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"Hip Hop Poland: 23 maja premiera singla Jamal "Tubaka" (in Polish) 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.Zpav.pl: Nagroda Muzyczna Fryderyk - Nominowani i laureaci 2005 - MUZYKA POWAŻNA (in Polish) The band's vocalist Tomasz "Miodu" Mioduszewski credited as Miodu 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 #31Radioszczecin.pl - Statystyki - Statystyki dla wykonawcy Jamal - Lista utworów (in Polish) in addition to hits Policeman (reaching #25) and "Rewolucje" (reaching #29).Polityka - Issues 21-30 - Page 91 2006 "Najlepszy polski dancehall: Jamal. Rewolucje" (EMI, 2005)"
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.
Members Tomasz "Miodu" Mioduszewski – vocals Andrzej "Gienia" Markowski – bass guitar Tomasz "Księżyc" Księżopolski – guitar Łukasz Wieczorek – guitar Radek "Emzk" Ciurko – keyboards Bolek Wilczek – percussion Former members Łukasz Borowiecki Nicolas "Frenchman" Ribier Wojciech "Woocheck" Łuczkiewicz Bartek "Głowa" Głowacki
Discography
Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales CertificationsPOLRewolucje Released: June 20, 2005 Label: EMI Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download —Urban Discotheque Released: October 6, 2008 Label: EMI Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download 24Miłość Released: October 8, 2013 Label: Parlophone Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download 9 POL: 15,000+ POL: Gold1994 Released: June 2, 2017 Label: Pomaton Formats: CD, digital download 39 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Singles Title Year Peak chart positions AlbumPOL"Policeman"2005 —Rewolucje"Pull Up"2009 —Urban Discotheque"Słońca łan" —"Defto"2012 —Miłość"Peron"2013 2"Definicja"(OCN featuring: Jamal)2014 —non-album single"Kim Gordon"2017 —1994"Strzał" — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Music videos Year Title Directed Album Ref.2005"Policeman"Rewolucje"Tubaka"2008"Słońca łan"Urban Discotheque"Pójdę tylko tam""Pull Up"2012"Defto"Miłość2013"Peron"Krzysztof Ostrowski2014"Upadłem w Poznaniu"2017"Strzał"Sasha Vouk1994
References
External links Jamal MySpace sitel