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.
Saturday, March 31, 2007
