The up-tempo and flawless conversation the two artists create is a wake-up call. As We Enter provides a jazz sample from composer Mulatu Astatke and fluid exchange of verses between Nas and Marley. Within the first five seconds of the album, the tone for the entire album is set. To top everything else off, Nas claims (and I paraphrase) that every purchase of this album will help to build schools in Africa. After a collaboration like Road to Zion, two years working in a studio, the background of each artist, and the hype generated across the internet for this collaboration, expectations were set very high. Quite on the contrary, we first saw Marley and Nas work together in 2005 on a Damian Marley track, Road to Zion, where Nas provided the verse that took the song from listenable to memorable. Needless to say, coming from different styles and different parts of the globe would generate the concern that a collaboration of these two would not flow together easily. But despite all past success or failure, in May of 2010, Nas and Damian released Distant Relatives. In fact, in the past three years, the only work I’ve heard from Marley has been his guest performances on a K’naan album and his brother, Stephen Marley’s album, both of whom now provide performances on Nas and Damian's work. And Damian Marley, well, it’s been five years since his last release. After all, Nas released his controversial, attention-grabbing, but eventually untitled album in 2008, achieving success on the charts, but not with many fans. However, when we last looked at these two artists, much was left to ponder. After all, Nas helped define hip-hop with Illmatic, and Damian Marley extended reggae to his ragamuffin style with his Grammy-winning Welcome to Jamrock. Gong” Marley and Nasty Nasir Jones, one would find multiple commercial hits, award-winning performances, and an overall shaping of music in general. Review Summary: Maybe they really are related.īetween the respective discographies of Damian “Jr.
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