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Track Listing
1. Confrontation - (Patois)
2. There For You - (Patois)
3. Welcome To Jamrock - (Patois)
4. Master Has Come Back, The - (Patois)
5. All Night - (Patois)
6. Beautiful - (Patois)
7. Pimpa's Paradise
8. Move! - (Patois)
9. For The Babies
10. Hey Girl - (Patois)
11. Road To Zion - (Patois)
12. We're Gonna Make It - (Patois)
13. In 2 Deep - (Patois)
14. Khaki Suit - (Patois)
Album Notes
Personnel: Dan Warner (guitar); Stephen Marley (keyboards); Shiah Coore, Paul Fakhourie (bass guitar); Jazzwad, Craig Taylor, Wilburn "Squidley" Cole (drums); Damian Marley (programming); Eek-A-Mouse, Nas, Black Thought, Bobby Brown , Rovleta Fraser, Sean Diedrick, Owen "Dready" Reid, Noel Davey, Bounty Killer.
Recording information: Lion's Den, Miami, Florida (2005).
The huge success of "Welcome to Jamrock," released as a single early in the summer of 2005, raised expectations for Damien Marley's same-titled full-length. Fortunately, everything--from the progressive blend of reggae, hip-hop, trip-hop, pop, and roots within, to the crisp production from brother Stephen Marley--lives up to the hype. While it would be an easy commercial move for Damien to replicate the positive roots vibe of his father's reggae, he instead builds on the consciousness of that music and updates the sound for the 21st century.
Tinged with overtones of dancehall ("Khaki Suit") and urban contemporary R&B (the silky smooth "Beautiful," which features a cameo from Bobby Brown), WELCOME TO JAMROCK is a melting pot of an album, one as well suited to the streets of Brooklyn as the neighborhoods of Kingston. The cover image--which depicts Marley in militaristic garb surrounded by corrugated metal fences--indicates that Marley means business, a fact confirmed by this fresh, edgy music.
Industry Reviews
...[Marley] has a dazzling command of styles... - Grade: A-
3.5 stars out of 5 - ...[A] perfectly hazy blend of king-size bass lines, echo-chamber drums, air-horn blasts and a dope Ini Kamoze sample...
[T]his packs a lot more power, dealing in the now rather than the past.
4 stars out of 5 - [O]n tougher cuts 'In 2 Deep' and 'Confrontation' he's lyrically and musically most adept....He's following in the footsteps of Gil Scott-Heron and Linton Kwesi Johnson.
Ranked #27 in Spin's 40 Best Albums Of 2005 - [T]he title track, a classic tribal-war lament, is the inescapable one, excoriating murderers with a groove calculated to kill.
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