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 Brat
Born
Jasmin Fazlić

(1986-10-16) 16 October 1986 (age 38)
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • songwriter
  • music producer
  • entrepreneur
Years active2000–present
Spouse
Alma Ikanović
(m. 2017)
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Years active2000–present
Labels
  • IMPERIA

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

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Beginning of the career

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Studio albums

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  • Riječ na riječ (2012)
  • Pakt s Đavolom, with Buba Corelli (2014)
  • Stari Radio, with Buba Corelli (2016)
  • Kruna, with Buba Corelli (2016)
  • Alfa & Omega, with Buba Corelli (2019)
  • Futura (2021)
  • GoodFellas, with Buba Corelli (2023)

Extended plays

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  • Replay (2011)
  • Mahala, with Shtela (2012)
  • Sin City, with Buba Corelli (2013)
  • 99 (2019)
  • Goat Season (Part One), with Buba Corelli (2024)
  • Goat Season (Part Two), with Buba Corelli (2024)

Singles

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As lead artist

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Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
AUT
[4]
CRO
Billb.

[5]
GER
[6]
SUI
[7]
"Plijen"
(with Buba Corelli)
2013 * non-album single
"Bad" 2017 Alfa & Omega
"Glamur" non-album single
"Ultimatum"
(with Buba Corelli)
Alfa & Omega
"Mlada i luda"
"Nema bolje"
(with Buba Corelli and RAF Camora)
40
"Mafia"
(with Buba Corelli)
2018
"Ona'e"
(with Buba Corelli and Coby)
"O kako ne bi"
"Benga po snijegu"
(with Buba Corelli and Rasta)
"Mila"
(with Buba Corelli)
2019
"Bebi"
(with Buba Corelli)
"Kamikaza"
(with Buba Corelli featuring Senidah)
42
"Mat" non-album singles
"Karantin"
(with Buba Corelli)
2020
"Partijam" Futura
"Divljam"
(with Buba Corelli and Coby)
2021 35 6 non-album singles
"Trči" *
"Roze"
(with Devito and Buba Corelli)
60 2
"Criminal"
(with Buba Corelli and RAF Camora)
2022 1 1 36 18
"Warsaw"
(with Buba Corelli)
1
"Coco"
(with Buba Corelli)
55 1
"LaMelo"
(with Buba Corelli)
73 1
"Terenac"
(with Buba Corelli featuring 381, Ajdin, Brzo Trči Ljanmi, Doxvids, LayZ, Limalenski, Medico, Neo24h, Papyaleksa, Realcandyboy, Sergej Pajić, Superbabekillah, Svejekei, Vaniofficial and Zevin)
"Coco 2.0"
(with Buba Corelli and RAF Camora featuring Dardan)
50 87 71
"Shake It"
(with Devito)
5
"Karamel"
(with Buba Corelli and Devito)
2023 23 2
"S.O.S."
(with Buba Corelli and DJ Architect)
52 1
"Da li si me"
(with Buba Corelli)
52 2
"GoodFellas"
(with Buba Corelli and FT Kings)
13 GoodFellas
"Désolé"
(with Kalash Criminel)
"Dans la tess"
(with Ghetto Phénomène)
non-album single
"Padam"
(with Buba Corelli and Baby its Pablo)
3 GoodFellas
"Randevu" 23 Goat Season (Part One)
"Ona nije ja :)" (Remix)
(with Hava and Buba Corelli)
2024 non-album singles
"Go Go (Challenge)"
(with Buba Corelli and Lima Len)
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.
"*" denotes a recording released before the chart's launch.
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Title Year Peak chart positions Album
AUT
[4]
"To me radi"
(Maya Berović featuring Jala Brat and Buba Corelli)
2016 Viktorijina tajna
"Folira"
(Elena featuring Jala Brat)
non-album singles
"Ego"
(Milan Stanković featuring Jala Brat and Buba Corelli)
2017
"Otrove"
(Severina featuring Jala Brat)
Halo
"#Imamoproblem3"
(King Mire featuring Genocide, Santos, Makk, Jala Brat, SMA, Sheik Ba and Sajfer)
non-album singles
"Bol"
(Bosnian Trouble featuring Jala Brat)
"Magija"
(Severina featuring Jala Brat)
2018 Halo
"Pablo"
(Milan Stanković featuring Jala Brat and Buba Corelli)
2020 73 non-album singles
"Makarov"
(Ra Bra featuring Mone and Jala Brat)
2022
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was released before the chart was launched.

Promotional singles

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Title Year Peak chart positions Album
AUT
[4]
CRO
Billb.

[5]
"Bijele flaše"
(with Elena)
2021 * Futura
"Futura"
"Dugme"
"Moskva"
"Andale"
"Noć"
(with Hava)
62 8
"LMTD" *
"MBM"
(with C-Kan)
"Pilula"
(with Buba Corelli)
11
"Dostojevski"
(with Light and Pyrex)
23
"Maria"
(with MC Hariel)
*
"OMG"
(with Noizy)
"Film"
"Adrenalina"
(featuring Tory Lanez)
"10 do 2"
(with Buba Corelli and RAF Camora)
2023 36 GoodFellas
"Aisha"
(with Buba Corelli)
"Bad Bitch"
(with Buba Corelli)
"Dale"
(with Buba Corelli and Hava)
38 6
"Hakimi"
(with Buba Corelli)
25
"La Muria"
(with Buba Corelli and Baby Gang featuring Higashi)
"Marakesh"
(with Buba Corelli and Bounty & Cocoa featuring DJ Tomekk)
4
"Savastano"
(with Buba Corelli)
"Zvijer"
(with Buba Corelli)
"Puklo nebo"
(with Elena and Medi)
2024 5 Goat Season (Part One)
"7ice"
(with Sajfer and Buba Corelli)
37 4 Anima (Part One)
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.
"*" denotes a recording released before the chart's launch.

Other charted and certified songs

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Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
AUT
[4]
CRO
Billb.

[5]
SUI
[7]
"Zove Vienna"
(with Buba Corelli and RAF Camora)
2019 36 * 99
"LaLaLa"
(with Olexesh and Buba Corelli)
48 95 Augen Husky
"Vajbuje"
(Devito featuring Jala Brat and Buba Corelli)
2023 5 Plava krv
"Rosalia"
(with Buba Corelli)
2024 73 2 Goat Season (Part One)
"Monster"
(with Buba Corelli)
3
"Punta Cana" 12
"Bez Koda"
(with Buba Corelli)
1 Goat Season (Part Two)
"Japan"
(with Buba Corelli)
5
"Hollywood"
(with Buba Corelli and Rasta)
3
"Munja"
(with Buba Corelli)
12
"Cataleya"
(with Buba Corelli)
15
"Aritmije"
(with Buba Corelli and Severina)
24
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.
"*" denotes a recording released before the chart's launch.

References

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  1. ^ Leon, Jakov I.; Jordan, Paul (19 February 2016). "Dalal, Deen, Ana & Jala sing 'Ljubav je' for Bosnia & Herzegovina!". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Kandidati na izborima: Glumci, pjevači, glazbenici, nogometaši..."
  3. ^ "Spot "Mafia" Jale Brata i Bube Corellija za dva dana prikupio više od milion i po pregleda". Klix. 17 April 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d "Austrian Charts". Ö3 Austria Top 40. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  5. ^ a b c
  6. ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts". Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Discographie Jala Brat". Swiss Hitparade. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h "Jala Brat – Gold & Platin". IFPI Austria (in Austrian German). 5 October 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
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Preceded by Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest
2016
(with Dalal, Deen and Ana Rucner)
Succeeded by
Incumbent