Jamal (band)

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Jamal
Background information
Origin Radom, Poland
Genres hip hop, raggamuffin, reggae and dancehall
Years active 1999-2002 (duo)
2005-present (band)
Labels EMI Music Poland
Website www.myspace.com/jamalreggae
Members Band (2005 onward)
Tomasz "Miodu" Mioduszewski
Gienia
Księżyc
Woocheck
EMZK
SiekierkaŁukasz Borowiecki
Frenchman (left the band)
Past members Duo (1999-2002):
Tomasz "Miodu" Mioduszewski
Łukasz Borowiecki

Jamal is a Polish raggamuffin, reggae and dancehall music group from Radom. At various times, it included members Gienia, Księżyc, LUU, EMZK and Siekierka.

The group was founded in 1999 by Łukasz Borowiecki and Tomasz Mioduszewski. The duo started initially as a hip hop band and performed mainly in Polish. The band reformed in 2005 and on June 18 that year, they released a debut album Rewolucje on EMI, with a strong influence of reggae, dancehall and raggamuffin.

Their debut single from the album was "Tubaka"[1] During the annual national Nagroda Muzyczna Fryderyk Awards (known for short as the Fryderyks), their album was nominated for "Best Hip Hop / R&B Album of the Year" in Poland.[2] The band's vocalist Tomasz "Miodu" Mioduszewski credited as Miodu was appeared in Molesta's 2006 music video for "Tak miało być" with the single featuring Jamal and charting in Polish Radio official chart Szczecińska Lista Przebojów (SLiP) reaching #31[3] in addition to hits Policeman (reaching #25) and "Rewolucje" (reaching #29).[3][4]

Soon after, Frenchman joined from Bass Medium Trinity project working for the follow up album that was released on October 3, 2008 called Urban Discotheque. Frenchman had contributed to the album rendering it was bilingual with some parts sung in French in addition to band singing in Polish.

The band has had a comeback in 2012 with the hit Defto.[5] The band is signed to EMI Music Poland record label.

Members

  • Tomasz "Miodu" Mioduszewski – vocals
  • Gienia – bass guitar
  • Księżyc – guitar
  • Woocheck – keyboards
  • EMZK – keyboards
  • Siekierka – percussion
Former members
  • Łukasz Borowiecki
  • Frenchman

Discography

Albums

Year Title Peak
position
POL
2005 Rewolucje
  • Data released: 18 June 2005[6]
  • Record label: EMI Music Poland
 —
2008 Urban Discotheque
  • Data: 3 October 2008[7]
  • Wydawca: EMI Music Poland
 29[8]
"—" Signifies no chart position for the release.

Singles

Single
Year Title Peak
position
SLiP
[9]
2005 "Tubaka" (debut single) –
"Policeman" 25
2006 ""Rewolucje"" 29
"Tak miało być" (Molesta feat. Jamal) 31
Other releases
  • 2005: Kiedyś będzie nas więcej
  • 2008: Pójdę tylko tam
  • 2009: Pull up (feat. Grizzlee)
  • 2009: Słońca łan (feat. Frenchman)
  • 2012: Defto

References

  1. ↑ Hip Hop Poland: 23 maja premiera singla Jamal "Tubaka" (in Polish)
  2. ↑ Zpav.pl: Nagroda Muzyczna Fryderyk - Nominowani i laureaci 2005 - MUZYKA POWAŻNA (in Polish)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Radioszczecin.pl - Statystyki - Statystyki dla wykonawcy Jamal - Lista utworów (in Polish)
  4. ↑ Polityka - Issues 21-30 - Page 91 2006 "Najlepszy polski dancehall: Jamal .Rewolucje" (EMI, 2005)"
  5. ↑ Europopped: Poland: Jamal's Outrageous Drug-Fueled Thai Adventure Video, "Defto"
  6. ↑ "Jamal - Rewolucje" (in Polish). www.hiphopedia.info. 
  7. ↑ "Jamal - Urban Discotheque" (in Polish). www.hiphopedia.info. 
  8. ↑ "OLiS - sprzedaż w okresie 13.10.2008 - 19.10.2008" (in Polish). olis.onyx.pl. 
  9. ↑ "SLiP - Statystyki dla wykonawcy Jamal" (in Polish). www.radio.szczecin.pl. 

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