Three albums, 50 artists, and 30 tracks: 3rd Army Corps label releases ‘Ukrainian People's Radio' project’

With its ‘monumental’ project ‘Ukrainian People's Radio’, AB3 Music, the record label of the Third Army Corps, captures a cross-section of Ukrainian society through rap as ‘the universal language of the people’. The recording featured both civilian artists and producers, as well as service members of the 3rd Army Corps, while rap collective PVNCH produced the project

About the сoncept behind ‘Ukrainian People's Radio’

The album’s central themes are unity and inner strength. Speaking to DTF Magazine, Sashko Kudrynetskyi from PVNCH explains that the project aims to ‘destroy’ the inferiority complex within Ukrainian rap and demonstrate that the genre, like Ukrainian culture as a whole, is ‘mature, constantly evolving, built across generations and shaped by generations, with a voice and vision to share with the world’.

‘Above all, this is music of the people — it captures the conversations happening in kitchens, barbershops, or dugouts and puts them into song. That is why we are the voice of the people and carry these exact ideas’, he says.

The idea for the large-scale hip-hop project came to AB3 Music creative director Illia Kuchman two years ago, before the label itself was established. From the very start, the team had planned to involve many artists, and work on ‘Ukrainian People's Radio’ took around six months.

Who took part in the creation of ‘Ukrainian People's Radio’?

According to Kudrynetskyi, most of the music was created specifically for ‘Ukrainian People's Radio’, though artists also brought in ready-made tracks that aligned with the overall concept.

‘Ukrainian People's Radio’ was divided into three separate albums: ‘U’, ‘N’ and ‘R’. Each features 10 tracks and four radio-style jingles voiced by PVNCH themselves.

‘Everything was put together for maximum listening ease. So whether they’re in the car, at home, at a party or just listening through headphones, they can enjoy the full diversity of Ukrainian rap in one continuous flow… These albums are completely different, eclectic and offer something for every taste. In fact, this total contrast in tracks, content, and artists is precisely what they have in common’.

The final selection of 30 tracks was chosen from more than 60 compositions. The recordings featured TNMK, alyona alyona, MC Petya, cybermykola, MUCHNOY, loco-flamer, SKOFKA, KALUSH Orchestra, roma maik, Dovhyi Pes, Frai i skalo and BRATSKE KOLO, as well as Third Army Corps service members ANYMAN, Krov, Yuhar, Sidzhyk and MARMEK, who worked on their tracks while serving.

Production on ‘Ukrainian People's Radio’ was handled by Oleksandr Musevych, Sieva Shutka from DK Enerhetyk, Mirage Camp 2024 participant fimamaru, beatmakers YungKerya, Big Brook and Santorin, and producer Hadouken, whose track ‘Let’s Go’ with rapper Key Glock went platinum in the US.

The album also features MC Petya’s single ‘Kanives’, which was used in 398,000 videos and reached 189,000 streams on Spotify.. Producer GERALD 032 shared more about the story behind the collaboration with the Third Army Corps in our article.

‘The entire project was created specifically to prove that these imagined divides don't exist — we are united, we stand together and we can work effectively towards a common goal’, Kudrynetskyi adds, referring to the collaboration between military personnel and civilian artists on the project.

In line with previous AB3 Music releases, royalties from ‘Ukrainian People's Radio’ will go towards supporting the Third Army Corps.

About AB3 Music’s previous releases

In 2024, the Third Assault Brigade (now the Third Army Corps) unveiled ‘EPOKHA’ — a compilation album featuring tracks by Ukrainian artists and bands, accompanied by a series of music videos directed by Ukrainian filmmakers. The project culminated in a concert featuring the participating artists.

Tracks for ‘EPOKHA’ were recorded by Hatespeech, DK Enerhetyk, 229, PVNCH, Renie Cares, Prokliatyi ***, Zwyntar and Proroky, while directors Illia Dutsyk, Sasha Tuz, Anton Satanovskyi, Vadym Piniahin, Mariia Ozirna, Kateryna Lemeshynska, directing duo LAMPERFECT and Yevhenii Lesnevskyi also contributed to the project.

In December 2025, service members of the Third Assault Brigade released the album ‘Camp3’. Over three days, they created six tracks together with Ukrainian musicians GRABAR, Badwor7h, Yuvi, Hyphen Dash, Zheka Kurhan and Sasha Chemerov.

The second military music camp resulted in the album ‘1654’, recorded by active-duty military artists of the Third Army Corps between combat missions, under the mentorship of Kurs Valüt, The Maneken, Zhenia Kurhan, Nord Division and Hyphen Dash.