Welcome to Jamrock [Bonus Track]

Rating

Album: Welcome to Jamrock [Bonus Track]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Confrontation	More Info...	0:05
2)	There for You	More Info...	0:04
3)	Welcome to Jamrock	More Info...	0:03
4)	The Master Has Come Back	More Info...	0:04
5)	All Night	More Info...	0:03
6)	Beautiful	More Info...	0:04
7)	Pimpa's Paradise	More Info...	0:05
8)	Move!	More Info...	0:03
9)	For The Babies	More Info...	0:05
10)	Hey Girl (I Like Your Style)	More Info...	0:04
11)	Road to Zion	More Info...	0:05
12)	We're Gonna Make It	More Info...	0:04
13)	In 2 Deep	More Info...	0:04
14)	Khaki Suit	More Info...	0:04
15)	Carnal Mind (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:04

Album: Welcome to Jamrock [Bonus Track]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Confrontation	More Info...	0:05
2)	There for You	More Info...	0:04
3)	Welcome to Jamrock	More Info...	0:03
4)	The Master Has Come Back	More Info...	0:04
5)	All Night	More Info...	0:03
6)	Beautiful	More Info...	0:04
7)	Pimpa's Paradise	More Info...	0:05
8)	Move!	More Info...	0:03
9)	For The Babies	More Info...	0:05
10)	Hey Girl (I Like Your Style)	More Info...	0:04
11)	Road to Zion	More Info...	0:05
12)	We're Gonna Make It	More Info...	0:04
13)	In 2 Deep	More Info...	0:04
14)	Khaki Suit	More Info...	0:04
15)	Carnal Mind (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:04

Tracks

1. Confrontation

2. There For You

3. Welcome To Jamrock

4. The Master Has Come Back

5. All Night

6. Beautiful

7. Pimpa's Paradise

8. Move!

9. For The Babies

10. Hey Girl

11. Road To Zion

12. We're Gonna Make It

13. In 2 Deep

14. Khaki Suit

15. Carnal Mind

Performer Notes

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.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (No. 984, p.150) - 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..."

Spin (p.61) - 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."

Entertainment Weekly (No. 840, p.85) - "...[Marley] has a dazzling command of styles..." - Grade: A-

The Wire (p.72) - "[T]his packs a lot more power, dealing in the now rather than the past."

Mojo (Publisher) (p.104) - 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."