Jala Brat Explained

Jala Brat
Birth Name:Jasmin Fazlić
Birth Date:1986 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Years Active:2000–present
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Years Active:2000–present
Instrument:Vocals

Jasmin Fazlić (born 16 October 1986), known by his stage name Jala Brat, is a Bosnian rapper, songwriter and producer. He is best known for collaborating with another Bosnian rapper Buba Corelli.

Jala also represented Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 by co-writing and performing "Ljubav je" together with Dalal, Deen and Ana Rucner but failed to qualify to the final.[1]

In the summer of 2016, Jala announced he would run as a candidate for the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) in Bosnia's 2016 municipal elections.[2]

Career

Beginning of the career

Jala started making rap music in 2004 at his improvised house-studio. Later, he formed a Hip hop group Bluntbylon with Smayla and several other members. Their career started mostly on YouTube. He also made a few solo-works at that period. In 2011, he released his first EP Replay, on which his first song with Buba Corelli appeared.

2012 works

In 2012 he released his first solo album Riječ na riječ. He also released EP Mahala with Shtela. He also started making album Lice Ulice, but it is still unfinished yet. In 2012 two singles were released, (Lice Ulice and Uzeću vam sve).

In 2015, Dom, the third single from album was released, revealing that the project is not canceled but only paused. Also, in 2012 Jala, alongside Buba Corelli, started releasing singles from EP SA Sin City. There were 5 singles released, and EP was fully completed in 2013.

Pakt s Đavolom alongside Buba Corelli

On 16 November 2014, the first single from the album, "Bez Tebe", was released. Full album was released on 13 December 2014, following three singles (22, Trinidad & Tobago and Borba). The album gained huge success and Jala and Corelli were the most listened rappers in Bosnia and Herzegovina at the time.

After the success of Pakt s Đavolom, in 2015 both Jala and Buba Corelli began to shift their musical style to be more commercial and less underground than they had been before. In 6 September Jala released a single Casino.Buba Corelli was jailed during that time, and Jala continued to make music without him until the end of Eurovision when Corelli was released.

During Corelli's time in jail, Jala released a single Dom from album Lice Ulice that was dedicated to Corelli and 3 other rappers who were jailed alongside him. Although he wasn't singing turbo-folk himself, he made several works with turbo-folk artists Dado Polumenta (Dominantna), Maya Berović (To me radi, with Buba Corelli as a co-star) and Mile Kitić's daughter, Elena Kitić. On 28 July 2016, Elena released her first official song Folira where Jala was a co-star.

In October 2016, both Jala and Buba Corelli announced that they will publish new album "Kruna". Album contains 8 singles. It was more commercial than their last albums, and most of the songs don't include both Jala and Buba. Only two singles, Klinka and Ne Volim (featuring Elena) were made by both of them. 3 singles, Comfort, Sporije and Dokaz were made by Buba Corelli only, and rest of them, Restart, La Martina and Bakšiš were made by Jala. The album used advanced technology, with 6 out of 8 singles published with 4K videos, and two lyrics videos.

On 27 March 2017, he collaborated with Croatian singer Severina on her song "Otrove" ("Poision"). The music video was viewed around 15 million times in less than a month, and 29 million times after two months, and overall 105 million views on her YouTube channel. They collaborated again next year in 2018, following their success with "Otrove", on her song "Magija" ("Magic"). He was the producer and songwriter for her songs: "Halo", "Daleko ti kuća" ("Far away is your home"), "Tutorial", for her album "Halo" released in 2019.

Collaboration with other rappers

Since 2011 Jala was mostly collaborating with Bosnian underground rappers that were mostly popular at that time. Besides Buba Corelli, he was known for his work with his colleagues from Bluntbylon, with Smayla as most popular one. He was also working with Buba Corelli's group G recordz and their members.

He also made several songs with rappers Klijent and Anći and also members of the Sarajevo groups Treća Smjena Crew, Capital City Crew and Dlan Beats. In 2012 he was working with one of the biggest Bosnian rappers, Frenkie, with whom he released music video Ne odustajem for the song of the same name from Riječ na Riječ. He later made several works with Serbian Juice who was also his guest on Pakt s Đavolom. In 2018, he released the promotional single "Mafia" with Buba Corelli.[3]

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
AUT
[4]
CRO
Billb.

[5]
GER
[6]
SUI
[7]
"Plijen"
2013rowspan="16"
"Bad"2017Alfa & Omega
"Glamur"
"Ultimatum"
Alfa & Omega
"Mlada i luda"
"Nema bolje"
40
"Mafia"
2018
"Ona'e"
"O kako ne bi"
"Benga po snijegu"
"Mila"
2019
"Bebi"
"Kamikaza"
42
"Mat"rowspan="2"
"Karantin"
2020
"Partijam"Futura
"Divljam"
2021356 rowspan="13"
"Trči"
"Roze"
602
"Criminal"
2022113618
"Warsaw"
1
"Coco"
551
"LaMelo"
731
"Terenac"
"Coco 2.0"
508771
"Shake It"
5
"Karamel"
2023232
"S.O.S."
521
"Da li si me"
522
"GoodFellas"
13GoodFellas
"Désolé"
"Dans la tess"
"Padam"
3GoodFellas
"Randevu"23Goat Season (Part One)
"Ona nije ja :)" (Remix)
2024rowspan="2"
"Go Go (Challenge)"
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.
"*" denotes a recording released before the chart's launch.

As featured artist

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
AUT
"To me radi"
2016Viktorijina tajna
"Folira"
rowspan="2"
"Ego"
2017
"Otrove"
Halo
"#Imamoproblem3"
rowspan="2"
"Bol"
"Magija"
2018Halo
"Pablo"
202073rowspan="2"
"Makarov"
2022
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was released before the chart was launched.

Promotional singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
AUT
CRO
Billb.

"Bijele flaše"
2021Futura
"Futura"
"Dugme"
"Moskva"
"Andale"
"Noć"
628
"LMTD"rowspan="2"
"MBM"
"Pilula"
11
"Dostojevski"
23
"Maria"
rowspan="4"
"OMG"
"Film"
"Adrenalina"
"10 do 2"
202336GoodFellas
"Aisha"
"Bad Bitch"
"Dale"
386
"Hakimi"
25
"La Muria"
"Marakesh"
4
"Savastano"
"Zvijer"
"Puklo nebo"
20245Goat Season (Part One)
"7ice"
374Anima (Part One)
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.
"*" denotes a recording released before the chart's launch.

Other charted and certified songs

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
AUT
CRO
Billb.

SUI
"Zove Vienna"
201936rowspan="2" 99
"LaLaLa"
4895Augen Husky
"Vajbuje"
20235Plava krv
"Rosalia"
20242Goat Season (Part One)
"Monster"
3
"Punta Cana"12
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.
"*" denotes a recording released before the chart's launch.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leon. Jakov I.. Jordan. Paul. Dalal, Deen, Ana & Jala sing 'Ljubav je' for Bosnia & Herzegovina!. eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 21 February 2016. 19 February 2016.
  2. https://www.vecernji.ba/vijesti/kandidati-na-izborima-glumci-pjevaci-glazbenici-nogometasi-1100191 "Kandidati na izborima: Glumci, pjevači, glazbenici, nogometaši..."
  3. Web site: Spot "Mafia" Jale Brata i Bube Corellija za dva dana prikupio više od milion i po pregleda. 17 April 2018. Klix. 13 June 2018.
  4. Web site: 30 August 2019 . Austrian Charts . 26 April 2020 . Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  5. Web site: Offizielle Deutsche Charts . 2023-01-08 . Offizielle Deutsche Charts.
  6. Web site: Discographie Jala Brat . 2023-01-08 . Swiss Hitparade.
  7. Web site: 5 October 2021 . Jala Brat – Gold & Platin . 8 January 2023 . . de-AT.