[ph-urban]Damian "JR Gong" Marley and Nas Release New Interview About the Highly-Anticipated New Album, Distant Relatives
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DAMIAN "JR GONG" MARLEY & NAS
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RELEASE NEW INTERVIEW ABOUT THEIR HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED NEW ALBUM, 'DISTANT
RELATIVES'
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The Interview will Stream Exclusively on VTECH's New Music Blog, 'The
Sounds of VTECH'
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GRAMMY Award winning artist Damian "JR Gong" Marley and Hip-Hop
superstar Nas have released a new interview exploring their
collaboration on their new collaborative album, Distant Relatives. The
interview taped live at a recent press conference at the GRAMMY Museum
in Los Angeles will be streamed exclusively on VTECH's new music blog,
The Sounds of VTECH.=20
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In the interview, Marley and Nas reveal to the audience what it was like
to work together, their different processes and much more. The interview
will leave you even more excited about what the audience can expect from
this unexpected and exciting collaboration.=20
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The interview is available to be viewed at:
http://music.vtechphones.com/2009/07/vtech-keeps-you-in-touch-with-dista
nt-relatives-nas-and-damian-marley/#fbid:5arNP0Gsh9w
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This partnership is sure to amaze as both Nas and Damian are
groundbreaking artists in their own rights. Damian "JR Gong" Marley
garnered his own place in music history when he became the first ever
Reggae artist to win a GRAMMY outside of the Reggae category, taking
home an award for Best Urban/Alternative performance for the Welcome To
Jamrock, single. Nas emerged from the Queensbridge neighborhood of Long
Island City, a hotbed of rap artist since the '80s. Nas first reached
an international audience when his track "Halftime" was tapped by
producer MC Serch as the opening cut on 1992's Zebrahead movie
soundtrack. Since then he has released 8 solo albums and 3 compilation
albums that have garnered 11 GRAMMY nominations and certified either
double-platinum, platinum and gold.
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bold'>Damian “JR Gong” Marley </span></b>and Hip-Hop =
superstar <b><span
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exploring
their collaboration on their new collaborative album, <b><u><span
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Distant Relatives</span></u></b>. The =
interview taped
live at a recent press conference at the <st1:PlaceName =
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<st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">Museum</st1:PlaceType> in <st1:place =
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exclusively on
VTECH’s new music blog, <b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>The =
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<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>VTECH</span></b>. =
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audience
what it was like to work together, their different processes and much =
more. The
interview will leave you even more excited about what the audience can =
expect
from this unexpected and exciting collaboration. =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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sure to
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rights.
Damian “JR Gong” Marley garnered his own place in music =
history
when he became <u>the first ever</u> Reggae artist to win a GRAMMY
outside of the Reggae category, taking home an award for <i><span
style=3D'font-style:italic'>Best Urban/Alternative</span></i> =
performance for the
<u>Welcome To Jamrock</u>, single. <strong><b><font face=3D"CG =
Omega"><span
style=3D'font-family:"CG =
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neighborhood
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Island</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st=3D"on">City</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, a hotbed of rap artist =
since the
’80s. Nas first reached an international audience when his =
track
“Halftime” was tapped by producer MC Serch as the opening =
cut on
1992’s <i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'>Zebrahead</span></i> =
movie
soundtrack. Since then he has released 8 solo albums and 3 =
compilation
albums that have garnered 11 GRAMMY nominations and certified either
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