A founding member of Russian hip-hop pioneers Bad Balance, Vlad Valov influenced a staggering number of the country's biggest music players. Meaning ‘a little' in Russian slang, Detsl infuses his rhymes with reggae beats, while Ukrainian chanteuse Elka gives R&B a Russian flavour. Here, Valov's own projects both as Master SheFF and with trailblazers Bad Balance are also thrust into the spotlight.