Chris Martínez - Damian Marley

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DAMIAN MARLEY : « Wellcome to Jamrock »

Song lyrics:
"Welcome To Jamrock"

Welcome to Jamrock, camp whe' da' thugs them camp at
Two pounds a weed inna van back
It inna your hand bag, your knapsack, it inna your back pack
The smell a give yah girlfriend contact
Some boy noy notice, them only come around like tourist
On the beach with a few club sodas
Bedtime stories, and pose like them name Chuck Norris
And don't know the real hardcore
Cause Sandals a no 'back-to', da thugs Dem wi do whe' them got to
And won't think twice to shot you
Don't make them spot you, unless you carry guns a lot too
A bare tough thing come at you

When Trenchtown man stop laugh and block-off traffic
Then them wheel and pop off and them start clap it
With the pin file dung and it a beat rapid
Police come inna jeep and them cant stop it
Some say them a playboy, a playboy rabbit
Funnyman a get dropped like a bad habit
So nobody pose tough if you don't have it
Rastafari stands alone!

[Chorus]
Welcome to Jamrock, Welcome to Jamrock
Out in the streets, they call it murder!

[Verse 2]
Welcome to Jamdown, poor people a dead at random
Political violence, can't done! Pure ghost and phantom, the youth
Dem get blind by stardom
Now the Kings Of Kings a call
Old man to Pickney, so wave unno hand if you with me
To see the sufferation sicken me
Them suit no fit me, to win election them trick we
Den them don't do nuttin at all

Come on let's face it, a ghetto education's basic
A most a the youths them waste it
And when them waste it, that's when them take da guns and replace it
Then them don't stand a chance at all
And that's why a nuff little youth have up some fat matic
With the extra magazine inna them back pocket
And a bleach a night time inna some black jacket
All who not lock glocks, them a lock rocket
Then will full you up a current like a short circuit
Dem a run a roadblock which part the cops block it
And from now till a morning not stop clock it
If them run outta rounds a bruck back ratchet

[Chorus]
Welcome to Jamrock (Southside, Northside)
Welcome to Jamrock (East Coast, West Coast, huh, yo)
Welcome to Jamrock (Cornwall, Middlesex and Surrey) Hey!
Welcome to Jamrock
Out in the streets, they call it murder!!!

[Outro]
Jamaica Jamaica! Jamaica Jamaica! Now!
Jamaica Jamaica! Yo! Jamaica Jamaica!
Welcome to Jamrock, Welcome to Jamrock

BIBLIOGRAFIA: In English

Damian Marley Biography
Also known as Jr. Gong (1978–)

RELATED WORKS
• 1996 Mr. Marley
• 2001 Halfway Tree
• 2005 Welcome to Jamrock» More
RELATED PEOPLE
• Bob Marley
RELATED SITES
• The official site for Damian Marley
• Damian Marley's page on MySpace

Singer, songwriter, producer. Born on July 21, 1978, in Kingston, Jamaica. Only two years old when his father, reggae legend Bob Marley died, Damian Marley has explored his musical roots to become of today’s hottest performers. He is nicknamed “Jr. Gong,” which comes from his father who was known as “Tuff Gong.”
Like several of Bob Marley’s children, Damian was born out of wedlock and outside of Bob’s marriage to singer Rita Marley. Damian’s mother, Cindy Breakspeare, was Miss World in 1976, and she raised her son in a Kingston suburb, not far from Rita Marley. Despite not being one of her own, Rita welcomed Bob’s children from other relationships into her home. (Bob Marley fathered eight children in addition to the three he had with Rita.) Damian told Entertainment Weekly that Rita’s house “was like the family HQ.”

Marley started his own journey in the music business at an early age. As a teenager, he performed with the Shepherds, which also included other reggae progeny, Shiah Coore whose father is Cat Coore of Third World and Yashema McGregor whose mother is Judy Mowatt of the I-Threes. While the band had some success in Jamaica, Marley eventually decided to strike out on his own. He worked with his older brother Stephen on his first album, Mr. Marley (1996). The two co-wrote many of the album’s tracks together. Embracing his musical ancestry, Marley announced to the world “Me Name Jr. Gong.” But the album’s upbeat dancehall style failed to connect with some listeners.

With Stephen producing much of his next effort, Halfway Tree (2001) brought Damian more critical praise and attention for combining dancehall and hip-hop styles. The recording won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album with both Damian and Stephen taking home awards for the project. Unfortunately, all of the kudos did not translate into big record sales. Still he accomplished something that his famous father was never able to achieve—winning a Grammy Award. The award category for reggae music was not added until the mid-1980s.

Damian’s real commercial breakthrough came from the single “Welcome to Jamrock” released in 2004 by Tuff Gong. Tuff Gong is an independent record label started by Bob Marley in the mid-1960s and is still in the control of the Marley family. Set to a mesmerizing rhythm, the track explored the real-life hardship and political strife facing the people of Jamaica. The success of the single led to a bidding war for Damian’s next album, and he decided to sign with Universal.

Working with Stephen as a co-producer, Damian put out his biggest album to date. Welcome to Jamrock (2005) incorporated elements of reggae, hip-hop, and R&B, and it reached the top or near the top of all of the charts for those genres. Another testament to its universality was its success on the Billboard Top 200 album, reaching as high as the number 7 spot. The title track earned Damian another Grammy Award—this time for Best Urban/Alternative Performance. For the second time in four years, Damian and Stephen won the Grammy for the Best Reggae Album.

Damian lives in Miami, Florida.


ESTRUCTURA DE LA CANÇÓ

És una cançó d’estil molt repetiu pel que fa la forma: Preludi (veu radiofònica) - A – B (tornada) – A – B (tornada) – C _ B (tornada).

• Preludi de veu al principi que és un Sampler d’una emisora de ràdio jamaicana.
• A: Amb tots els instruments a l’hora veu inclosa.
• B: Amb tots els instruments a l’hora veu inclosa.
• C: Amb tots els instruments a l’hora veu inclosa.


Instruments:

• Sampler ( aparell electrònic que reprodieix sons grabats de molts tipus introduint-los en el ritme de la cançó com si fos un instrument més).
• Bateria, Baix i guitarra : Porten el ritme de la cançó.
• L’organ: aporta alguna melodia de tant en tant.
• Veu: És el centere neuràlgic de tota la peça ja que porta tota la melodia i l’harmonia que s’hi troba.


MOTIUS DE LA TRIA

He triat aquesta cançó en primer lloc perque el reggae és el meu estil de música preferit de tota la vida. És la música que escolto per tot: dutxar-me, entrenar…. em posa les piles com res en aquest món. Damian Marley és un artista únic, no només per ser fill del més gran artista del Reggae de tots els temps com és en Bob Marley si no per haver modernitzat aquesta música introduint el Hip&hop i d’altres estils que fan que els seus temes siguin tan especials.

El més notori d’aquest cantant però, és la seva veu rasgada produint unes variacions exel.lents que pel meu gust son d’un talent indescriptible. Un altre aspecte és que les seves lletres són dures i crítiques amb el món en què vivim la qual cosa és un valor afegit pel meu gust de revolucionari.