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NAS & DAMIAN MARLEY – “PROMISED LAND”
This might just have to be a summer anthem. And now that, thanks to Dressy Slacks, we have these two coming out to the Jazz Reggae festival at UCLA, we’ll be slapping this on repeat around the end of May. Nas & Damian go in on this one over a Dennis Brown sample, creating what looks to be one of the standout tracks from the upcoming Distant Relatives album. I’d recommend having some trees handy for this one.
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Download: Nas & Damian Marley – “Promised Land”
BLUNT ART BY CLIFF MAYNARD
Maybe we should call this recycling on a higher level. Haha. I’m laughing. It’s Saturday, so please enjoy yourself.
Using the last remains of joints, visual artist Cliff Maynard arranges the ends of roach papers into these magical works of art. Originally a student at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Cliff originally was introduced to the art through his study of mosaics, “I was studying mosaics in school, and I just remember sort of making this connection in my head between the tiles and roach papers.” From there, Cliff set out to create his portraits by cutting up the roaches into little pieces of paper, and reorganizing them by shade and size to form his portraits. Peculiar and extraordinary.
NAS & DAMIAN MARLEY: DISTANT RELATIVES
For months now, rumors have swirled around the idea of a collaborative effort from Nas & Damian Marley. Then, Rock the Bells unveiled the lineup for their summer festival series with the two artists co-headlining the bill, a promotion push for the forthcoming album. This video, directed by the talented Nabil Elderkin, is the preview for Distant Relatives. Not that I’d expect anything less, but this looks to be some pretty powerful shit. The kind of music that starts movements. Watch for yourself.
BOB MARLEY ON HOW TO LOVE A WOMAN
“You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She’s not perfect – you aren’t either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break – her heart. So don’t hurt her, don’t change her, don’t analyze and don’t expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she’s not there.”
SOUL REBEL: AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF BOB MARLEY
Photojournalist David Burnett recently released Soul Rebel: An Intimate Portrait of Bob Marley, a collection of pictures taken in 1976 on an assignment for Time Magazine to document the growing popularity of reggae music. The book offers a look at the legendary artist both in his home environment as well as on the road, featuring over 200 pictures, only a few of which were featured in the Time article. Too dope for words. Cop the book here
BOB MARLEY – “TURN YOUR LIGHTS DOWN LOW”
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Download: Bob Marley – “Turn Your Lights Down Low”
STEPHEN MARLEY – “FED UP”
What we had was more than words could say
Two times the echoes of my mind
That dont know where else this love I’ll find…”
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Download: Stephen Marley – “Fed Up”
BOB MARLEY: 60 VISIONS
“We don’t think upon a low level. We think high. That means we can live and we can see things. We can stay from above, and see things low. If you stay from below and look above, you have want. If you stay from above and look ‘pon them below, then you can’t want. Because you have to bend down too low to pick up something…”
