Welcome to Jamrock (song)
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| Single by Damian Marley | ||||
| from the album Welcome to Jamrock | ||||
| Released | March 14, 2005 | |||
| Format | CD single, 12" single | |||
| Recorded | 2005 | |||
| Genre | Reggae, hip hop | |||
| Length | 3:33 | |||
| Label | Tuff Gong/Universal/Ghetto Youths | |||
| Writer(s) | Damian Marley | |||
| Producer(s) | Stephen Marley | |||
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| "Love It or Leave It Alone / Welcome to Jamrock" | ||||
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| Song by Alicia Keys from the album Unplugged | ||||
| Recorded | July 4, 2005 Brooklyn Academy of Music |
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| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 6:42 | |||
| Label | J | |||
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| Producer(s) | Alicia Keys | |||
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"Welcome to Jamrock" is a song by Jamaican reggae artist Damian Marley. It was released in March 2005 as the lead single from his album of the same name. The song was listed at number 270 on Pitchfork Media's "Top 500 songs of the 2000s". The song is featured in FIFA 06 & Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Remix
The song covers issues such as crime, poverty and political corruption as part of the harsh reality of "Jamrock", Marley's personification of Jamaica, as opposed to the Jamaica advertised as a popular tourist destination. Marley laments Jamaica's high crime rate and unceasing violence, demanding that those in charge do something about it. In this sense he carries on the legacy of his father before him, in inspiring Jamaicans to stand together.
Both the rhythm (known as World Jam) and the hook are sampled from the 1984 track "World-A-Music" by Ini Kamoze - the original rhythm from the Ini Kamoze album was provided by Sly and Robbie.
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Damian Marley won the Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance at the 48th Grammy Awards (Grammy Awards of 2005) for the song Welcome To Jamrock.
"Welcome to Jamrock" was recorded by American recording artist Alicia Keys for her first live album Unplugged (2005). Entitled "Love it or Leave it Alone/Welcome to Jamrock", Keys recorded the song as part of a medley, which appears as the last track of the album. "Love It or Leave It Alone" features hip hop recording artists Common and Mos Def and "Welcome to Jamrock" features Damian Marley. Additionally, "Love It or Leave It Alone" contains a sample of "Love Me or Leave Me Alone" by Brand Nubian, written by Lorenzo DeChalus, Derek Murphy and Charles Davis and "Latoya" by Just-Ice, written by Kirk Khaleel and Joseph Williams. On working with Alicia Keys on Unplugged, Damian Marley said that "I’m a fan of her music. What I really appreciate about her music is the whole live aspect. She’s very hands-on and musical. Reggae musicians appreciate that because we use more live instrumentation".
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