Slušaj mater was Edo Maajka

Edo Maajka

Edin Osmić , better known by his stage name Edo Maajka, is a Bosnian rapper. His stage name literally means "Edo the Mother".-Early life:...

's debut album and achieved significant popularity, especially in Bosnia. It was the first rap album to win the Davorin

Davorin

Davorin is the Bosnian music award. It was established in 2002 in Zenica by Josip Dujmović. The name of the award was given in the honour of one of the most famous Bosnian pop/rock singers Davorin Popović from Indexi....

 music award for best album of the year in that region.

Overview

In Edo's debut album, he addresses subjects ranging from bloody revenge in the song Saletova Osveta to tragic love in Mahir i Alma. He also talks about great fighters (soldiers) in the Yugoslav war and black market dealers in the song Sverc Komerc. Pare, Pare is a song about being rich and having everything he ever wanted. In the song Znaš Me, Edo talks about his dislike of drugs, politics, and government. He talks about drug dealers and how he hates them, to the point where he kills two drug dealers in the song. He also raps about the paranormal and aliens in the song Prikaze

Prikaze

Prikaze is a song by Edo Maajka which officially closes the album Slušaj Mater.In the video, Edo is in an asylum for the mentally ill because he is haunted by troll-like creatures that appear in his dreams. Edo runs through some dark, scary woods while thinking the creatures are chasing him...

which is about how some creatures are in his dreams and haunt him. In the song Jesmo'l Sami he talks about aliens and how they might live compared to us.

Production

This album was produced mainly by Dash with the help of Shot and Koolade

Koolade

Koolade is a Croatian hip-hop producer. Born in Zagreb, Jugoslavia in the late 1970s, he began his music career in the mid/late 1990s. Along with other members of the Blackout family he made a strong contribution in making hip-hop an established genre in the Croatian mainstream music scene...

. All songs were recorded by Mladen Malek in studio 25. Mix is by Silvio Pasarić in studio Morris, with additional mixing by Shot and Koolade in studio 25. The mastering was done by Miro Vidović in studio Morris. The cover was done by EdoAlmin Chel and logo by Filip Tattoos. It was all released on the MenArt label and Fm Jam records.

Reception

The album received overwhelming praise from critics. It is stated as the hip hop album that broke all boundaries in the Balkan hip hop scene (including Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia). Edo Maajka is praised for his almost perfect flow on every song. Edo Maajka being called pop version of hip hop. The production is praised as the best production of all hip hop albums to this date. Edo Maajka is overwhelmingly praised with his lyrics. Edo is praised for his most ineterseting and most original songs which include Prikaze (a song about creatures that hunted him, Jesmo'l sami (a song about alien life and how it compares to life on earth), De-ža-vu (a story that takes us through his dream). With theses song,Edo Maajka hit territory that no other rapper ever crossed before. With this album Edo Maajka became a hot spot for interviews, recension, and analizations.

Tracklist

#	Title	Featured guest(s)	Producer	Translation
1	Intro		Dash	Intro
2	Slušaj mater		Koolade Koolade Koolade is a Croatian hip-hop producer. Born in Zagreb, Jugoslavia in the late 1970s, he began his music career in the mid/late 1990s. Along with other members of the Blackout family he made a strong contribution in making hip-hop an established genre in the Croatian mainstream music scene...	Listen to Your Mother
3	Minimalni rizik		Dash	Minimal Risk
4	Rado viđen		Dash	Gladly Seen
5	Jesmo'l sami Jesmo'l sami "Jesmo'l sami" is the second single of the album Slušaj Mater by Edo Maajka.The video begins with a journalist interviewing a UFO witness...	Đuro (Introduction)	Koolade	Are we alone
6	Saletova Osveta Saletova Osveta Saletova osveta is the sixth song from Edo Maajka's debut album Slušaj Mater.The song is about a boy named Sale whose was messed with in school and frequently beat up by people and by his friends...		Dash	Sale's Revenge
7	Prikaze Prikaze Prikaze is a song by Edo Maajka which officially closes the album Slušaj Mater.In the video, Edo is in an asylum for the mentally ill because he is haunted by troll-like creatures that appear in his dreams. Edo runs through some dark, scary woods while thinking the creatures are chasing him...		Dash	Apparitions
8	Recitacija		Dash	Recitation
9	Mahir i Alma		Shot	Mahir and Alma
10	Faca (Intro)		Dash	The Man (Intro)
11	Faca		Shot	The Man
12	Znaš Me (Intro)		Dash	You Know Me (Intro)
13	Znaš Me	Sandra and Andrea	Dash	You Know Me
14	Šverc Komerc	Stoka Stoka Marin Ivanović, better known by his pseudonym Stoka , is a Croatian rap artist who used to be the half of the duo, Nered & Stoka. He stems from the Zagreb neighborhood of Šalata....	Dash	Smuggling Komerc
15	De-Ža-Vu	Remi	Shot	Deja Vu
16	Šank	Nered, Bizzo and Mirza	Dash	The Bar
17	Pare, Pare		Dash	Money, Money
18	Molitva	El Bahatee and Nikola Nikola Nikola is a male given name, derived from Greek Nikolaos , common in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Czechia and Slovenia...	Dash	Prayer
19	Za I Protiv		Dash	For And Against
20	Nemoj Se Bojat'		Dash	Don't Be Scared
21	Outro		Dash	Outro