Stony Hill

Stony Hill

by Damian Marley
Stony Hill

Stony Hill

by Damian Marley

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Overview

Even though it took over a decade for Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley to follow up his breakthrough 2005 album, Welcome to Jamrock, he wasn't resting on his laurels. He kept up a steady pace of guest appearances on albums by people like Gwen Stefani and Jay-Z, recorded a single with Skrillex, and made an album with Nas, 2010's Distant Relatives. In between these activities and a full slate of live performances, Marley was also working on what became 2017's Stony Hill album. Largely eschewing the R&B and rap influences of Welcome to Jamrock, not to mention the high-profile guests, the album sees Marley digging deep into various aspects of modern reggae with only the help of his brother Stephen (and Bounty Killer's son Major Myjah on one track). The focus is directed on Jr. Gong and his voice shines like a diamond, whether he's toasting like he's using up his last breaths ("R.O.A.R."), rapping smooth as silk ("Grown & Sexy"), testifying like his father ("The Struggle Discontinues"), or grooving a little on a disco-reggae hybrid ("Living It Up"). He sounds best when he's pushing hard, coming off tough and ready on high-impact tracks like "Here We Go" and "Caution." Those are the moments when the album truly comes to life, though rootsy songs like "Everybody Wants to Be Somebody" have all the woody, heavy vibes of the best '70s reggae and Marley sings them exceedingly well. It's hard to follow up the kind of record that comes once in a lifetime and Marley acquits himself well, turning in a strong modern reggae album that's informed by R&B and rap, but is very much its own thing. ~ Tim Sendra

Product Details

Release Date: 07/21/2017
Label: Republic
UPC: 0602557173529
Rank: 61578

Tracks

  1. Intro
  2. Here We Go
  3. Nail Pon Cross
  4. R.O.A.R.
  5. Medication
  6. Time Travel
  7. Living It Up
  8. Looks Are Deceiving
  9. The Struggle Discontinues
  10. Autumn Leaves
  11. Everybody Wants to Be Somebody
  12. Upholstery
  13. Grown & Sexy
  14. Perfect Picture
  15. So a Child May Follow
  16. Slave Mill
  17. Caution
  18. Speak Life

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Damian Marley   Primary Artist,Percussion,Vocals (Background)
Big Youth   Primary Artist
Benji Baez   Guitar
Senen Reyes   Sampling
Stephen Marley   Keyboards,Featured Artist
Sly Dunbar   Sampling
Taf Thompson   Vocals (Background)
Sean Diedrick   Keyboards
Mark Myrie   Sampling
Julian Marley   Guitar
Nate Morton   Drums
Winston Boswell   Sampling
Williard Smith   Sampling
Charissa Barger   Harp
Steven Shelly   Sampling
Major Myjah   Featured Artist
Albert Forbes   Sampling
Roderick Hamilton   Sampling
Stephen McGregor   Keyboards
Thurston Moore   Sampling
George David Weiss   Sampling
Sherieta Lewis   Vocals (Background)
Shiah Coore   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Steven Van Zandt   Sampling
Cut Chemist   Scratching
Javier Gonzalez   Trumpet
Lee Ranaldo   Sampling
Jeff Townes   Sampling
Dan Warner   Guitar
Victan Edmund   Keyboards
Phillip James   Keyboards
Lawrence Muggerud   Sampling
Robert Thiele   Sampling
Andrew Lippman   Trombone
Roselyn Williams   Vocals (Background)
Dory Lobel   Guitar
Stephen Coore   Guitar
Ranoy Gordon   Guitar
Courtney Diedrick   Drums
Craig Serani Marsh   Sampling
Breyan Isaac   Keyboards
Devon Douglas   Sampling
Kim Gordon   Sampling
Leon Mobley   Percussion,Tambourine
Erica Newell   Vocals (Background)
Ricky Walters   Sampling
Robbie Shakespeare   Sampling
Louis Freese   Sampling
Dennis Brown   Sampling
Scott Mayo   Saxophone
Andre Dennis   Keyboards
Michael Rose   Sampling
Albert Griffiths   Sampling
Rochell Bradshaw   Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Tristan Boston   Composer,Producer
Aston Barrett Jr.   Producer,Instrumentation,Composer
Winston Boswell   Composer
Stephen Marley   Composer,Producer,Programming,Executive Producer,Additional Production
Sly Dunbar   Composer
Charles Ward   Logo
Ezra Tomlinson   Assistant Photographer
Joshua Gallander   A&R
Kenneth Jarvis III   A&R Assistance
Oniel Mondezs-Smith   Assistant Engineer
Tashara-Lee Johnson   Photo Production
Sean Diedrick   Producer,Programming,Additional Production,Composer
Mark Myrie   Composer
Mike Einziger   Additional Production
Marc Lee   Mixing,Engineer
Ann Marie Simpson   Arranger
Tim Harkins   Engineer
Damian Marley   Composer,Producer,Programming,Executive Producer,Additional Production
Matt Tuggle   Assistant Engineer
Gennaro Schiano   Mixing,Engineer
Major Myjah   Composer
Richard Munoz   Engineer
Matthew Keaveny   Composer,Producer
Albert Forbes   Composer
Roderick Hamilton   Composer
Stephen McGregor   Producer,Programming,Composer
Aston Barrett   Composer
Trevor James   Composer
Shiah Coore   Composer
Steven Van Zandt   Composer
Errol Brown   Mixing
Craig Marsh   Composer
Jeff Townes   Composer
Victan Edmund   Composer,Programming
Niko Marzouca   Engineer
David Kutch   Mastering
Randy Richards   Assistant Photographer
Willard Smith   Composer
Phillip James   Composer
Stephen Serrato   Packaging
Wendy Goldstein   A&R
Daniel McGregor   Composer
Vincent Watson   Engineer
Jason Chantrelle   A&R
Juli Knapp   A&R
Wayne Marshall   Composer
Ahmad Balshe   Composer,Programming
Courtney Diedrick   Composer
Andrew Myrie   Composer,Engineer,Producer
Peter Mack   Assistant Engineer
Michael Howell   Assistant Engineer
Breyan Isaac   Composer,Producer
Devon Douglas   Composer
James "Bonzai" Caruso   Mixing,Engineer
Ricky Walters   Composer
Manley Buchanan   Composer
Robbie Shakespeare   Composer
Dennis Brown   Composer
Andre Dennis   Composer
Michael Rose   Composer
Albert Griffiths   Composer
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