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Review
Following in his father s legacy, Ky-Mani Marley marches on and continues the pop reggae sound his family is known for. Radio is Ky-Mani s third album and from listening to this day and night this is definitely his best effort yet. Coming from such a musical family you would think it would difficult to stand out. But Ky-Mani rises to the top with radio friendly hits such as One Time, The March, Royal Vibes and The Conversation.
The comparisons to his father will be inevitable, but Ky-Mani is his own man. You can not deny the talent he has been given. And rather than rest on his father s legacy Ky-Mani delivers an album full of musical talent, brilliant beats and roots reggae, yet keeps the spiritual torch burning. Ky-Mani is definitely keeping the Marley music magic alive. This CD is a must have for every music collection. --BAMCO New Release Report
Product Description
"Radio" will be Ky-Mani Marley's first release since his Grammy nominated album, Many More Roads, five years ago. The album features several key singles including One Time, The March and Conversation among others. All of the songs contain Marley s unique sound of classical reggae beats mixed with contemporary hip hop. Featured artists include Young Buck and Mya.
Son of the legendary Bob Marley, Ky-Mani continues the exodus in a different, but difficult world after 30 years.
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Ky-Mani, son of famous reggae singer Bob Marley, will star in the reality series, "Living The Life of Marley," that will have cameras following him and his family, while he prepares to launch his new CD, "Radio."
A press release states the series documents Marley's everyday life including hanging out with a bunch of friends to working all night in the studio on a red-hot music single, in addition to showing the strong family bonds holding the Marley clan together.
Produced in conjunction with AAO Music, Inc., the home of REALITY and its label partners, Vox Music Group and Purfek Storm Productions and with the BET Network, the series will launch as Marley's release, "Radio," hits music stores September 25.
I got the new album. I like it. I wish it would have a little more reggae like Many More Roads did but.....that's OK. It is a good album. Not reggae, not hip hop not r n' b, not really any one style you could put it in. I would say Kymani now has firmly established his own style of music. As soon as it starts it simply sounds like Kymani Marley. The guy is good.
I forgot he is also going on tour as the opening act for none other than...Van Halen!!
I got the new album. I like it. I wish it would have a little more reggae like Many More Roads did but.....that's OK. It is a good album. Not reggae, not hip hop not r n' b, not really any one style you could put it in. I would say Kymani now has firmly established his own style of music. As soon as it starts it simply sounds like Kymani Marley. The guy is good.
whic is your favourite?
love is my religion by ziggy
welcome to jamrock by damian
mind control by stephen
radio by kymani
great question Marco.
I think if I could pull 5 songs from each I would be able to make my favorite album.
I think Jamrock has the most good songs.
I think Love is My religion has the few strongest songs such as Black Cat, Beach in Hawaii, A lifetime etc..
I think Stephens albums is pretty good, but not as solid as I hoped considering his previous MM songs and time he took to release it.
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After listening to Kymani's albums no less that 20 times over the weekend, ..... well, I just wish it was more reggae and more like Many More Roads. There are simply too many hip hop beat songs that seem to drag on and go nowhere. No great hooks, lame guest vocals especially from the males he has as guests. I like the female guests. It sounds like he was trying to go after and please the lame generic rap community. When I say lame generic hip hop community I mean guys like Kanye West as opposed to guys like
KRS-1, De La Soul and the likes.
But who knows, chances are this will be his biggest selling album and this will gain him some fans that he did not attract with his first 2(3) albums.
He may have to pull a Peter Tosh though and watch for the flying bottles when he opens for Van Halen like Peter did when he opened for the Stones. Their typical white trash drunk fans will not appreciate Kymani.
And for some reason or to validate my claim that he might be pandering to the hip hop community, Ky-Mani has a ton of totally unnecessary cursing. The album even has a parental advisory sticker like he is Eazy-E. Don't get me wrong I like the f-bomb dropped as well as the next guy, but sometime you don't need to do it and it comes off sounding corney as in Ky-mani's case. Maybe it would have worked or created a buzz in 1988 but not in 2007.
Many time I get the feeling these Jamaican dancehall guys are so far behind the times when it comes to hip hop or other one time cool things. Such as the much over used vocal effect Damian has all over Jamrock, You know what I'm referiing to? The fuzz box Peter Frampton effect. So old and so lame, but these guys are using it like it just was invented and they stumbled pon a great new thing.
I'm wondering if jamaicans love hip hop and rap or they still love reggae
I don't think you can group all the people from Jamaica into one group and ask if they like hip hop or reggae. I think the youth of Jamaica no doubt love hardcore dancehall and US Rap more than roots reggae. Hell, the last time I was there 13 of the 15 youths I asked did not know who Peter Tosh was. But they all know who Biggie and Tupac are and Sizzla and Elephant Man. They refer to roots reggae as oldies music that their parents like.
I think the youth of Jamaica no doubt love hardcore dancehall and US Rap more than roots reggae
...the generation gap.....
bestjamaica
03-10-07, 19:43
anybody heard the new single "one time"??? I can't believe..... is not reggae..... is reggaeton....... I really don't like reggaeton...........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZDga0TMlUE
anybody heard the new single "one time"??? I can't believe..... is not reggae..... is reggaeton....... I really don't like reggaeton...........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZDga0TMlUE
why in all hip hop or rap video, all the black girls look like idiot prostitutes?
bestjamaica
04-10-07, 14:07
why in all hip hop or rap video, all the black girls seem like idiot prostitutes?
do you know "reggaeton" Marco??? this song is pure reggaeton..... all reggaeton songs lyrics are the same: talking about sex, betrayment....
do you know "reggaeton" Marco??? this song is pure reggaeton..... all reggaeton songs lyrics are the same: talking about sex, betrayment....
bull****
The Youttube video is an edited version of the song. They cut out where Kymani talks about his AK's and such. So old and lame. Then what the hell is that crappy video. Kymani is now a crack dealer I see protecting his turf, a real modern day Scarface? It is just a silly joke of a video to go along with the lame song. Damn I hate to be saying this about Kymani but....what the hell Kymani? Where are your solid reggae tracks like you have on Journey and Many More Roads? You can't just abandon that stuff, thats your roots not this played out gun toting hip gangster wannabe ****.
countryman
09-10-07, 19:00
IMHO:
1. I'm Back *
2. The March *
3. Slow Roll *
4. One Time *
5. Hustler **
6. The Conversation **
7. Royal Vibes *
8. I Got You *
9. Jezebel *
10. So Hot *
11. Ghetto Soldier *
12. Breakdown *
13. I Pray **
14. The March (Bonus Track - Vox Spanish Remix) *
if you love reggae you don't love this album
only Hustler is reggae! http://www.bobmarleymagazine.com/forum_bmwm/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif
countryman
09-10-07, 19:23
jr gong welcome to jamrock ****
ziggy love is my religion ***1/2
stephen mind control ***
ky-mani radio * (i'm sorry but in my opinion is a bad album)
A few updates good or bad:
I read a nice interview with Kymani he explained the concept of the album and it makes sense to me. Basically he said he was forced by the record companies to make the first 2 albums so heavy on the reggae. Radio is the exact music that is inside of him and the album he has always wanted to make. This music is the music of Kymani, the more reggae stuff was kind of forced on him by the labels. I can understand that. He says just b/c his last name is marley does not mean he has to play reggae and only reggae and that his father would be very proud of his music and would not want him compromise his integrity.
2nd--I have almost gone full circle on this album. I now like it much more, the more I listen. I still frown upon the guest that he has on certain tracks. I really think all of them take away from Kymani and the songs. A perfect example is the first songs I'm Back. I like Kymani's vocal part, but the guest he has come in at the end makes me skip to the next song every single listen. It simply detracts from Kymani's vocals. The same goes for the other tunes with guest vocals.
Swiss Nauruan Wailer
18-10-07, 20:47
boring... even his first album (Like Father Like Son) was better...
I don't know Swiss. The electronic drums on Like Father Like Son just kill me. Throw real drums on there and you got a great album. Fill it full of electric drum beats and it drives me insane. Spend the extra $500 on a drummer and do it right. I can't stand these cheap *******s that fill albums with the crappiest drum beats to save a buck. They are not even good creative sampled drum beats, they are just generic junk beats.
But I do like Like Father Like Son. It was my first taste of Kymani many years ago. But to all the roots producers out there PLEASE never put a electronic drum beat on a roots songs again-PLEASE!!!
I can live with So JAH Seh and No Woman No Cry but that's about it. I actually like the original beats on So JAH Seh.
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