this is the sleep of one hundred years

Stephen Marley, one of the twelve children of Bob Marley released His first album, "Mind Control" in the beginning of 2007, although He has made a lot of previous records and collaborations with other artists. Most of His collaborations made with one of His brothers, Damian "Junior Gong" Marley (Bob Marley's nickname was "Tuff Gong", similar to a label where "Mind Control" was released), who has three solo albums ("Mr. Marley", "Halfway Tree" - which is a Grammy-winner album, and "Welcome To Jamrock" - a Grammy-winner album too, and it is the greatest success of Junior Gong).
Although, He has spent many years in music, "Mind Control" has just released with 11 songs, and with featured artists like Mos Def (one of the leading figures of conscious hiphop), Julian Marley, Mr. Cheeks, Spragga Benz, Damian Marley, Maya Azucena & Illestr8 and Ben Harper (on guitar). My favourite songs on the album are "Mind Control", "Hey Baby" (with Mos Def), "Iron Bars" (with Julian Marley, Mr. Cheeks and Spragga Benz) and "The Traffic Jam" (with Damian Marley), but the others are also great (except "Let Her Dance", which is the only one that I don't like).
Stephen Marley's music is very full-fledged and professional, and I would mark this album as one of the best reggae releases of the year, although the most of the year is just coming, but maybe this will be one of the biggest successes in 2007.

Trailer for the movie, Requiem for a Dream.
(This is my favourite movie, but my bravery was enough for only one watching...)

Obviously amazing video from Sage Francis, from his 2005 album, A Healthy Distrust.

The concept of Rastafarianism was evolved in the second half of the 1920s.
Marcus Mosiah Garvey, a jamaican typographer initiated the UNIA (Universal Negro Improvement Association), which had a main aim: unite all black people, and bring them back to Africa. In the 1920s, He travelled across the USA and the Caribbean Islands, and worked a lot for his aims. Later the UNIA miscarried its excercise, but Garvey's prophecies remained as parts of the rastafarian philosophy. Once He said: "Look to Africa, when a Black King shall be crowned, for the day of deliverance is near he prophesied.” Few years after this famous statemant, in 1930, Haile Selassie became the emperor of Ethiopia. Many people believed that Selassie is the king who's in the prophecy, nevertheless Garvey denied this, because He said that Selassie is a cruel ruler. Despite these words, many people still believe that Haile Selassie is the greatest emperor, and after the release of the Rasta Bible in 1935 by Leonard P. Howell, the movement developed a lot.
The original name of Selassie was Tafari Makonnen, and when he became prince, his name changed to Ras Tafari. "Ras" means prince. This is the origin of the name Rastafari. The believers of that philosophy started to salute Selassie as the Creator. They thought that Selassie is the black God. Haile Selassie is the 225. descendant of King David, who ruled before Christ. King Solomon, the son of David, and the Queen of Sheba were the parents of Menelik, who returned to His home, and became king there. Solomon gave Him the ring, which pictured a lion, the symbolical lion. This ring was owned by Selassie, and after his death in 1975, Bob Marley, the well-known reggae singer received it. The lion is a symbol in Rastafarianism, Selassie is called The Lion of Judah, or The Conquering Lion of The Tribe of Judah. In 1940, Howell founded a Rasta community in the mountains of Jamaica. Rastafarians started to live like it was written in the Bible: they don't cut their hair and beard, which refers to a line from Leviticus (a book from the Old Testament). Their hair is called dreadlock, because other people in Jamaica found it dreadful. Of course, it is not necessary to wear dreadlock, if someone is a Rastafarian. In 1941, the police force liquidated the Rasta community, and arrested Howell. As a result of this, Rastafarians became a part of the Jamaican society. In the end of the 1960s, when reggae became an existing music genre in Jamaica, many singer and musician joined to Rastafarianism, and the music and beliefs intertwined. The lyrics are about Haile Selassie, and the opression of Babylon. In the Rasta philosophy, Babylon is the evil system, which is holding down the Rastafarians.
Nowadays this culture has a great influence both in music and lifestyle, and many young people in our society joined to this movement, but most of them don't know every detail about it.