The Story of Alisher
| "The Story of Alisher" | ||||
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| Song by Oxxxymiron | ||||
| Language | Russian | |||
| Released | 13 December 2022 | |||
| Recorded | 2022 | |||
| Genre | hip hop, rap | |||
| Length | 7:17 | |||
| Songwriter | Oxxxymiron | |||
| Producers | Porchy, Gore Ocean & XWinner[1] | |||
| Oxxxymiron singles chronology | ||||
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The Story of Alisher (also Morgenshtern RIP) is a diss track by Russian rapper Miron Fyodorov (Oxxxymiron) aimed at Morgenshtern, released on 13 December 2022 as a single and music video. The song is Oxxxymiron's response to Morgenshtern's diss track "Ya ubil Marka" ("I Killed Mark"), which was released earlier on 11 November 2022. By March 2024, the video had amassed over 21 million views on YouTube.
Background and release
Prelude
On 21 October 2022, Morgenshtern released his "last album in Russian", Last One. Its opening track used a sample from the track "Ne s nachala" ("Not From The Beginning") from Oxxxymiron's album Gorgorod, which is a skit – an audio message from the lyrical character Kira addressed to another lyrical character, Mark. In his track, Alisher seemingly responds to Kira's words "Mark, privet, eto Kira" ("Mark, hello, it's Kira") with his own "Kakoy, nakhuy, Mark? Ty cho, yebanulas?" ("What fucking Mark? Are you out of your mind?"). Prior to this, Oxxxymiron had stopped responding to Alisher in private messages, and his track "Gryaz'" ("Dirt") from the album Krasota i urodstvo featured a voice message where someone sends Miron respect and invites him to Ufa. Morgenshtern is from there – leading people to think it was his voice.[2]
In response, Miron released his first diss track aimed at Morgenshtern, titled "Bassline Business". The reason for the diss was not only the interpolation of Kira's words in Alisher's track but also his earlier jabs at Oxxxymiron. One of them was how Morgenshtern, at the 2020 GQ awards, repeated Miron's speech from the analogous 2012 awards verbatim.[3]
In response to the diss, Alisher released his own diss on 11 November, titling it "Ya ubil Marka" ("I Killed Mark"), as if answering the question from Miron's single "Kto ubil Marka?" ("Who Killed Mark?").[4] Following this, Restorator stated that he was ready to organize a rap battle between Oxxxymiron and Morgenshtern.[5]
Release
The new response diss from Oxxxymiron, titled "The Story of Alisher", was released on 13 December 2022.[6] The title references "The Story of Adidon" – a 2018 diss track by American rapper Pusha T aimed at Drake.[7]
Reaction
On the day of the diss's release, Morgenshtern reacted in his Telegram channel: "Thanks to me, Miron made his first normal song and video in 5 years.",[8] "blyat, a 40-year-old opposition member dissing Morgenshtern from a trash can, in a woman's dress, showing dick and ass in the video."[9]
The next day, Morgenshtern, in an Instagram Reel, challenged Fyodorov to a rap battle on the Versus Battle platform.
And on 26 December, he held a stream where he watched and commented on the diss video,[10] also stating that there would be no response diss.[11]
Notes
- ^ "Genius". Archived from the original on 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ ""Дед съел Моргенштерна": Оксимирон "The Story of Alisher" — о чём дисс на Моргенштерна, разбор текста". The Flow (in Russian). 13 December 2022. Archived from the original on 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ Анастасия Цой (13 November 2020). "Моргенштерн на премии GQ слово в слово повторил речь Оксимирона". Afisha Daily (in Russian). Archived from the original on 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ Владимир Завьялов (16 November 2022). "Конфликт Моргенштерна* и Оксимирона* — супер. Он на миг возвращает потерянную эпоху". Afisha Daily (in Russian). Archived from the original on 12 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ "Ресторатор готов организовать баттл Оксимирона и Моргенштерна". The Flow (in Russian). 13 November 2022. Archived from the original on 27 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ^ Юлия Онодэра (13 December 2022). "«Клоун горько язвит»: Оксимирон* выпустил трек «The Story of Alisher», посвященный Моргенштерну*". Afisha Daily (in Russian). Archived from the original on 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ "Oxxxymiron выпустил дисс на Моргенштерна". The Flow (in Russian). 13 December 2022. Archived from the original on 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ "MORGENSHTERN – Telegram". Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ "MORGENSHTERN – Telegram". Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ "Сегодня состоится прямая трансляция от Morgenshtern'a". rap.ru. 26 December 2022. Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ "РЕАКЦИЯ МОРГЕНШТЕРНА НА КЛИП OXXXYMIRON — THE STORY OF ALISHER (Morgenshtern RIP)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.