Multiple-Grammy winning
artist/producer, Stephen Marley (he holds the Reggae
record with five Grammy wins) was nominated, for Best
Reggae Album for his 2007 masterpiece Mind Control.
The much anticipated 50th Annual Grammy Awards will be
held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, on Sunday,
February 10, 2008.
“Every Grammy I have ever received
has been an honour and I’m grateful to be nominated
this year,” stated Marley.
Stephen is the third consecutive Marley (hailing from the great Marley musical dynasty) to be nominated in the Best Reggae Album category, with Ziggy Marley taking home the award at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards for Love
Is My Religion, and brother Damian Jr. Gong
Marley winning at the 48th Grammys for Welcome To Jamrock.
Mind Control (Tuff Gong/
Ghetto Youths/ Universal-Republic) landed at #1 of the
coveted Billboard Reggae Chart, and in the upper tier
of the Billboard Top 40 Album Chart, as well.
Critics raved about the groundbreaking album, with
People Magazine calling it a “masterful fusion of
reggae and hip hop,’” Entertainment Weekly
seconded that notion, calling Mind Control
the best Marley album in a generation.
Stephen snagged his fifth Grammy award for his
triumphant co-production work on brother Damian “Jr.
Gong” Marley’s acclaimed RIAA certified Gold disc Welcome
To Jamrock, making him the most honoured Grammy
winner of the Marley family, as well as netting him
the most Grammy wins of any other Reggae artist in
history.
The 50th Annual Grammy Awards will
be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, on Sunday,
February 10, 2008. The telecast will be
broadcast on the CBS Television Network at 8:00
PM/EST/PT.
Veteran Reggae artistes Burning
Spear, Toots & the Maytals and Sly & Robbie
are among five Jamaican acts nominated in the Best
Reggae Album category for the 50th Annual Grammy
Awards.
Burning Spear got the nod for his
set The Burning Spear Experience; Toots &
the Maytals for Light Your Light, while
rhythm twins Sly & Robbie were nominated for
Anniversary.
The other two nominees in the category are Stephen
Marley for, and Lee 'Scratch' Perry for The End Of
An American Dream.
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Source: Jamaica Observer
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