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Damian Marley

Damian Marley Reggae\Caribbean	Jr. Gong has been honing his skills not so quietly for some time. He made noise early on with the 1996 release of MR. MARLEY, and his major label debut HALFWAY TREE showcased a unique gift for blending hard-hitting reality rhymes and an uncommonly eclectic musicality; with a classic reggae sensibility at its core and run through with streams of hip-hop, r&b and dancehall, the album resonated with urban tastemakers and won a Grammy for Best Reggae Album in 2001 (..A Grammy in reggae is good.., he observes. ..But it will be great to see reggae win Album Of The Year. Its not about one man shut off from the rest of the crabs in the barrel..). So while slow-burners like ..It was Written.. and ..Educated Fools.. became club classics, Jr. Gong was laying the groundwork for the tracks that would become WELCOME TO JAMROCK an album that was ultimately several years in the making. Hear the album and you instantly understand it to be the work of a perfectionist; Jr. Gong is not focused on overnight success. Some songs just come. Jamrock was like that, he explains. But other songs take a lot longer. This is street music, and the streets have to feel it.
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