Author Topic: Nas Recording Album With Damian Marley [update title+release date] (Read 975 times)

the ghost · « **Reply #30 on:** March 25, 2009, 04:00:44 PM »

Could be promising....

Chamillitary Click · « **Reply #31 on:** March 25, 2009, 04:26:10 PM »

sounds dope.

didnt Nas say he was going to do a whole album produced by just one (great, but forgot who) producer?

the ghost · « **Reply #32 on:** March 25, 2009, 04:27:23 PM »

Wasn't it Premo?

Chamillitary Click · « **Reply #33 on:** March 25, 2009, 04:28:19 PM »

Quote from: the ghost on March 25, 2009, 04:27:23 PM

Wasn't it Premo?

could have been.

i remember Jay-Z said the same shit about another producer, so i lost track lol.

thisoneguy360 · « **Reply #34 on:** March 25, 2009, 08:58:04 PM »

Really looking forward to this...in the meantime we'll all have to pray for a Nas/Premo album

Elano · « **Reply #35 on:** March 26, 2009, 02:06:17 AM »

The first single should be out around May...

UKnowWhatItIs: welcome to my traps....game over · « **Reply #36 on:** March 26, 2009, 06:45:11 AM »

Fuck this, I want that Nas & Premo album.

jeromechickenbone · « **Reply #37 on:** March 26, 2009, 07:42:15 AM »

We all want a Nas / Premo album. It's not happening anytime soon, so just appreciate what we get now - which is Nas and Damian Marley. It's gonna be dope.

Muhfukka · « **Reply #38 on:** March 26, 2009, 05:20:23 PM »

this could be good

Meho · « **Reply #39 on:** March 31, 2009, 08:20:45 AM »

Few rappers have had a more divisive career than Nas. Other than his instantly canonized 1994 debut, “Illmatic,” each of his ensuing eight efforts has either been regarded as a startling return to form, or yet another failure to reach his precocious zenith.* But even those who haven’t cared since Clinton’s first term must have been intrigued by the news of "Distant Relative," his collaboration with Damian “Junior Gong" Marley, slated for an early June release. Recorded at an undisclosed Los Angeles studio over the last several months, the duo will finally unveil stripped-down versions of the new songs Friday at 8 p.m. at L.A. Live’s Grammy Museum.

The performance will be accompanied by a Q&A, where the pair will answer questions about their new album and discuss their humanitarian work. Earlier this year, Nas told MTV News, “We tryin' to build some schools in Africa… and trying to build empowerment. The record's all about the 'hood and Africa.” While an official label announcement has yet to be made, most media speculation has pointed toward the release of "Distant Relative" coming from Island Def Jam, the label for which Nas currently records (Marley is signed to Universal).

Nas and Marley have worked together before, on “Road to Zion,” the second single from Marley’s breakthrough third album, the Grammy Award-winning “Welcome to Jamrock.” Though the pairing of the metaphysical Queensbridge rapper and the offspring of Jamaican music royalty seems odd on paper, the pair share an avowed ardor for both illicit herbal substances and progressive politics. Last year, Nas’ “Untitled” featured searing sermons aimed at the U.S. government and the nation’s racial inequalities. Like his father, Bob, Marley’s oeuvre has drawn heavily upon the bleak poverty of the Trenchtown ghettos.

While his father made his name in the more traditional roots reggae, the youngest singing Marley (elder siblings Ziggy, Julian, Stephen and Ky-Mani also sing professionally), has carved out a niche with his “toasting” style, a strain of reggae that borrows heavily from both dancehall and hip-hop. Accordingly, some of Marley’s finest work has come in collaboration with rappers, including guest appearances on albums from B-Real, Redman and Method Man, and Snoop Dogg.

Tickets are available at $19.95 via Ticketmaster, but only 200 are available. Considering that Nas’ last album debuted at No. 1, and Marley’s previous effort went gold, the wise money says: Start scouring Stub Hub and Craigslist now.

-- Jeff Weiss

*Except for “Street’s Disciple” and “Nastradamus” — only the most staunch Nas apologists refuse to repudiate those disappointing albums.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/musi...mian-marl.html
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Elano · « **Reply #40 on:** March 31, 2009, 08:24:23 AM »

jeromechickenbone · « **Reply #41 on:** March 31, 2009, 09:56:38 AM »

lol @ Streets Disciple being disappointing. It went over most peeps heads. Nastradamus absolutely was though.

Elano · « **Reply #42 on:** April 07, 2009, 09:06:25 PM »

Hip-Hop star Nas has revealed details about an upcoming CD with Damian “Jr Gong” Marley that is titled Distant Relatives.

The pair first met in 1996, but realized their chemistry in the recording studio, after they recorded “Road to Zion,” a track from Marley’s album Welcome to Jamrock.

The album was released in 2005 and earned a Grammy for Marley.

The title Distant Relatives refers to Nas and Marley’s chemistry, but also pays homage to their African Ancestry.

“As an American, we have so much even in a so-called recession that a neighborhood like Queensbridge or Red Hook is Beverly Hills compared to the way people are living in Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Ghana,” Nas told AllHipHop.com in a statement. “So obviously if we making records with that theme, there’s gonna be things I want to build on. I think Africa has a lot to teach us.”

In addition to the new album of material, Nas and Marley will launch a multi-continent concert tour to showcase the new material.

“Africa is the backbone of the world and the foundation of everything and Africans are in a situation where they need help more than anywhere else,” Damian Marley added. “We know there are dire situations here in America but when you look at America—with public libraries and free education—these are not opportunities most Africans have. It’s a completely different scale of trying to help people. As humans beings, we’re part of a human family.”

The combination could also result in commercial success, as Welcome to Jamrock earned a Grammy for Best Reggae album.

Nas, who has sold over 20 million records in his career has released 8 solo albums and 3 compilation albums and earned 11 Grammy nods.

Distant Relatives is due in stores in late June 2009.

Jaydc555 · « **Reply #43 on:** April 07, 2009, 09:58:39 PM »

I applaud you krasnoe you have been posting aricles in the same thread instead of creating new ones.good work in all seriousness.

Elano · « **Reply #44 on:** April 07, 2009, 11:42:25 PM »

they are tight together,i just cross my fingers for the production (could be really good,but even weak as hell)

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