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[[File:Baja Mali Knindza Orkestar Fantom 1987.png|thumb|Baja playing with Orkestar Fantom sometime in 1987]]

== Early life ==

In 1989, he contributed to writing the [[Tromeđa]] album [[Izvorne pjesme Dalmacije, Like i Krajine|''Izvorne pjesme Dalmacije, Like i Krajine'']], which included one of their biggest hits, "[[Nema raja bez rodnoga kraja]]". Later in the year, Baja wanted to participate in the music competition "Prvi glas Livna", but was denied when the judges found out that Baja was a professional musician and the song, "[[Nema raja bez rodnoga kraja]]" was already on an album. He was permitted to perform the song along with another song "[[Nemoj me lagati mila]]", but could not compete.<ref>[https://archive.vn/Q2pRm Baja Mali Knindža Biography]. ''Biografija.org.'' Archived link.</ref><ref>[https://archive.vn/J0KnL "Ispovijest Mirka Pajčina"]. ''Medium.com.'' Archived link.</ref>

When the breakup of Yugoslavia began, Baja's songs turned patriotic, and he set out to make an album about the conflict. He managed to gather just enough money to record his own first album, but somehow lost it all on the way to the studio. Now in debt and in search of a record label to take him, he eventually found [[Jugodisk]] after being rejected by [[PGP RTS]].  

In February 1993, Baja would release his best-selling album, [[Živeće ovaj narod|''Živeće ovaj narod'']],<ref>[http://baja-mali-knindza.com/licna%20karta.html "Karijera"]. ''Baja-mali-knindza.com.'' Archived link.</ref> and a live album, [[Sve za Srpstvo, Srpstvo nizašta|''Sve za Srpstvo, Srpstvo nizašta'']]. During his time at Nina Trejd, Baja would help [[Gordan Krajišnik]] with his debut album, ''[[Koridor Slobode]]'' as well as contribute to [[Boro Srbin]]'s self-titled [[Boro Srbin (Album)|debut album]].

[[File:Stand sa kasetama u Knez Mihajlovoj Kad je izasao najprodavaniji album u istoriji Srpske muzike 1992 godina.jpg|left|thumb|253x253px|Baja at a cassette stand in Knez Mihajlovo circa 1993.]]

In September 1993, Baja would appear in interviews and [[Baja Mali Knindža concerts|start touring]] for his upcoming album, [[Još se ništa ne zna|''Još se ništa ne zna'']]. Upon release, ''Još se ništa ne zna'' became one of Baja's most popular albums and would be the start of his work with [[SuperTon]]. Shortly after the release of the album, Baja's first VHS, which featured music videos to his more popular songs, [[Najveći hitovi (Baja Mali Knindža VHS)|''Najveći hitovi'']] would be released. At the end of the year, he would release two albums, [[Rat i mir|''Rat i mir'']] and [[Kockar bez sreće|''Kockar bez sreće'']] with the former containing patriotic songs and the latter containing love songs that were inspired by older, non-war material similar to his work in the mid 80's. [[File:1993 Superton Catalog Sabor.jpeg|thumb|A [[SuperTon]] ad in the December 1993 release of [[Sabor]] advertising [[Rat i mir]] and [[Kockar bez sreće]] and wishing readers a happy new year.]]While Baja himself only released one album in 1994, [[Pobediće istina|''Pobediće istina'']], he would take on side projects with arranger Goran Radinović as "Goki i Baja bend". Together, they worked with [[Gordan Krajišnik]] on his second album, [[Život damo Krajine ne damo (Album)|''Život damo Krajine ne damo'']] as well as [[Rade Tešić|Rade Tešić's]] debut album, [[Samotnjak (Album)|''Samotnjak'']]. He would also form [[Braća sa Dinare]] (<small>lit.</small> "Brothers from Dinara") with his brother, [[Novak Pajčin]] and a friend, [[Lujan Mihaljica|Luka Mihaljica]]. Shortly after the release of their self-titled debut album, the second Baja VHS would release, called [[Rat i Mir (VHS)|''Rat i mir'']]. The poems featured in the VHS were to be compiled in his one and only book, ''Nedefinisan čovek'', however, it never came to fruition.  

In early 1995, he would release three more albums: [[Igraju se delije|''Igraju se delije'']], [[Idemo dalje|''Idemo dalje'']], and ''Zbogom oružje''. ''Igraju se delije'' would be the last time Goran would accompany Baja on his own albums and would also be the first collaboration with Željko Jovanović. ''Idemo dalje'' was released in August of that year, shortly before Krajina fell. He would help Gordan once more in [[Nema laži, nema prevare|''Nema laži, nema prevare'']] and was featured in the song "[[Krajišnik i Srbijanka]]" by Milka Todorović. After the release of [[Idemo dalje]], Baja would collaborate with [[Đole]], a friend of his on ''[[Seobe]]'', an album that commented on the fall of Krajina. [[Zbogom oružje]] would be one of the last releases of 1995 from SuperTon and was critical of the war and the political climate at the time.

1996 would be the last year Baja worked for SuperTon. While he didn't release any albums of his own, he would collaborate with [[Obrad Vukovljak Ogi]] on [[Svrati posle snegova|''Svrati posle snegova'']] in January. He would also help his cousin, Lazo Pajčin as was concerned about his future after the war. He would feature him on the songs "Drvar, Glamoč, Petrovac, Grahovo" and "Posle oluje" for ''[[Plači voljena zemljo]]'', released some time in mid-1996.

In 1999, Baja would go to Renome where he would write and compose "Dođi mala Romaniji Gori" and adapt one of Misko Cvjetic's biggest hits, "Motokultivator" on the album of the same name. Baja released his last war-related album, [[Biti 'il ne biti|''Biti 'il ne biti'']] with its contents [[Music during the Kosovo War|focused on the then ongoing Kosovo War and the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia]]. Baja released the album "[[Gara iz Lončara / Život je tamo]]" in cooperation with [[Dragan Stojković Bosanac]]. It included no patriotic songs and instead had ones like "[[Evo džepa, đe su pare bile]]" and "[[Duni vjetre malo preko jetre]]", both of which could be considered his most popular work.

2006 was also the year the DVD and VHS called "[[Baja Mali Knindža i prijatelji]]" released, aswell as Baja's next album "[[Za kim zvona zvone]]".

"[[Gluvi barut]]" released in 2007, followed by another three year pause and more unofficial live albums.

*''[[Uživo (Baja Mali Knindža DVD)|Uživo]]|colwidth=30em}}

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*''[[Život damo Krajine ne damo (Album)|Samotnjak]] (1994)

*''[[Nova mega gara]] (2000)}}

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*''[[Bila jednom jedna zemlja]] (1995)