Distant Relatives is a collaborative studio album by American rapper Nas and Jamaican reggae vocalist Damian Marley. It was released on May 18, 2010, by Universal Republic, Def Jam Recordings and Columbia Records.
Distant Relatives was recorded between 2008 and 2010, being produced primarily by Damien and Stephen Marley, both sons of the most-known Jamaican musician Bob Marley. Fusing musical elements of hip hop and reggae, it features wide-ranging lyrical themes concerning colonialism, poverty, Pan-Africanism and the universality of the human condition.[2] It features appearances from K'naan, Stephen Marley, Dennis Brown, Junior Reid, Joss Stone and Lil Wayne.
The album debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 57,000 copies in its first week. Upon its release, Distant Relatives received positive reviews from most music critics.
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DistantRelatives is a collaborative studio album by American rapper Nas and Jamaican reggae vocalist Damian Marley. It was released on May 18, 2010,...
the 'hood and Africa also as well." On 17 May 2010, Marley released DistantRelatives, a collaborative album with Nas. The album title refers not only to...
and his untitled ninth studio album (2008). In 2010, Nas released DistantRelatives, a collaborative album with Damian Marley that donated its royalties...
DistantRelative (10 March 1986 – 26 November 2005) was an Irish-bred British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. After running fifth on his debut...
was killed off while on his honeymoon. At the end of Noble Causes: DistantRelatives #4, he was returned to life in a twist similar to Bobby Ewing's resurrection...
further 17.3% were married to more distantrelatives. 67% of marriages in Saudi Arabia are between close relatives as are 54% of all marriages in Kuwait...
these had wingspans up to about 750 mm (30 in), though they were only distantrelatives, not true dragonflies. Dragonflies are represented in human culture...
closest living relatives are the giraffe and okapi. The Antilocaprids are part of the infraorder Pecora, making them distantrelatives of deer, bovids...
nephews and nieces. The Kapoor family of Prithviraj Kapoor are also his distantrelatives as Prithviraj Kapoor was his father's cousin. Kapoor made his debut...
Know. New Holland Publishers Ltd. p. 108. ISBN 978-1-84537-954-4. "DistantRelatives". Abby K-9. March 2006. Archived from the original on 9 November 2007...
from outside of Europe. Their ranks often include Arthur's close and distantrelatives, such as Agravain, Gaheris and Yvain, as well as his reconciled former...
hotel bath tub. The Kapoor family of Prithviraj Kapoor are also his distantrelatives as Prithviraj was Surinder's cousin. Boney Kapoor also has an interest...
are quite distantrelatives, and Mimidae (thrashers and mockingbirds). The latter are apparently the Sturnidae's closest living relatives, replace them...
production of three songs to Damian's collaboration album with Nas, "DistantRelatives" (2010). On that album, Stephen produced the songs "Patience", "Leaders"...
advisers as Diwans to their reigning siblings, cousins, nephews, or distantrelatives. Some members have also commanded army divisions as dalvoys (commander-in-chief)...
widow), preferred to choose the next king herself from closer relatives. From those relatives, she selected Yi Won-beom, one of few living descendants of...
rather, to a quite complete extent, Semites were, like their ever so distantrelatives – the Aryans – a concrete figment of the Western imagination, the...
Italy, Promellivora from Pakistan, and Howellictis from Chad. More distantrelatives include Eomellivora, which evolved into several different species...
family heritage. Vito is taken in by the Abbandando family, who are distantrelatives of his, in Little Italy on New York's Lower East Side. Vito grows...
reggae singer Damian Marley released the collaborative studio album DistantRelatives. Among the singles in which Nas did guest performances, notable ones...
another such offshoot of the imperial dynasty, making both clans distantrelatives. The most prominent of the several Minamoto families, the Seiwa Genji...
children are considered to be of prime importance, and other more distantrelatives less important. The marriage bond is important and stressed.[citation...
She had an older sister named Lillie Margaret. Amongst the family's distantrelatives were General William Tecumseh Sherman, Union General during the American...
the English-speaking world, a cousin is a type of relationship in which relatives are two or more generations away from their most recent common ancestor...
belief, crocodilians differ significantly from their ancestors and distantrelatives, as Pseudosuchia contains a staggering diversity of reptiles with...