Scriptonite

Adil Oralbekovich Zhalelov; born June 3, 1990, Leninskoye, Kazakh SSR), better known by his stage name SkriptonitSkryptonite (English: Skryptonite) is a Kazakh performer and music producer, founder of the Musica36.

Adil Oralbekovich Zhalelov (Kazakh: Әділ Оралбекұлы Жәлелов); born June 3, 1990, Leninskoye, Kazakh SSR), better known by his stage name Skriptonit (English: Skryptonite) is a Kazakh performer and music producer, founder of the Musica36. First loudly announced himself in 2013 with a video for the song "VBVVCTND", a year and a half later he released his debut album "House with Normal Phenomena", which became one of the most successful Russian-language rap albums in 2015.

In 2018, he split his work into two projects: Skryptonite and Gruppa Skryptonite. As Adil himself explained, this distinction concerns not only the recording of songs, but also concerts. Thus, Gruppa Skryptonite concerts are an eight-person music band and new arrangements, while Skryptonite concerts are a "rapper + DJ" format and perform to minusovki.

He is the most listened to artist in CIS for 2021 according to Music of the First.

Early years

Adil Kulmagambetov was born on June 3, 1990 in the village of Leninsky near Pavlodar city in the Northeast of Kazakhstan, born to Oralbek Zhalelovich Kulmagambetov (born 1 September 1953). He began making music as a teenager, at 11 he became interested in rap, at 15 he began composing music. Claims to have changed his last name from Kulmagambetov to Zhalelov as a young man (listed as "Kulmagambetov" in the State Revenue Committee register).

First successes

In 2009, Skriptonit, along with his friend Anuar Baimuratov (Niman), formed the band JILLZ. Besides them, the group consisted of Yuri Drobitko (Yurik Thursday), Sayan Zhimbaev (Truwer), Azamat Alpysbaev (Six O) and Aidos Dzhumalinov (Strong Symphony). Even before signing with Gazgolder, Skriptonit released several singles that became hits and managed to gain fans of his art, He also became famous as a performer of "real" trap-music. In 2013, Scriptonite, together with Niman, released the music video for the song "VBVVCTND" After that, he was interested in Russian production center Gazgolder. On February 27, 2014, it was revealed that Scriptonite had become a resident of this label. Subsequently, Scriptonite stated that 2014 was the pivotal year in his life.

In 2015, he participated in the creation of a joint album Basta and Smokey Mo titled "Basta / Smokey Mo". The single "Cosmos", recorded with Dasha Charusha, topped the iTunes charts and was 22nd on The Flow's "50 Best Tracks of 2015". The music videos for the songs "Ice" and "Slumdog Millionaire" featuring Scriptonite garnered millions of views on YouTube The music video for the song "Slumdog Millionaire" was subsequently ranked #2 in the top "Best Russian Clips of 2015" by Rap.ru, and the song "Ice" was ranked #46 on The Flow's Top 50 Tracks of 2015. In October 2015, Scriptonite was among the finalists for the Jagermeister Indie Awards in the hip-hop category. In the summer of 2016, Scriptonite was among the contenders in the 2016 Discovery of the Year category of the popular men's magazine GQ.

2015. "House with Normal Phenomena"

Main article: House with Normal Phenomena

Skriptonite's debut album titled "House with Normal Phenomena" (allusion to the title of the movie "House with Paranormal Phenomena") was released on November 24 2015 and reached number two on the album chart iTunes, overtaking the album Gorgorod by Russian rapper Oxxxymiron and behind new album by British singer Adele. Gazeta.Ru columnist Yaroslav Zabaluev noted that "in an hour and a half, Jalelov offers not just conceptual, atmospheric work, but also a fair amount of genre diversity, from trap and new York hip-hop to almost gospel.

"House with Normal Phenomena" became one of the most successful Russian rap albums of 2015, and Scriptonite himself was voted "rapper of the year" by online publication Colta.ru. "Dom..." made the list of "20 Best Albums of 2015" by Gazeta.Ru and was awarded 6th place in the "30 Best Albums of the Year" list by Afisha". The album took 1st place in the list of the best Russian-language albums according to Rap.ru and The Flow.

The video clip for the song "Style" took 5th place in the list of "Best Russian videos of 2015" according to Rap.ru, and the song itself ranked 15th on The Flow's Top 50 Tracks of 2015 list. In the same top spot, the song "Dance by Yourself" was ranked #3.Afisha included the video clip for the song "Priton" in the list of "100 Greatest Clips of 2015".

2016. Jillzay Band, GQ Awards

Skriptonite's second album was originally scheduled to be released on the same day as his debut album. In an interview with Meduza Scriptonite assured that the almost finished album titled 3P (reads English: tripy) should be released in January 2016, but for unknown reasons, the album never appeared on the stated deadline. It later became known that Skryptonite's second studio album would be titled "Hotel Everest".

In September 2016, the Russian edition of the men's magazine GQ recognized Skryptonite as "Discovery of the Year".

On October 29, 2016, the band Jillzay, of which Scriptonite is listed as a member, released an 18-track album 718 Jungle. The performer took part in half of all songs.