| WELCOME TO JAMROCK.....Official album launch |
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Album launch today at Bob Marley Museum... |
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Described by pundits as an "outrageous and unapologetic" description of poverty and political violence in Jamaica, Welcome To Jamrock, the album by Marley scion and Grammy winning artiste Damian 'Jr Gong' Marley will be officially launched tonight at the Bob Marley Museum in Kingston. The album, Junior Gong's third, will be fully available on the market next Tuesday, September 13.
Fourteen original tracks are featured on the new album, which lists 'Junior Gong' and his brother Stephen Marley as the co-executive producers. Damian Marley's other two albums are Mr Marley and the Grammy-awarded Half Way Tree. The Welcome To Jamrock album was recorded in studios in the United States and the Tuff Gong facilities in Jamaica. Only three of the 14 tracks on the album were not produced the Marley siblings.
Welcome To Jamrock, the single, has been an outstanding success for 'Junior Gong' topping a number charts worldwide. The album itself the singer says is a diverse mixture of stylings.
"It's like going to war. Sometimes you have to wear camouflage to really get in there," says Jr Gong of the diverse appeal of the album. "Dancehall, R&B, hip-hop...it's more about feelings. We're not just trying to do a segment of the mix. We're trying to do the whole mix." Welcome To Jamrock, the album, features two collaborations, one with American rapper Nas (Rode To Zion) and the other (Khaki Suit) with dancehall DJ Bounty Killer and old school Chanter Eek A Mouse.
"The Welcome To Jamrock album reflects us," Jr Gong says simply. "And I say us 'cause it's not just me that makes the album. We're taking the baton from the elders who made rebel music-we're new leaders of the old school."
'Junior Gong' currently riding a crest of popularity following the success of the Welcome To Jamrock single comes to the launch from London where he was involved in intensive public relations and promotional activities for the album. His visit to London and other areas of Great Britain was preceded by promotional tours including media appearances in the United States.
The album, says 'Junior Gong' which is being released on the family's Tuff Gong/Ghetto Youths International label, reflects love, war, and hope.
"These are difficult years... and this has been a year of signs and wonders and mystics. We're in a mind opening time now-a lot of people don't have material suffering, but spiritual suffering. Welcome To Jamrock is about hope, and there's still more to share. I'm still very close to the beginning," Junior Gong said.
Noted Jamaican educator Dr Clinton Hutton will be the guest speaker at tonight's launch of Welcome To Jamrock. |
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Posted by: Hacki
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www.jamaicaobserver.com/lifestyle/html/20050908... |
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