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WWO

Jedker, Sokol and DJ Deszczu Strugi are the members of WWO, the name standing for "W Witrynach Odbicia" and "W Wyjatkowych Okolicznosciach". The artists are rooted in the hip hop crew ZIP Sklad, composed of three groups: WWO, Zipera and Fundacja. Between 1996-1999 ZIP Sklad and its projects, namely WWO, recorded a number of tracks, part of which hadn't been released, the other part being released on different compilations. They also recorded part of the lyrics for the albums of Molesta, Wzgorze Ya-Pa 3 and DJ 600 Volt. In 1997 Sokol and Pono made their first public appearance onstage, giving a performance for a total amount of 3500 people, as a support before RUN DMC. In September of 1999 ZIP Sklad released its first album "Chleb powszedni". In 2000 WWO recorded its first album "Masz i pomysl". The album was a huge success. With its big sales it becomes a classic of the genre. The single "Jeszcze bedzie czas" stayed on top of the music charts for a long time, satisfying the viewers of MTV and Viva Polska. This was the beginning of the numerous offers of collaboration Jedker and Sokol started receiving. In December of 2001 due to a conflict with the former label, the group "W Witrynach Odbicia" became "W Wyjatkowych Okolicznosciach", because of the termination of contract and judicial reasons. The new member of the group was DJ Deszczu Strugi, one of the best DJs in Poland. The group being strengthened by such a talented artist released its second album, entitled "We wlasnej osobie" in 2002, produced by the best Polish producers: Waco, White House and Noon, as well as the French producer duo, Reego and Doltz. The album featured many important guests, such as ZIP Sklad, Hemp Gru, Mor W.A, Peja and the French group Soundkail. After an enormous success of its second album, WWO cemented its position on the Polish hip hop market and proved that it belongs on the top. The album's material was presented during 150 concerts the group gave, whereas several of the tracks became undisputable hits. Between 2002-2004 such WWO tracks as: "Damy rade", "Nie boj sie zmiany na lepsze", "W Wyjatkowych Okolicznosciach", "Sen", "Kazdy ponad kazdym" (from the White House's album, Kodex 2) and "U Ciebie w miescie" (WWO and Vienio & Pele's joint EP) stayed on top of the music charts for months and had the best rotation on TV. Additionally, their video clips won numerous prizes. In 2005 WWO recorded a song together with the legendary Michal Urbaniak for his project "Urbanator 3". Sokol, Jedker and Deszczu all have impressive lists of people they've collaborated with, including the biggest artists from Poland as well as other countries. At the end of 2005 WWO made its next appearance. It went as far as to release two albums the same day. Prosto, after some time, regained the right to use the name "W Witrynach Odbicia" and promoted one of the albums with this name, and the second record with the name "W Wyjatkowych Okolicznosciach". Therefore, in December of 2005 two album appeared: WWO "Zycie na kredycie" (Jedker's concept) and WWO "Witam was w rzeczywistosci" (Sokol's concept). The uniqueness of the CDs was assured by the producers, who provided the group with beats. The producers include The Horsemen from the USA, Beathoavenz and Shuko from Germany, DJ Wich from the Czech Republic, Zoober Slimm from Switzerland and a number of Polish producers: White House, Emade, Kuba O., Korzen, L.A.B.Z., Zusto, Uraz and others. Other MCs on the album apart from Sokol and Jedker include Intouchable, Toma and Soundkail from France, Kontrafakt from Slovakia, Orion from the Czech Republic, Black E-Starr from the USA, as well as the Polish ZIP Sklad, Firma, Hemp Gru, Proceder, Malolat, Juras, Mercedresu and others. The albums are separate, yet connected to one another mainly thanks to DJ Deszczu Strugi, but also the presence of Sokol on Jedker's album and Jedker on Sokol's project. The design of the album covers also contributed to the huge success. The album sales were excellent, the group gave concerts in Poland and abroad and the single "Moge wszystko", "Minorum gentium" and "I tak to osiagne" stayed on top of the music charts and were played on TV for months to come. In June of 2006 the minialbum of Molesta, WWO and OSTR was released entitled "Rbk hip hop tour 2006", promoting their joint tour.

Facts about WWO:

So far, 6 WWO singles reached the number one spots on music charts and stayed there sometimes even up to 5 months. WWO was one of the groups that during the years 2000-2004 gave the most concerts in Poland. Till now they did over 250 shows. The group gave numerous concerts abroad- England, Ireland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Lithuania, Germany and the USA. It received four Slizg Magazine "Slizger" prizes in 2002 for the album of the year, clip of the year, artist of the year and DJ of the year. They also received Hip-hop.pl Magazine's prize for the album of the year in 2002. They received a nomination for the main polish music industry prize Fryderyk in 2002 in the category of best hip hop group. The group won a prize for the clip "Sen" at the Yach Film Festival. They were awarded the Bronze Off prize for the video "Sen" at the Offensive Festival. WWO was also nominated for EMPIK's "Ace" in 2005 for the best selling hip hop album of the year, "Witam was w rzeczywistosci". They became the Artists of the year in 2005 in WooDoo and Hip- hop.pl's plebiscite. They won the prize "Srebrna Iglica" at the Offensive Festival for the clip "Kazdy ponad kazdym".

DISCOGRAPHY (ALBUMS):

1999 ZIP SKLAD "chleb powszedni" (CD, MC) - RRX
2000 WWO "masz i pomysl" CD, MC, LP) - BMG
2002 WWO "we wlasnej osobie" (CD, MC) - PROSTO
2005 WWO "witam was w rzeczywistosci" (CD, LP) - PROSTO
2005 WWO "zycie na kredycie" (CD, LP) - PROSTO

DISCOGRAPHY (SINGLES, MAXIS, VINYLS):

2000 WWO "obejrzyj sobie wiadomosci" - BMG
2001 WWO "jeszcze bedzie czas" - BMG
2002 WWO "moda" - PROSTO
2003 WWO "damy rade" - PROSTO
2003 WWO "nie boj sie zmiany na lepsze" - PROSTO
2004 WWO & VIENIO PELE "u ciebie w miescie" - EMBARGO
2006 WWO & MOLESTA & OSTR "rbk hip hop tour 2006" - EMBARGO
2007 JEDKER REALISTA "CZAS NA PRAWDE" - PROSTO

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