“Some of those artists didn’t know each other’s work until they made the records, whereas I (was) a fan of Nas years before we did ‘Road to Zion.'”Ĭombined, the two also bring some serious sales firepower. “Many of those records were made solely from business decisions,” says Marley, seated alongside Nas at New York’s Quad Studios. The album is a seamless collaboration - a world away from some of the forced dancehall/hip-hop couplings previously used by major labels to try and cross over reggae singles to the R&B mainstream. Sure enough, they are preparing to release a full-length rap-reggae collision, “Distant Relatives,” on May 18 though Universal Republic. Gong” Marley first collaborated - on “Road to Zion” from Marley’s 2005 album “Welcome to Jamrock” - the pair knew it was inevitable they would come back for more. When rapper Nas and reggae star Damian “Jr.
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