What We're About To Do Right Now Is Go Back. Back To A Time When Rap's Greatest Hits Were Created In Basement Soundrooms, Not Corporate Boardrooms. When Dancehall And Hip Hop Music Was All About Moving The Crowd Not "moving Units." Before Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley And Nasty Nasir Jones First Began Trodding The Long And Winding "Road To Zion." The Artists' First Collaboration Went So Well That They Decided To Do A Full Album Together, And That Album Is Distant Relatives.

Unlike All Previous Collaborations Between Jamaican And American Artists, Distant Relatives Is Neither A Remix Nor A Featured Guest Spot On A Single Track But A Fully Collaborative Effort Filling An Entire Album, Opening New Avenues Of Musical Expression. Distant Relatives Traces The Direct Line From Dancehall Reggae's Breakthrough Moment Forty Years Ago To The Rise Of Hip Hop Several Years Later. That Line Continues Right Up Through Damian Marley And Nas' Double-Grammy-winning Road To Zion.