Welcome to Jamrock

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Welcome to Jamrock
Welcome to Jamrock cover
Studio album by Damian Marley
Released September 12, 2005
Recorded Lion's Den, Miami, Florida, USA
Marley Music, Kingston, Jamaica
Tuff Gong, Kingston, Jamaica
Genre Reggae
Label Universal / Tuff Gong
Producer Stephen Marley & Damian Marley
Professional reviews
Damian Marley chronology
Halfway Tree
(2001)		 Welcome to Jamrock
(2005)

Welcome to Jamrock is a reggae album by Damian Marley. The album was released on September 12, 2005 in the United States and September 13, 2005 in the United Kingdom. Marley won two 2006 Grammy Awards for the album, Best Reggae Album and Best Urban/Alternative Performance (for the track "Welcome to Jamrock"). Guests on the album include Stephen Marley, Black Thought and Nas. The executive producers of the album were Stephen Marley and Damian Marley.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Confrontation" (Featuring spoken introduction from Bunny Wailer)
  2. 'There for You"
  3. "Welcome to Jamrock"
  4. "The Master Has Come Back" (2nd int'l single)
  5. "All Night" (featuring Stephen Marley)
  6. "Beautiful" (featuring Bobby Brown) (3rd int'l single)
  7. "Pimpa's Paradise" (featuring Stephen Marley and Black Thought)
  8. "Move!"
  9. "For the Babies" (featuring Stephen Marley)
  10. "Hey Girl" (featuring Stephen Marley and Rovleta Fraser)
  11. "Road to Zion" (featuring Nas) (2nd US single)
  12. "We're Gonna Make It"
  13. "In 2 Deep"
  14. "Khaki Suit" (featuring Bounty Killer and Eek-a-Mouse)
  15. (UK-only bonus track) "Carnal Mind" (featuring Chew Stick)

[edit] Chart Performance

The song peaked at number 55 in the US on the Billboard Hot 100, but did better on the R&B and rap charts, peaking at numbers 18 and 12, respectively. It also did well in the UK, peaking at number 13.

[edit] Certifications

Country Certification Sales/shipments
Canada Gold[1] 50,000
USA Gold 559,308[2]

[edit] Samples

  • "Confrontation" contains spoken-word samples from speeches made by Haile Selassie I and Marcus Garvey. The music is a sample of the entrence music of former WCW wrestler Bill Goldberg.
  • "Road to Zion" contains a sample from "Russian Lullaby" by Ella Fitzgerald
  • "Move!" contains a sample from "Exodus" by Bob Marley
  • "Jamrock" contains a sample from "World a Music" by Ini Kamoze
  • "The Master Has Come Back" contains a sample from "Bide Up" by Bunny Wailer.
  • "All Night" contains the sample from "Rude Boy Rock" by [Lionrock].

[edit] Miscellaneous

  • The track "Welcome To Jamrock" is featured in the video game FIFA 06. It is also heard, translated into "Simlish," in the PC game The Sims 2: Bon Voyage on the Reggae station featured on radios in the game.
  • The tracks "Hey Girl" and "Welcome To Jamrock" are also featured in the video game Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Remix
  • The track Move! is featured in the game Tony Hawk's Project 8.

[edit] References

  1. ^ CRIA Gold & Platinum certifications for February 2007. Retrieved July 25, 2007.
  2. ^ Top 200 SoundScan Album Sales (08/23/2006)

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