Where you can still hear something that is reminiscent of either of us. "But something where you can still see how there's a middle ground in the music. Featured artists on the album connect other diasporic dots- New Orleans' own Lil Wayne as well as the critically acclaimed Somali-born, Canadian-raised MC K'NAAN."I didn't want it to sound like something that would be typical of me, neither typical of Nas," said Damian Marley, who produced much of the album. All basically around empowerment in a way, cause if we're talking about Distant Relatives we're talking about the human family."The sound of Distant Relatives features live musicians as well as studio production by Damian Marley and his elder brother Stephen Marley, a distinguished award-winning artist and producer in his own right. But it went to its own thing.
It's a great learning experience for me too." And that experience extends to young listeners who will surely be enlightened and educated about the shared cultural legacy of Africa, America, and the Caribbean."The whole process is gonna be fun," Nas adds. You can't slack off right now. Especially as a lyricist, it's really like iron sharpen iron.
Distant Relatives traces the direct line from Dancehall Reggae's breakthrough moment 40 years ago to the rise of Hip Hop several years later. The project features the signature instrumentation and musicianship of Marley with the hard-hitting beats and lyrics of Nas. This is an album created by the two serious artists to explore and celebrate the correlations and deep-rooted connections between reggae and Hip Hop, tracing both sounds back to the African motherland that is both the cradle of humanity and the wellspring of mankind's music. Gong" Marley join creative forces to release this highly anticipated and exciting 2010 collaboration. When I think about things we wanna do with this album, it's just limitless."International Hip Hop superstar Nas and Grammy-winning artist Damian "Jr.
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