Baja Mali Knindža: Difference between revisions

While Baja's debut album was released in 1992, his start in the music industry would be in 1985 where he was primarily a lyricist at Jugodisk under the name "M. Pajčin Baja". His first songwriting credit would be on the [[Borislav Ličanin]] song "Oko mene lepe žene" from the album of the same name. He would also write the song "Jasna je meni donijela sreću" for the 1986 album ''A oj Liko zavičajna sliko'' and "[[Kad se slože ravnice i brda]]" for the 1987 album of the same name. The 1990 album, ''Sve što imam, to mi je u lici'' would be the first album to feature the song "Nemoj me lagati, mila", predating its appearance in ''[[Kockar bez sreće]]'' by three years. In 1989, Baja would contribute to one of Tromeđe's biggest hits, "Nema raja" as he was the primary lyricist for Tromeđa's ''[[Pjesme Dalmacije, Like i Krajine]]''. The song has since been covered by artists such as [[Bora Drljača]], [[Minđušari]], and [[Žare i Goci]]. He would contribute to the title track of the 1991 Milivoje Đurišić album ''Crnogorsko Srce'' before releasing his debut album.

In 1993, Baja began to add the "Knindža" to his moniker and wrote songs for artists in PGP RTS, the label that two years prior refused to publish his debut album. He would write the song "Rastanak" with the music being composed and performed by Rođa Raičević in ''Tako Je Suđeno''. It would also be covered by Cakana in the same year, although Baja would not be credited. He would also write the lyrics for "Đetić bez mane" for the 1993 Miloje Bubanja album, ''[[Život teče dalje]]''. He would also write and compose "[[Čujem da me tražiš]]" and "[[Dosta je bilo lutanja]]" for Jane Kačar's ''Smiluj se, Bože'', published by Produkcija "Južni Vetar". While at Nina Trejd, he would compose and produce Goran Krajišnik's debut album, ''Koridor slobode'' as well as contribute an early version of "Dražo" (titled "[[Ustani čiča Dražo]]") to the Boro Srbin album ''Ja sam Srbin''. At SuperTon, he wrote the song "Prvi put" for Nina Nikolić's ''[[Azbuka ljubavi]]''. Baja would also compose for Boban Zemunac's debut album, ''[[Ne daj se Srbijo moja]]'' and would feature an early version of "[[Neće biti granica na Drini]]". Its title track would use the tune of "Nemoj me lagati mila" and some elements in the instrumentals throughout the album would appear in later Baja albums albeit slightly altered.

While Baja only released one album in 1994, he would contribute to many albums that year. He would write the song "Princeza" for the album ''Maximalan'' by Srećko Ćosić (who would later guest star in Zbogom oružje and Plači voljena zemljo). He would write the song "Kapetan Dragan" for Bora Drljača on the album ''[[Nedam Krajine]]'' (whose title track is a cover of "[[Ne dam Krajine (song)|Ne dam Krajine]]") and "Pismo" for the Mile Delije album, ''[[Siromah bez rodnog kraja]],'' both released by Master Music (though the former was also released by [[Melos]]). He was the primary songwriter in the Gordan Krajišnik album, ''[[Život damo Krajine ne damo]]'' with the formerly live-only "Nikad više zajedno" having an official studio release. The song "Prsti sudbine" would appear again the next year in the Nina Kay album, ''Nisi Taj''. He would write for Rade Tešić's and Braća sa Dinare's debut albums both published by SuperTon.

In 1995, Baja wouldn't contribute as much as the previous year as he would write the lyrics to "Stara kalja a momak u duši" for the Bora Draljača album ''Nema raja bez svog zavičaja'' (whose title track is a cover of "Nema raja") and wrote the song "Nestao si kao dim" for the Simona album of the same name, both being published by PGP RTS. Baja would also be the primary songwriter for Gordan Krajišnik's ''Nema laži, nema prevare'' with a disco version of "Nema raja" (renamed to "Nema raja, bez rodnog kraja"). He would also be the primary songwriter for ''[[Bila jednom jedna zemlja]]'' and ''Seobe''.

In 1996, Baja would contribute to six more albums from SuperTon: ''Svrati posle snegova'' with Obrad Vukovljak, ''[[Plači voljena zemljo]]'', the songs "Pesma za ostavljene" and "Zorica" on Vojo Terzić's ''[[Kraljica bez krune]]'', the title track and "Hey nevero" on Sveto Jovanović's ''[[Boem]]'', the song "Ranjeni lav" on Sveto Tulić's ''[[Prokleta žena]]'', and "Što me gledaš kad mi nedaš" for Dar - Mar's [[Dar - Mar (Album)|self-titled album]]. At Diskos, he wrote "Imala je oči" and the title track for Jane Kačar in ''I bogati plaču'', "Čekala me majka" on Božo Vorotivić's debut album, ''Nedam te!'', and "Ženama sam dušu dao" in Svemir Serdar's debut album ''Momak najbolji''. He would return to Nina Trejd and would work with Ličanin again in ''Će s'tobom biti'' where he would write "Jedna jela sa ličkoga prela" and "Otrov sam za žene" as well as write "Danijela" for [[Jadrino Jato]]'s [[Oj Krajino suzo moja|''Oj Krajino suzo moja'']].

In 1997, he was the primary songwriter in ''[[Ja se svoga, ne odričem do groba]]''. He would contribute to two Lazarević Produktion albums with the first being the primary songwriter of Jovan Perišić's debut album, ''Zbogom lažne ljubavi'' and the second being Marko Đuronović's ''Momačko veče'' where he would write the songs "Dajte nešto veselo" and "Da li ti suza krene".

In 1998, Baja would contribute to a few more more Lazarević Produktion albums: he was the lyricist of the title track and "Morao sam poći" on Lepi Mića's ''Svaka me zima na tebe sjeća,'' the title track, "Kesteni", "Nije život sto godina", and "Žena bogataša" for Božo Vorotović's ''Ko će da te čuva'' along with a reworked version of "Prvi put", and the songs "Idi, idi, drugoj", "Bila sam u zabludi", and "Duša ranjena" on Gordana Filipović's debut album, ''Ogledalo devojačko''. He would work on Miroslav Marić's ''Srce Skitnice'' as he wrote the songs "[[Ove noći si moja]]" and "[[Daleko u svetu]]". He would work again with Bora Drljača on the song "Plači mala plači" for his self-titled album as well as "Neka piju, nek' se biju" on Biljana Jevtić's ''Bogataš'', both released by ZaM. He would also work on three Nina Trejd albums: ''Vratiće se [[Danijela]], [[Idemo do kraja]],'' and ''[[Ličanin bez Like]]'' by Jadrino Jato, [[Braća sa Dinare]], and Borislav Ličanin respectively. He would write three songs for the former; "Vratiće se Danijela", "Lutalica" and "Ništa nije kao prije", and was the primary songwriter for the latter. He would write songs for Jadrino Jato again in the Renome album ''Stigla danijela'' in which he was the primary songwriter. He would write the title track, "Volim te ludo", "Talasa se, talasa", and "Prokleta Bila" for Rade Lukić's ''Moj brat je daleko,'' also published by Renome. Baja would write for Boban Zemunac one more time for the album ''Lutalica'' (published by Getex). He would write the song "Pevaj mala, pevaj" for the group Srpska Tromeđa on [[Mala pevaj, mala|the album of the same name]] and would be the last documented SuperTon album Baja would work on. Baja would not part with SuperTon until 2000, however.