Welcome To Jamrock

Rating

Album: Welcome To Jamrock
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Confrontation Album Version	More Info...	5:31
2)	There For You Album Version	More Info...	4:41
3)	Welcome To Jamrock Clean	More Info...	3:33
4)	The Master Has Come Back Album Version	More Info...	4:41
5)	All Night Album Version	More Info...	3:30
6)	Beautiful Album Version	More Info...	4:48
7)	Pimpa's Paradise Album Version	More Info...	5:04
8)	Move! Album Version	More Info...	3:44
9)	For The Babies Album Version	More Info...	4:54
10)	Hey Girl Album Version	More Info...	4:16
11)	Road To Zion Album Version	More Info...	5:17
12)	We're Gonna Make It Album Version	More Info...	4:20
13)	In 2 Deep Album Version	More Info...	4:45
14)	Khaki Suit Album Version	More Info...	3:57

Album: Welcome To Jamrock
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Confrontation Album Version	More Info...	5:31
2)	There For You Album Version	More Info...	4:41
3)	Welcome To Jamrock Clean	More Info...	3:33
4)	The Master Has Come Back Album Version	More Info...	4:41
5)	All Night Album Version	More Info...	3:30
6)	Beautiful Album Version	More Info...	4:48
7)	Pimpa's Paradise Album Version	More Info...	5:04
8)	Move! Album Version	More Info...	3:44
9)	For The Babies Album Version	More Info...	4:54
10)	Hey Girl Album Version	More Info...	4:16
11)	Road To Zion Album Version	More Info...	5:17
12)	We're Gonna Make It Album Version	More Info...	4:20
13)	In 2 Deep Album Version	More Info...	4:45
14)	Khaki Suit Album Version	More Info...	3:57

Performer Notes

Personnel: Damian Marley (programming); Dan Warner (guitar); Stephen Marley (keyboards); Shiah Coore, Paul Fakhourie (bass guitar); Jazzwad, Craig "Niteman" Taylor, Willburn "Squidley" Cole (drums); Eek-A-Mouse, Nas, Black Thought, Bobby Brown , Rovleta Fraser, Sean Diedrick, Owen "Dready" Reid, Noel Davey, Bounty Killer.
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."