| Nas & Damian Marley / Distant Relatives |
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| Album: | Distant Relatives | Collection: | Reggae | |
| Artist: | Nas & Damian Marley | Added: | Oct 2010 | |
| Label: | Universal Republic Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2010-10-10 | Pull Date: | 2010-12-12 | Charts: | Hip-Hop, Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Nov 21 | Nov 14 | Nov 7 | Oct 31 | Oct 24 | Oct 17 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 03, 2014: | Down the Rabbit Hole In His Own Words (Feat. Stephen Marley) | 4. | Jul 26, 2011: | The Conscious Soul Africa Must Wake Up (Feat. K'naan) | |
| 2. | Jun 30, 2012: | New World Disorder Tribes At War (Feat. K'naan) | 5. | Jun 28, 2011: | A Mind Redefined Africa Must Wake Up (Feat. K'naan) | |
| 3. | Aug 23, 2011: | The conscious Soul Tribes At War (Feat. K'naan) | 6. | Jan 01, 2011: | New World Disorder Tribes At War (Feat. K'naan) |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2010-10-08 | ||
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Nas & Damian Marley – Distant Relatives Reviewed by Sadie O., 10/8/10 Hip Hop/Dancehall duets. Way too much orchestration and production for my tastes, and I’m not a big fan of Nas’s style, but that’s me. Jr. Gong is always good, and K’naan guests on a couple of tracks. Apparently this version of the release has been cleaned up, because there’s a few gaps in Nas’s raps. Best tracks IMO are 2 and 8 – 1, 5 and 7 are decent, too. 1. 2:28 ***trumpet flourish intro, then midtempo dancehall riddim (rather a circus ride kind of sound) with Nas & Damian tossing raps back and forth min-line. 2. 4:30 ****strings, xylophone, electronics, big chorus, a bit of African element in the percussion. Unusual mash-up. K’naan adds his distinctive vocal/lyrical style. 3. 6:01 (“niggas” a few times) **very faint heartbeat intro, a bunch of Nas talking, then slow dancehall riddim, Damian singing as well as rapping, female chorus. A couple of long raps by Nas. 4. 4:20 **slow swingy skank, guest singing by Stephen Marley. 5. 4:49 ***sampled African vocal intro, very downtempo orchestral riddim. 6. 4:24 *smooth-jazzy rhythm. Damian sings. Riddim gets a bit harder when Nas raps. 7. 5:53 ***vaguely African style female chanting, then forceful slightly downtempo dancehall riddim, rather more like what we expect from Jr. Gong. Bit of chat about Africa at end. 8. 3:54 ****trumpet flourishes intro, then slow skank – best riddim yet. Very small bits of Dennis Brown singing. 9. 5:00 *”unplugged” acoustic guitar and piano. A bit pretty for my tastes. Stephen Marley sings. 10. 4:09 **hard downtempo dancehall skank. Lots of rap from both parties. 11. 5:46 *slow, rather depressed sounding, muffled female chorus, nice rhythm in Damian’s rap. 12. 4:00 **child chorus and Joss Stone warbling. Lil Wayne does a guest rap. Several seconds of kids squealing at end. 13. 6:40 *slow orchestra and piano intro, slow syncopated sway after half a minute. K’naan’s rap in Somali is the best part of the song by far. | ||
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