Road to Zion

"Road to Zion"
Single by Damian Marley featuring Nas
from the album Welcome to Jamrock
Released 2005
Format 12" single
Length 5:17
Label Tuff Gong/Universal
Songwriter(s) Damian Marley, Nasir Jones
Producer(s) Stephen Marley
Damian Marley singles chronology
"The Master Has Come Back"
(2005)		 "Road to Zion"
(2005)		 "Beautiful"
(2006)

"The Master Has Come Back"
(2005)		 "Road to Zion"
(2005)		 "Beautiful"
(2006)
Nas singles chronology
"In Public"
(2005) In Public2005		 "Road to Zion"
(2005) Road to Zion2005		 "Hip Hop Is Dead"
(2006) Hip Hop Is Dead2006

"Road to Zion" was the 2nd US single to be taken from Damian Marley's Welcome to Jamrock, while "The Master Has Come Back" was released in Europe.

It contains a sample from "Russian Lullaby" by Ella Fitzgerald.

The song also inspired Nas and Damian Marley to record an EP together, which later turned into the full-length album Distant Relatives released in 2010.

Music video


The video was filmed in Kew Gardens and it features cameos from Chali 2na of Jurassic 5 (on the street), George Clinton and Game being locked up with Nas, and Damian handing out postcards with the Lion of Judah on them. After Nas analyzes the card, he manages to escape the prison he’s in and reunite with the young Marley back in a project hallway.

Awards

Damian Marley won the Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance at the 48th Grammy Awards (Grammy Awards of 2006) for the song Welcome To Jamrock.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 48th Grammy Award Winners - search query for Year: 2005, Genre: All. See page 6. "2006 Grammy Award Winners". Grammy. Archived from the original on 18 January 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
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