one day got into the circles of the Baltic clan community. It was there that he met Vika and Denis, with whom he later created his first group, Smoke.
The debut concert of the newly minted band was to be held in the city of Velikiye Luki, which is located not far from their native St. Petersburg. However, this event turned out not to be what the Smoke participants imagined it to be. The bus for them arrived much later, plus everything broke down on the way, so the group did not have time to come to their own concert. After such a small incident, the team ceased to exist.
From 1999 until the closing of Smokey Mo, he performed on the Wind in the Head project. During this time, he managed to release his first album "Señorita".
Alexander Tsikhov in the Dynasty Di group - Out of competition
After the completion of the project, the guy became a member of the Dynasty Di team. In addition to him, there was another guy in the group - Poli Valerio, who was more responsible for marketing and organization, and Smokey, in turn, was the creative half. As members of the Dynasty Di group, the guys were able to make themselves known and even receive a prestigious award - they won at the Rap Music festival. However, this victory did not bring special fees, but it made people talk about the guys and moved their work to the masses.
The Peak of Smokey Mo's Career
In 2003, the real creative solo life of Smokey Mo began. At one of the concerts, the guy met Fuse, a member of the Krec group, who brought him to the St. Petersburg recording studio Kitchen Records. It was after this that everything changed, right down to the manner of reading rap. The guy began to write completely different lyrics with a more vital meaning and record a new album.A year later, the rapper began to collaborate with the new label "Respect Production", within the walls of which his debut solo album "Kara-Te" saw the light. This record was an unprecedented success and sold out in considerable circulation, and the guy became a new rap star of that time and could compete with other well-known hip-hop artists.
In 2006, he recorded and released his second album Planet 46, which included tracks performed with popular rappers such as Decl, Umbriaco, Maestro A-Sid, Gunmakaz, RAPid, DJ Vadim, Kobi Zero, Shaali Sekira, Mister Small , Screw.
After that, Smokey Mo did not release any albums for a long time, we can say that he had a creative crisis. In 2009, the rapper finally pleased his fans with the release of a mixtape called "Saint-P Phenomen", in collaboration with DJ Nik One. A few months later, the guy started recording a new mixtape, 200 Years Later. This time he collaborated with the V-Style team, who were engaged in recording music.
For four years, Alexander composed tracks for the new album and finally, in the summer of 2010, he released his third disc called "Out of the Dark". The album includes only the most worthy compositions that can inspire not only listeners, but also Smokey Mo himself.
The album was radically different from the previous "Kara-Te" and "Planet 46". He was different musically, lyrics and method of reading. For 4 years, the rapper managed to completely change and look at music and life in general with a different look.
Smokey Mo and Basta - Ice (ft. Scriptonite)
In 2011, the fourth album of the Russian rapper "Tiger Time" was released. It was recorded by the famous label MadStyleMusic. However, this is not the only event that became significant in 2011. In addition to releasing a new album, Smokey Mo began to collaborate with the creative association "Gazgolder". It was founded by Vasily Vakulenko (Basta), and its participants at various times were Tati, Guf, AK-47, Triagrutrika, Scryptonite and Tony Tonite.
Smokey Mo's personal life
Smokey Mo can talk for hours about his work and about music in general, but he keeps silent about the details of his personal life. The guy believes that the listener should appreciate him for the tracks and musical work in general, rather than bother with unnecessary details of his relationship. 
It is only known that the rapper is not married, but he admits that most of his tracks were written thanks to the feelings that he had for the beautiful half of humanity.
Smokey Mo today
In 2012, the guy was on the list of the ten most famous stars from St. Petersburg. To be more precise, he was placed on the 7th line of this rating. At the end of the summer of 2012, together with the Triagrutrika team, the rapper performed the track “To Work” on the Red Star project, which was broadcast on Channel One. 
Also, the guy was chosen as a guest artist on the show "Evening Urgant", where he had the opportunity to perform the real hit of 2013 "Butterflies".
On June 11, 2013, the fifth album, entitled "Junior", was released. A year later, Smokey Mo had the opportunity to try himself as an actor. He starred in the debut film of rapper Basta "Gazgolder: Film", in which other famous Russian rap artists also appeared. At the end of the year, Smokey re-released his first album Kara-Te.
Smokey Mo and Tati - Shar (ft. Basta)
2015 was marked by a successful collaboration with rapper Basta. The guys managed to record an album with the uncomplicated name "Basta / Smokey Mo". It is worth noting that the premiere of the disc took place on New Year's Eve. A week later, "Basta / Smokey Mo" became the best-selling album in Russia.
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Alexander Tsikhov, better known by his stage name Smoky Mo(born September 10, 1982, Leningrad) is a Russian rapper, beatmaker and sound producer from St. Petersburg. At the moment, he has 6 solo studio albums, a joint album with Basta.
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Biography
While studying at school, he practiced karate for more than a year. In one of the interviews, he admitted that if it were not for music, he would have realized himself in sports. He graduated with a degree in show business manager-producer. Smokey Mo, by his own admission, was greatly influenced by the books of Robert Alan Monroe, the musician advises reading all the books of this author. The first four solo albums were recorded at home.
1997: The beginning of the creative path and the band Smokey Mo
In 1997, for the first time I got to a rap concert, it was a performance of the Tree of Life group, organized by the Baltic Klan in St. Petersburg. After attending this event, Smokey had a desire to read, record professionally, perform. He began to take the first steps in his work: he reread the texts of DA-108, recorded using two tape recorders, put a cassette with a beat on one, and turned on the recording from a microphone on the second. Now (2012) considers these experiments childish and pampering.
For the first time, Smokey Mo made people talk about himself in 2001 after winning the Rap Music festival as part of the Dynasty Di team. In 2003, the artist's sampler (mixed fragments of tracks posted for introductory listening) caused a lively discussion among rap runet activists.
Previously, Smokey had experience of participating in several projects, which today he does not rate very highly. With the Krec group, the core of the "Kitchen", he was introduced by Vladi from the "Casta". Smokey admits that it was Fuze and Marat who inspired him, convinced him to start recording a solo album, and helped with the studio. It all started with the recording of old texts, then - as if inspiration had come, new poems appeared, with a different content and message. The manner of reading has also changed drastically.
2003: Solo work
In 2003, after another Casta concert in St. Petersburg, Vlady comes to visit Smokey and offers to meet with the Krec group. So Alexander meets Fuze and Marat. Later, at a concert (the story doesn't say what the concert was), Smokey met Fuze in the dressing room. Fuze asked if Smokey rapped and invited him to his studio in the Southwest. After Smokey Mo got on Kitchen Records, by his own admission, he changed. Fuze made him believe in himself, convinced him to continue to rap and start recording a solo album. Alexander begins to record tracks using the lyrics written earlier. Inspiration appears, and with it new texts, a different content and message, and a new manner of reading.
2003-2006: Kara-Te and Planet 46
In 2004, Smokey Mo entered into an agreement with the Respect Production label, which published such rap teams as Kasta and YG, to release an album. The record called Kara-Te was released in the spring of that year and received positive feedback. After the release of the album, Smokey Mo actively travels around the country with concerts, and is also recording material for the new album. Smokey Mo leaves Kitchen-Records in 2005. In the fall of 2006, the second album, Planet 46, was released on the Respect Production label. It was attended by such rap musicians as Decl, Umbriaco, Maestro A-Sid, Gunmakaz, RAPid (now I1), DJ Vadim en en , Koby Zero, Shaali Axe, Mister Small , Screw.
2009: Saint P Phenomen, 200 years later
In 2009, new material from Smokey Mo was released, after a long pause from the release of the second album Planet 46. The mixtape was called "Saint-P Phenomen", which was fully produced by the Moscow beatmaker and DJ of the F.Y.P.M. - DJ Nik One. One of the tracks "In Bayonets" was performed in the style of "Kara-Te".
In the same year, another mixtape was released in the form of an Internet release, which was released in support of Smokey Mo's album "Out of the Dark" and the V-Style album "2010". The mixtape "200 years later" was recorded together with the Vladivostok rap group V-Style. The release consisted of 14 tracks. All music was composed by Bigg & Sin (V-Style) except for one track which was produced by Smokey Moe.
2010-2012: Coming Out of the Dark, Time for the Tiger, Gazgolder and the emergence of Mozi
On June 10, 2010, the third studio album entitled "Out of the Darkness" was released. The album is very different in style from the previous two.
In the summer of 2012, Alexander presented his own alter ego under the name Mozi (Russian Mozi), the music for which will be only from the best DJs and producers. In July, the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper published a list of the 10 most popular Petersburgers in Runet, in which Smokey Mo took 7th place, overtaking football player Alexander Kerzhakov, actress Oksana Akinshina and journalist Alexander Nevzorov in popularity. On August 25, Smokey Mo and the group "Triagrutrika" performed the song "To Work" on Channel One as part of the program
Name:
Smoky Mo
Zodiac sign:
Virgo
Place of Birth:
Leningrad
Activity:
rapper
Weight:
72 kg
Growth:
170 cm
Biography of Smokey Mo
Alexander Tsikhov is a Russian rap artist who has been doing what he loves for a long time and pleases many listeners not only in Russia, but also abroad. It is he who performs under the stage name Smokey Mo.
Until 2015, he managed to record 5 albums, which included several dozen life compositions, as well as release a huge number of tracks recorded together with other equally famous performers.
Smokey Mo is the pseudonym of Alexander Tsikhov
Smokey Mo writes vital, not invented texts that can pierce the soul of every listener. It is because of this that every year the number of his loyal fans is growing rapidly.
Childhood and youth of Alexander Tsikhov
The talented rapper was born on September 10, 1982 in the cultural capital of Russia - St. Petersburg. Since childhood, he had two hobbies at once - creativity and karate. Smokey always wanted to be like the characters from the movies, so back in his school days he went to the karate section. Even then, he could stand up for himself and, without much effort, protect the weak and teach the bully a lesson.
Smokey Mo as a child
A few decades later, he admitted that if he hadn’t started playing music, he would definitely have continued to go to the karate section and become a professional athlete.
Sasha successfully entered and graduated from the St. Petersburg University of Culture and Arts, where he studied management and production. The books of the American writer Robert Alan Monroe, which mainly dealt with out-of-body experiences, had a great influence on his character and outlook on life. The guy always recommends it for reading to all his friends and fans.
The beginning of Smokey Mo's musical career
The desire to connect his life with music, and in particular with rap, appeared in the guy in 1997. Then he first got to a rap concert for the Tree of Life group and was truly inspired by their energy and success. From that moment on, he had an irresistible desire to record his own tracks and convey his feelings through music to listeners of any camp.
Smokey Mo in his youth
He began attending various hip-hop parties and one day got into the circles of the Baltic clan community. It was there that he met Vika and Denis, with whom he later created his first group, Smoke.
The debut concert of the newly minted band was to be held in the city of Velikiye Luki, which is located not far from their native St. Petersburg. However, this event turned out not to be what the Smoke participants imagined it to be. The bus for them arrived much later, plus everything broke down on the way, so the group did not have time to arrive at their own concert. After such a small incident, the team ceased to exist.
From 1999 until the closing of Smokey Mo, he performed on the Wind in the Head project. During this time, he managed to release his first album "Señorita".
Alexander Tsikhov in the Dynasty Di group - Out of competition
After the completion of the project, the guy became a member of the Dynasty Di team. In addition to him, there was another guy in the group - Poli Valerio, who was more responsible for marketing and organization, and Smokey, in turn, was the creative half. As members of the Dynasty Di group, the guys were able to make themselves known and even receive a prestigious award - they won at the Rap Music festival. However, this victory did not bring special fees, but it made people talk about the guys and moved their work to the masses.
The Peak of Smokey Mo's Career
In 2003, the real creative solo life of Smokey Mo began. At one of the concerts, the guy met Fuse, a member of the Krec group, who brought him to the St. Petersburg recording studio Kitchen Records. It was after this that everything changed, right down to the manner of reading rap. The guy began to write completely different lyrics with a more vital meaning and record a new album.
A year later, the rapper began to collaborate with the new label "Respect Production", within the walls of which his debut solo album "Kara-Te" saw the light. This record was an unprecedented success and sold out in considerable circulation, and the guy became a new rap star of that time and could compete with other well-known hip-hop artists.
In 2006, he recorded and released his second album Planet 46, which included tracks performed with popular rappers such as Decl, Umbriaco, Maestro A-Sid, Gunmakaz, RAPid, DJ Vadim, Kobi Zero, Shaali Sekira, Mister Small, Vint.
Smokey Mo and Basta
After that, Smokey Mo did not release any albums for a long time, we can say that he had a creative crisis. In 2009, the rapper finally pleased his fans with the release of a mixtape called "Saint-P Phenomen", in collaboration with DJ Nik One. A few months later, the guy started recording a new mixtape, 200 Years Later. This time he collaborated with the V-Style team, who were engaged in recording music.
For four years, Alexander composed tracks for the new album and finally, in the summer of 2010, he released his third disc called "Out of the Dark". The album includes only the most worthy compositions that can inspire not only listeners, but also Smokey Mo himself.
The album was radically different from the previous "Kara-Te" and "Planet 46". He was different musically, lyrics and method of reading. For 4 years, the rapper managed to completely change and look at music and life in general with a different look.
Smokey Mo and Basta - Ice (ft. Scriptonite)
In 2011, the fourth album of the Russian rapper "Tiger Time" was released. It was recorded by the famous label MadStyleMusic. However, this is not the only event that became significant in 2011. In addition to releasing a new album, Smokey Mo began to collaborate with the creative association "Gazgolder". It was founded by Vasily Vakulenko (Basta), and its participants at different times were Tati, Guf, AK-47, Triagrutrika, Scryptonite and Tony Tonite.
Smokey Mo's personal life
Smokey Mo can talk for hours about his work and about music in general, but he keeps silent about the details of his personal life. The guy believes that the listener should appreciate him for the tracks and musical work in general, rather than bother with unnecessary details of his relationship.
Singer Glukoza and rapper Smokey Mo
It is only known that the rapper is not married, but he admits that most of his tracks were written thanks to the feelings that he had for the beautiful half of humanity.
Smokey Mo today
In 2012, the guy was on the list of the ten most famous stars from St. Petersburg. To be more precise, he was placed on the 7th line of this rating. At the end of the summer of 2012, together with the Triagrutrika team, the rapper performed the track “To Work” on the Red Star project, which was broadcast on Channel One.
Smokey Mo is full of creative plans
Also, the guy was chosen as a guest artist on the show "Evening Urgant", where he had the opportunity to perform the real hit of 2013 "Butterflies".
On June 11, 2013, the fifth album, entitled "Junior", was released. A year later, Smokey Mo had the opportunity to try himself as an actor. He starred in the debut film of rapper Basta "Gazgolder: Film", in which other famous Russian rap artists also appeared. At the end of the year, Smokey re-released his first album Kara-Te.
Smokey Mo and Tati - Shar (ft. Basta)
2015 was marked by a successful collaboration with rapper Basta. The guys managed to record an album with the uncomplicated name "Basta / Smokey Mo". It is worth noting that the premiere of the disc took place on New Year's Eve. A week later, "Basta / Smokey Mo" became the best-selling album in Russia.
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