I apologize for my absence in the latter half of the week last week. It was just one of those weeks. This week is starting off strong however, with a couple new videos from Nas and Damian Marley and Big Boi. The first video is from Nas and Damian Marley for their song, Nah Mean. Also, one of my favorites from Distant Relatives. This video is a continuation from Land of Promise. Looks like they shot it right after they shot Land of Promise. Nice visuals for an awesome record. Check it out.
I got an unexpected treat this morning while on HipHopDX when I saw Nas and Damian Marley’s new video for Land of Promise. This joint, Friends, Nah Mean and Africa Wake Up are my favorite songs from the Distant Relatives album. I’m really excited to see a video for this joint. I’m glad to see the promo is still going on for Distant Relatives. I’m hoping they shoot or have shot a few more videos for the album and hopefully another tour. Stephen Marley has a new album coming out this year as well so it will be a good couple years for the Marleys. Check out Land of Promise below and if you haven’t heard Distant Relatives, you need to do that now.
I just came across Damian Marley and Nas’ new music video for their track, Patience. Definitely one of my favorite songs from Distant Relatives. I love to see the promotion and love is still being spread over into 2011 for their album. Distant Relatives is still one of the best albums of 2010 and actually in the last few years. If case you have wonder what song they sampled for Patience, it’s a track called Sabali from the duo, Amadou and Mariam. Check it out below. If you haven’t bought, Distant Relatives, go buy a copy now. Make sure you catch Damian Marley and Nas on tour as well. They put on an amazing show.
It’s been a while but I’m back on my Classic Shit Fridays thanks to some cool videos from B+ and some amazing music from Nas and Damian Marley. One of my favorite albums of 2010 is Distant Relatives. It took several years in the making but the final product was amazing. I got the chance to see them perform live at the North Coast Music Festival and they absolutely shut shit down. It was only fitting that all week I watched and posted videos from B+ of the Distant Relatives, that I listened to the album again today. Perfect Friday music. Really perfect any day music. If you get a chance to see these guys live, together, separate, whatever, you need to do that. Here are some of my favorite joints from the album. Enjoy and Happy Friday!!!!!!
The third and final installment of B+’s video series documenting Nas and Damian Marley’s Distant Relatives showcases some footage from the video shoot for Promise Land. I can’t wait to see the video for that. Promise Land is one of my favorite songs on the album for sure. Check out Trenchtown Rock. Another awesome behind the scenes view of two of music’s greatest.
Here is the second installment of B+’s three part series with Nas and Damian Marley for their Distant Relatives collaborative project. This one is called Dub Plates at Tuff Gong and features Damian and Stephen working on Stephen’s song, Jah Army. Very cool. Check it out.
One of my favorite albums of 2010, featuring two of music’s most honest and talented artists, was Damian Marley and Nas’ Distant Relatives. Both artists managed to incorporate their styles into an incredible album that supported a good cause. Damian Marley has always been one of my favorite artists so, a collab album with Nas had to be sick. HipHopDX got the opportunity to shoot some behind the scenes video for a three part series about the two artists, their album and document the whole process. Below, is a link to the first video, Hope Road. The video was filmed by B+. Check out an excerpt from HipHopDx about B+’s journey.
I had been in some of the legendary sessions that became the Distant Relatives album at the Henson Studios in L.A. – even managed to get my jacket taken by Oliver Stone in the process (but that’s another story). The album itself is in so many ways historic and to be able to watch the music unfold was a true pleasure.
In the summer I was lucky enough to be invited on the road to document the UK and Ireland part of the European tour. Again it was an amazing experience. Damian’s birthday party thrown in London by Nas has to be one of the all time craziest fun times of my life, not to speak of the after-hours session in Dublin in a Kenyan bar.
But this trip to Jamaica was really a special end to 2010 for me. Basically it was a Tuesday to Saturday morning run. Nas had gotten there on Monday and we flew in from Miami with Damian and Stephen – fresh from studio sessions that provided the soundtrack for the trip on Tuesday evening.
That first night at Hope Road set the tenor of the rest of the trip. Nas was as relaxed as I’ve ever seen him, Damian was very at home and the surroundings at Bobs House – now the Marley Museum (see this clip to see Bob on those same steps being interviewed by a over-zealous racist Australian) were filled with history, characters and spirit.
If you don’t have Distant Relatives, buy it now. Its incredible, classic music from two of music’s most honest and creative voices.
This week has been perhaps the biggest week in sales for quite some time. As you all might know, Eminem dropped his album, Recovery last week and managed to move almost 750K in its first week. It is the highest first week sales in nearly two years. I honestly am pretty shocked by these numbers, i figured Drake would do more than Eminem but MAN, props to Em. Drake is now at number 2 on the charts and broke the gold mark in just two weeks. The Roots also hit the charts at number 6, moving 51k. Here is the top.
B.o.B. is still doing well. His feature on Big Boi’s new LP is pretty dope. Props to B.o.B. Hopefully Nas and Damian Marley can keep crawling towards gold. It’s still a little disheartening that The Roots still only moved 50K in their first week especially after touring the world for years and putting out dope album after dope album. Oh well, until next time, BIG shout out to Eminem.
What up world????? Here are the weekly numbers once again. No major releases hit the shelves last week but TWO major releases sprung a leak. Drake’s debut album, Thank Me Later and Eminem’s Recovery both hit the net in the past week or so and have been getting A LOT of attention. I would imagine the downloads are in the millions. Anyway, the usual suspects are still up top. Nas and Damian reached over 100k, which I must say that I’m pretty excited to see that. Here is the top.
It’s pretty amazing that Black Eyed Peas are STILL moving more units than everyone else. I guess I should reconsider making hip hop music and go straight pop. Shout out to Will I.Am. though. Dude is an incredible producer. Reflection Eternal moved another 4,700 but I doubt they will hit 100K any time soon. Until next week, go download the new Drake and Eminem.
No big news in album sales this week. Ursher is getting closer to reaching that platinum mark. Nas and Damian Marley are still in the top 10 and Reflection Eternal dropped down to number 68. Here is for the top
Killa Cam is back on the charts in the 133rd position moving 3,800 copies of whatever project he just released. Trina is still failing to move units even with a Diddy feature and Luda is approaching gold status with his album. Sorry for the rather unexciting edition this week but stay tuned for some BIG releases this summer.
