Same vintage as Nas's Illmatic, The Notorious B.I.G.'s Ready to Die, and Beastie Boys' Ill Communication. Back when hip-hop in Poland was still in its infancy and rapping in one's native tongue was still a novel act, this pioneering 1994 work arrives on vinyl for the first time, 30 years later, via the Polish label The Very Polish Cut Outs. All 18 tracks, including the hit "Czujee się lepiey" (I Feel Better). A DIY, lo-fi, experimental roughness paired with the quiet psychedelia that comes from an Eastern European local scale. The performances hover between rap and spoken poetry, prayer and rage, with a palpable tension — forget what's being said and just catch what's being poured out. (Original Japanese text by Adachi)