Slušaj mater

Slušaj mater was Edo Maajka's debut album and achieved significant popularity, especially in Bosnia. It was the first rap album to win the Davorin 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 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. 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.^[1]

Tracklist

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