Ziggy Marley - Bob Marley 75th Celebration (Pt.1) (Live) '2020

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Both as the leader of and later as a solo artist, Ziggy Marley asserted his
individual role as a reggae star, honoring the socially conscious values of his
familys legacy while securing his own space in global music and culture. As the
oldest son of reggae legend and his wife , he was the natural heir to the throne
left vacant by his fathers untimely death in 1981. Beginning in the late 80s,
Marley and his younger siblings helped infuse reggae with heavy doses of vibrant
pop, breaking through with their Grammy-winning 1988 masterpiece, the and
-produced Conscious Party, which yielded the Top 40 hit Tomorrow People and was
followed a year later by their biggest commercial success and second Grammy
winner, One Bright Day. Following a string of highly regarded albums in the 90s
-- including the acclaimed Fallen Is Babylon -- Marley launched a successful
second act as solo artist, reaching another career high with both 2006s Love Is
My Religion and 2013s Fly Rasta (another Grammy winner), which featured reunion
appearances from . Following in his fathers footsteps as a political voice and
philanthropist, he later created the childrens health and education charity
U.R.G.E., and he has also written music for or appeared in numerous television
shows, from Sesame Street to Hawaii Five-O.

Born David Nesta Marley in Kingston, Jamaica on October 17, 1968, Ziggy Marley
received guitar and drum lessons from his father, and began sitting in on
recording sessions at the age of ten. In 1979, Ziggy, his sister Cedella,
brother , and half-sister Sharon all joined in the studio to record the single
Children Playing in the Streets. Christened , the four siblings continued
playing together at family events, and even performed at their fathers state
funeral. Marley was not even 17 when he and issued their debut LP, Play the Game
Right. The burdens of becoming a second-generation star weighed heavily on the
young singer -- who looked and sounded almost eerily like his father -- and he
allowed the record and its 1986 follow-up, Hey World!, to veer closely toward
pop music, resulting in derision from reggae purists.

Poor sales, combined with s public desire to market Ziggy as a solo act,
prompted to jump to the label, where they entered the studio to record their
masterpiece, 1988s Conscious Party. Produced by  and , the album was both a
critical and commercial smash, with the single Tomorrow People reaching number
39 on the pop charts. The follow-up, 1989s One Bright Day, continued  artistic
growth; it was also their best-selling effort to date, cracking the Top 20 and,
like its predecessor, winning a Grammy. returned in 1991 with Jahmekya, another
assured and creative effort. It sold well, edging into the Top 20, but failed to
generate as much radio or video airplay as its predecessors. Released in 1993,
Joy and Blues barely charted, despite adding elements of contemporary dancehall
(a showcase for s rapping skills). The latter record was  last release for , and
they moved to for 1995s Free Like We Want 2 B.

Like his father, Marley eventually emerged as a political voice, and was named a
Goodwill Youth Ambassador for the United Nations; at home in Kingston, he also
founded his own record label, , created to spotlight the next generation of
reggae talent. In conjunction with , he used his new label to release  next
album, 1997s Fallen Is Babylon, which returned them to the spotlight via the hit
People Get Ready, earning them another Grammy in the process. The 1999 album
Spirit of Music and subsequent concert release Live, Vol. 1 would prove to be 
final two releases as a band.

Without his siblings behind him, Dragonfly was released as Marleys first
official solo album in 2003, but its 2006 follow-up, Love Is My Religion, proved
to be more commercially viable, as the albums title track put Ziggy back on
reggae radio throughout the globe. His 2009 effort, Family Time, was a charming
childrens album, while 2011s Wild and Free returned to the socially conscious
reggae that launched his career. In 2012, he released his first comic book
featuring the hero Marijuanaman, and followed it in 2013 with the live album In
Concert. The diverse Fly Rasta followed a year later and featured a reunion
thanks to guest appearances from Erica Newell plus Sharon and Cedella Marley.
The album won Best Reggae Album at the 57th Grammy Awards. In 2016 he returned
with his sixth solo -- but first self-titled -- album, which featured the single
Weekends Long. Returning in 2018, Marleys self-produced seventh album, Rebellion
Rises, was directed toward themes of activism and social change. ~ Jason Ankeny,
Rovi

Tracklist: 
01. Ziggy Marley - Roots, Rock, Reggae (Live) (4:53)
02. Ziggy Marley - War (Live) (5:44)
03. Ziggy Marley - Get Up, Stand Up (Live) (7:12)
04. Ziggy Marley - Top Rankin/We And Dem (Live) (6:00)
05. Ziggy Marley - Positive Vibration (Live) (4:17)
06. Ziggy Marley - Coming In From the Cold (Live) (3:59)
07. Ziggy Marley - One Love/People Get Ready (Live) (5:06)
08. Ziggy Marley - Exodus (Live) (7:31)
09. Ziggy Marley - Redemption Song (Live) (4:50)
10. Ziggy Marley - Small Axe (Live) (5:38)
11. Ziggy Marley - Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) (Live) (6:49)

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