Nas & Damian Marley - Distant Relatives (2010)

 

Distant Relatives a fost lansat în data de 18 mai 2010 prin Universal Republic & Def Jam Recordings și este prima colaborare între Nas și Damian Marley, reprezentând cel de-al 10-lea album pentru primul (al treilea album cu Def Jam) și cel de-al 4-lea pentru Damian Marley.

Track listing

All tracks were produced by Damian Marley, except tracks 4, 9, and 11, which were produced by Stephen Marley.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"As We Enter"	Nasir Jones, Damian Marley, Mulatu Astatke	2:58
2.	"Tribes at War" (featuring K'naan)	Jones, Marley, Keinan Warsame	4:30
3.	"Strong Will Continue"	Jones, Marley	6:02
4.	"Leaders" (featuring Stephen Marley)	Jones, Marley, Stephen Marley	4:20
5.	"Friends"	Jones, Marley	4:49
6.	"Count Your Blessings"	Jones, Marley	4:24
7.	"Dispear"	Jones, Marley	5:53
8.	"Land of Promise" (featuring Dennis Brown)	Jones, Marley, Dennis Brown	4:00
9.	"In His Own Words" (featuring Stephen Marley)	Jones, D. Marley, S. Marley	5:00
10.	"Nah Mean"	Jones, Marley	4:09
11.	"Patience"	Jones, Marley, Amadou Bajayoko, Mariam Doumbia	5:46
12.	"My Generation" (featuring Joss Stone & Lil Wayne)	Jones, Marley, Dwayne Carter, Jr.	4:02
13.	"Africa Must Wake Up" (featuring K'naan)	Jones, Marley, Warsame	6:41
Total length:			57:13

LP/iTunes bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"Ancient People" (featuring Junior Reid)	Nasir Jones, Damian Marley, Junior Reid	4:35
Total length:			61:48

Sample credits^[44]

• "As We Enter" contains samples of "Yegelle Tezeta" by Mulatu Astatke.
• "Tribes at War" contains a sample from "Tribal War" by Earl Lowe.
• "Friends" contains a sample from "Undenge Uami" by David Zé.
• "Land Of Promise" contains a sample from "Promised Land" by Dennis Brown.
• "Nah Mean" contains a sample from "Kurikute" by Sara Chaves.
• "Patience" contains a sample from "Sabali" by Amadou & Mariam from the album Welcome to Mali.
• "My Generation" contains a sample from "Generation" by Ziggy Marley.

Personnel

Credits for Distant Relatives adapted from Allmusic.^[45]

Luke Aiono – guitar Rahsaan Alexander – background vocals Chris Athens – mastering Kreiger Bailey – background vocals Amadou Bajayoko – composer Miguel Bermudez – assistant Chad Blaize – background vocals Dennis Brown – composer, background vocals Llamar "Riff Raff" Brown – keyboards Ann Marie Calhoun – violin Andrea Carter – guitar James "Bonzai" Caruso – mixing Jason Chantrelle – A&R Daniel Chappell – brass Squiddly Cole – percussion, drums, keyboards Shiah Coore – bass, drums, background vocals, handclapping Greg DePante – assistant Courtney Diedrick – drums, handclapping Sean Diedrick – keyboards Mariam Doumbia – composer Dwayne Carter – composer Nabil Elderkin – photography Paul Fakhourie – bass, keyboards Andre "Illestr8" Forrest – background vocals, handclapping Rovleta Fraser – background vocals Nesta Garrick – art direction, design Neville Garrick – photography, art consultant Marcus Garvey – quotation author Rannoy Gordon – guitar Andrew Green – engineer Tim Harkins – engineer Phillip "Winta" James – keyboards, background vocals, handclapping Sunday Agwaze Michaels – tumbadora "African conga" Nasir Jones – composer, writer, rapper, executive producer, producer, background vocals Keinan Warsame – composer

L.A.'s Best Sunny Brae Choir – background vocals Marc Lee – engineer Funji Legohn – brass Casey Lewis – engineer Damian Marley – composer, producer, programming, background vocals, handclapping, executive producer Stephen Marley – guitar, composer, keyboards, programming, producer George Massa – engineer Christopher Merridith – bass, guitar, keyboards Jah Amen Mobley – background vocals Leon Mobley – percussion, background vocals Vernon Mungo – engineer Josh Newell – engineer Bobby Newland – assistant Steve Nowa – assistant Oakwood School 5th Grade Choir – background vocals Raymond Onyai – background vocals George Pajon – guitar Lisa Parade – director Josef Powell – background vocals José Quintero – assistant Benjamin Reid – engineer, assistant Mike Rowe – keyboards James Rudder – assistant Noelle Scaggs – background vocals Miles Tackett – cello Charles Wakeman – engineer, mixing, assistant Oren Waters – background vocals Will Wheaton – background vocals Roselyn Williams – background vocals Betty Wright – background vocals Eric "Twizted" Young – assistant Gabriel Zardes – A&R Danny Zook – sample clearance Corey Lloyd - sample clearance Michael Hardin - sample clearance