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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.

After his departure, he went to Lazarević Produktion and released [[Ne dirajte njega|''Ne dirajte njega'']] in 1997. He would return to Nina Trejd to work on ''[[Ja se svoga, ne odričem do groba]]''. During the Serbian general elections, Baja was asked by controversial politician Vojislav Šešelj to produce a cassette with songs dedicated to the Serbian Radical Party. With three songs dedicated to the party and the rest being reused material from other albums, [[Srpskim radikalima|''Srpskim radikalima'']] was released.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_Sd8TdWTMw "Baja Mali Knindza o Šešelju"] ''Youtube.com''</ref>

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.

2001's "[[Đe si legendo]]" and 2002's "[[Zbogom pameti]]" were the last two albums before Baja's discography pause.

During this pause Baja maintained his popularity through many official and unofficial live releases.

In the same year as [[Zbogom pameti]], "[[!!! Luda žurka !!!]]" was released by [[Carisma Disc International]].  

A year later in 2003, [[Uživo (Baja Mali Knindža 2003)|"Uživo"]] released on cassette and another concert recording on CD also called "[[Uživo (Baja Mali Knindža 2004)|Uživo]]" a year later. 2004 also saw the release of "[[Još sad pa ko zna kad !|Još sad pa ko zna kad!]]", both as a two part Cassette release and a two CD version.

"[[Ajmo braćo u kafanu]]", "[[Gara iz Nemačke]]" and "[[Hoćemo li brate zapjevati]]" all released in 2006 under the label "[[Cronic München]]".

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

==== Gluvi Barut, BN Music, and self-published work (2007- present) ====

2010 saw the release of "[[Idemo malena]]" and "[[Lesi se vraća kući]]" in 2012.

2014's "[[Govor duše]]", is to date the last Baja album. It includes patriotic songs similar to his 90's work and a cover of his 1993 song "[[Nisu suze za Srbina]]".

Apart from a few singles, Baja only performs live nowadays. His performances have drastically changed in recent times. He stopped performing his overly nationalistic 90s work like [[Ne volim te Alija]] or [[Nemoj sejo nikad za Turčina]] and also quit performing his vulgar songs about alcohol and women. In the late 2000s, the rock band [[Minđušari]] also started to become his backing orchestra, contrary to his previous performances, which were generally all with the local bands of that area.

{{Div col|colwidth=30em|content=*''[[Najveći hitovi (Baja Mali Knindža 1994)|Najveći hitovi]] (1994)

*''[[The best off]] (1998)

*''[[Hitovi (Baja Mali Knindža 2001|Hitovi]] (2001)

*''[[Best of (Baja Mali Knindža 2007)|Best of]] (2007)}}

*''[[Svrati posle snegova (Album)|Svrati posle snegova]] (1996)

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

==== With Braća sa Dinare ====