Set me some goodies! Vouchers will suffice), cracked it open once I got home, dashed it in the laptop, ripped that, injected onto my iPod (done know the plug. So boom, bought it from HMV (done know the plug. So yeah, it seemed like this one was a reality.
However, as time drew nearer to the May 10th (?) release date, tunes were leaking like crazy over the blogs. I'm sure the bigger heads at labels sit there wondering "Where the bit*hes and ni**as at? We need some more bling and fat asses." The fact it was repeatedly delayed didn't quash these thoughts. Record labels don't take risks these days an album like this (sold as being about Africa) doesn't fit the criteria of a major label release. At several points I questioned whether this album would ever see the light of day how many projects haven't happened? Birdman & Rick Ross, T-Pain & Lil Wayne, Kanye West, Pharrell and Lupe Fiaso aka CRS (was never gonna happen), Tank, Ginuwine and Tyreese aka TGT (shame on all those that believed that one), even Jaheim & Cam'Ron (remember Lord You Know?). And it was natural, not one born out of a possibility to make money like the Best of Both Worlds project by R. To put two of my favourite artists on one album together is like a blessing from the most high. It's fair to say I had extremely high expectations for this album. In fact, I listened to it 3 times in the week before the release of Distant Relatives. Who didn't like that song? To this day, the album remains classic to me. I have since listened and become a fan of both.ĭamian Marley won a Grammy for Half Way Tree, but I like most became a fan after Welcome To Jamrock. I was too young to know/have acquired the first two albums at time of their release. I used to rinse I Am on cassette tape back in the day. Nas was one of the first rappers I would say I was a fan of (bar Will Smith and MC Hammer) along with DMX and LOX. Let me tell you why I could have got gassed:
Apart from not having time to write it, I wanted to make sure my review wasn't knee jerk. well let me tell you why I've waited so long to share my opinion on it. Why you reviewing this?" Well, I know we are in the digital age where yesterday's news is literally yesterday's news, BUT this album, to me, is. Alright, alright, I know you probably read the title and thought "That album's old, man.