Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Damian "Junior Gong" Marley Biography - Damian Marley Discography
































The bustling Halfway Tree area of Kingston, Jamaica is the geographic intersection of the city's uptown and downtown areas, the meeting ground of Kingston's privileged and it's poor. Damian Marley, the son of Reggae icon Bob Marley and Jamaica's 1977 Miss World Cindy Breakspeare is the offspring of a union between two distinctive and disparate worlds. Damian calls his new album "HALFWAY TREE" because "my father is from the country and the ghetto and my mother is from uptown so I come like a half way tree, like a bridge because I can relate to both sides. "HALFWAY TREE" is the first release from the recently signed distribution deal between Motown Records and Ghetto Youths International.

Born in Kingston, Jamaica on July 21, 1978, Damian Robert Nesta Marley a.k.a. "Junior Gong", Bob's youngest son, began performing as a child as the vocalist for a group called The Shepherds. Comprised of other well-known Reggae artists children including Shiah Coore (son of Third World guitarist Cat Coore) and Yashema Beth McGregor, the daughter of Freddie McGregor and Judy Mowatt, The Shepherds performed at several shows in Jamaica including the Reggae Sunsplash music festival in 1992.

After The Shepherds' demise, Damian turned his vocal talents to deejaying (the Jamaican equivalent of rapping). In 1993 Damian's debut single "Deejay Degree" was released on Tuff Gong Records (the label founded by Bob Marley) and the following year he released "Sexy Girls On My Mind" for the Main Street label.

Damian's next release 1995's "School Controversy" was featured on the Epic\Sony Wonder compilation, "POSITIVELY REGGAE" with all sales proceeds going to Jamaica's Leaf of Life Foundation, an organization which assists children who are HIV positive. Although he was still a teenager, Damian was selected as the "POSITIVELY REGGAE" spokesperson, a role that introduced him to the international press and record buying public. The same year Damian performed at select dates on the Shabba Ranks World Unity tour and with his brother Julian performed at Jamaica's Reggae Sunfest and Sunsplash festivals.


Damian was a high school student when he began recording "MR. MARLEY" at the Marley Music 48 track-recording studio. Produced by Stephen Marley (head of the Marley Boyz production team), "MR. MARLEY" delivered a fusion of contemporary Reggae grooves and infectious dancehall rhythms alongside tough edged hip-hop beats, an ideal complement for Damian's versatile deejay-rap style. The album included several updates of Bob Marley classics as well as the single "Me Name Junior Gong" which went to the number one in Hawaii and held that position for several weeks. "When we went to Hawaii in 1997," Damian recalls, "we had three songs on the charts there: •Me Name Junior Gong,' •One Cup of Coffee' and •Now You Know,' a tune from Julian's debut album." Damian and Julian's burgeoning popularity earned them featured appearances on the 1997 travelling alternative rock festival Lollapalooza which provided invaluable exposure among a new sector of music fans.

In the five years since "MR. MARLEY's" release, Damian has matured as a performer, songwriter, recording artist and Rastafarian, his unwavering convictions reflected throughout his new album. Stephen Marley produced "HALFWAY TREE" for Marley Boyz productions; Stephen's previous production achievements are crowned by 1999's critically acclaimed "CHANT DOWN BABYLON" featuring Bob Marley in duets with a galaxy of hip hop's brightest stars and selling more than 1 million copies worldwide. Stephen's innovative approach to "HALFWAY TREE" incorporates spoken word introductions and dramatic vignettes as song interludes, creating a conceptual cohesiveness lacking from most Jamaican albums. Stephen also adapts traditional Reggae elements (forceful drum and basslines, committed social commentary) to 21st century hip hop's synthesized beats and sometimes defiant stances while utilizing the talents of Jamaican singers, deejays and musicians alongside American rappers, each underscoring Damian's impassioned delivery.

A spoken intro by Bunny Wailer (of the original Wailers), the ghetto grammar of Jamaican deejay Bounty Killer, Treach of rap group Naughty By Nature and Damain's blistering vocal beats unite in their criticism of the "Educated Fools" who continue to brainwash the youth. Stephen's sung vocals are looped around Damian's deejaying on the haunting "It Was Written", complemented by the combustible talents of Dancehall's arsonist Capleton who along with rapper Dragon assists in burning (lyrical) fire upon the oppressors. The pulse of classical Reggae's drum and bass enhances Damian's sing-jay style throughout "More Justice", a condemnation of the suppression of the Rastafarian sacred herb marijuana. Contemporary percussion patterns inspired by ancestral African drumming provides the sturdy musical foundation for "Give Dem Some Way" which fully supports Damian's hard edged, fast past verse.

A hardcore Jamaican dancehall vibe is represented in "Mi Blenda", a recipe for natural viagra (or Jamaican "strong back") which might be necessary to satisfy the two women Damian is "Stuck In Between". "Where Is The Love?" conveys a responsible approach to relationships with Ruff Ryders Eve providing a succinct rap aimed at those who engage in irresponsible sex: "I wish you cats would understand procreation instead of using it as recreation." Damian abandons those "just for one night fun things" as "an indecent something" on "Still Searching" while the rollicking "Cool and Dandy" with deejay Daddigan is a tribute to the fit and bouncy girls. "She Needs My Love" boasts Jamaica's premier drum and bass duo Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare and their La Trenggae (Latin Flavored Reggae) fusion accentuating Junior Gong's vigorous rhymes. "Stand A Chance" with Stephen on harmonica, Treach's rap and the harmonizing of Jamaican singer Yami Bolo is a modern roots Reggae gem shimmering with an inherited Rastafarian spirit. Stephen is assisted on the title track production by New York producer Swizz Beats (Kaseem Dean) who has constructed rhythms for rappers including DMX, Busta Rhymes and Jay-Z.

Bob Marley's music is also featured on "HALFWAY TREE." "Could You Be Loved" is metamorphosed into "And Be Loved" with samples from the 1979 original woven into Damian's dazzling deejaying and the impressive rap from an upcoming artist called Izzy. The Wailers 1973 masterpiece of suppressed anger "Slave Driver" becomes "Catch A Fire" with Stephen duplicating Bob's original vocals and Damian's chanting providing a bold critique on guns, drugs and other forms of mental slavery. Bob reiterated "none but ourselves can free our mind" and Damian raps "if dem could, dem would tax you for saliva, how much more mus' we die for?"

With the release of "HALFWAY TREE" on Ghetto Youths International/Motown, Damian presents his bold musical identity to the global community, updating the Marley musical legacy for the 21st century.
Damian Marley - Mr Marley

damian marley - half way tree 2001

Mamian Marley - Live

damian marley - welcome to jamrock 2007





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Damian Marley :: Welcome to Jamrock 2005


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



http://download.hellshare.sk/damian-marley-welcome-to-jamrock.zip/1544718


Damian Marley - Rare Joints 2008


01. Damian Marley - Something For You (Gang War Riddim)
02. Damian Marley & Snoop Dogg - Get A Light
03. Damian Marley, Stephen Marley & Buju Banton - The Traffic Jam
04. Damian Marley & B-Real - Ganja Bus
05. Damian Marley & Eve - No, No, No
06. Damian Marley, Stephen Marley & Krazie Bone - Revolution
07. Damian Marley & Ziggy Marley - Day By Day
08. Damian Marley - The Dreadful
09. Damien Marley & Yami Bolo - Still Searchin (remix)
10. Damian Marley & Ziggy Marley - Brothers Keeper
11. Damian Marley & Steel Pulse - No More Weapons
12. Damian Marley, Method Man, Redman & Stephen Marley- Lyrical 44
13. Damian Marley & Stephen Marley - Inner Circle (original version)
14. Damian Marley & Morgan Heritage - Girlz 'Round Da World
15. Damian Marley & Brothers - Master Blaster
16. Damian Marley, One Twelve & Spragga Benz - Na Na Na Na
17. Damian Marley & Julian Marley - Kaya
18. Damian Marley & Gwen Stefani - Now That You Got It (Remix)


http://download.hellshare.sk/damian-marley-rare-joints.zip/1544846



damian marley - mr. marley 1996


01 - Trouble
02 - Love And Unity
03 - 10,000 Chariots
04 - Old War Chant
05 - Party Time
06 - Kingston 12
07 - Keep On Grooving
08 - Searching (So Much Bubble)
09 - One More Cup Of Coffee
10 - Julie
11 - Me Name Jr. Gong
12 - Mr. Marley


http://download.hellshare.sk/damian-marley-mr-marley.zip/1544879


damian marley - Halfway tree 2001


1. Educated Fools - (featuring Treach/Bunny Wailer/Bounty Killer)
2. More Justice
3. It Was Written - (featuring Stephen Marley/Capleton/Drag-On)
4. Catch A Fire
5. Still Searchin' - (featuring Stephen Marley/Yami Bolo)
6. She Needs My Love - (featuring Yami Bolo/Sabor)
7. Mi Blenda
8. Where Is The Love - (featuring Eve)
9. Harder (Interlude)
10. Born To Be Wild
11. Give Dem Some Way - (featuring Daddigan)
12. Half Way Tree (Interlude)
13. Paradise Child - (featuring Mr Cheeks/Jimmy Cozier)
14. Stuck In Between
15. Half Way Tree
16. Stand A Chance - (featuring Treach/Yami Bolo)


http://download.hellshare.sk/damian-marley-halfway-tree.zip/1544923


Nas & Damian Marley - Distant Relatives 2010


Tracklist:
1 As We Enter
2 Tribal War (feat. K’NAAN)
3 Strong Will Continue
4 Leaders
5 Wisdom (Sabali)
6 Count Your Blessings
7 Disappear
8 The Promised Land (feat. Dennis Brown)
9 Nah Mean
10 Angola (Friends)
11 My Generation (feat. Lil Wayne and Joss Stone)
12 Africa Must Wake Up (Feat. K’NAAN)
13 BONUS TRACK Ancient People (feat. Junior Reid)


http://download.hellshare.sk/nas-damian-marley-distant-relatives.zip/1544614

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