For The Babies (Album Version) (2005)

Artist: Damian Marley

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Disc 1
Song Title	Album	Sample	Time
9. For The Babies (Album Version)	Welcome to Jamrock		4:53

(P) 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. Distributed by Universal Music & Video DistributionCorp.

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Release Date: 9/13/2005

UPC: 00602498851258

Buy.com Sku: 201955767

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Personnel: Dan Warner (guitar); Stephen Marley (keyboards); Shiah Coore, Paul Fakhourie (bass guitar); Jazzwad, Craig Taylor, Wilburn "Squidley" Cole (drums); Damian Marley (programming); Eek-A-Mouse, Nas, Black Thought, Bobby Brown , Rovleta Fraser, Sean Diedrick, Owen "Dready" Reid, Noel Davey, Bounty Killer.
	Recording information: Lion's Den, Miami, Florida (2005).
	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.
Producer: Stephen Marley; Damian "Junior Gong" Marley
Musical Guests
	Nas
	Black Thought
	The Roots
	Bobby Brown
	Bounty Killer
	Eek-A-Mouse

Technical Info


	Release Date : 09/13/2005
	Original Release Date : 2005
	Catalog ID : 000541602
	Label : Tuff Gong
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00602498851258

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."

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