Julian Marley Is His Father's Son Part 2

A Commentary by Mitch Santell On Family & Legacy

This week is going to be a busy one for Julian Marley as he is considered a  front runner to potentially win this year's Best Reggae Album at the Grammy Awards.  Now, who believes that Julian Marley is a front runner?  Well, I do - and this is my opinion. 

Los Angeles is unique to reggae music because it is trendy there.  Most people always think of Jamaica as the number one place for reggae.

From our experience here at Big Reggae Mix (streaming Top Shelf Reggae for the past five-plus years), there is a whole lot of reggae going on in San Diego.

There appears to be a lot of buzz around Julian Marley (as well as his dad's legacy) because had Bob Marley been alive this year, it would have been his 75th Birthday.

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Bob Marley Would Have Been 75 Years Of Age in 2020.

Julian Marley, A Front Runner for his Grammy Nominated Release, "As I Am!"

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The only place that loves Bob Marley more than Los Angeles might just be Jamaica. The legendary Reggae performer not only influenced his entire genre, and many future genres that had yet to be invented when he was releasing music, but he influenced an entire culture by bringing the notion and aesthetics of Rastafarianism to popular culture, and while most places not located within college dorm rooms have grown out of the phase, L.A. never quite did.

We can take a number of guesses as to why this might be, but my money is on a certain substance that became legal rather recently. California has always been at least semi-famous for its ability to properly grow weed, so it stands to reason that music that embraced the herb would be just as catchy as the tree itself.

The other part is that the music is just good. Marley wasn’t the only person making Reggae music, but he was the most famous for a reason, and because of this we’re celebrating what would have been his 75th birthday with the One Love Hotel during Grammy Week.

The One Love Hotel will take place at the 1 Hotel in West Hollywood. Primary Wave Music Publishing, Island Records, and the Marley Family will host a full slate of events on location featuring a pop-up store, musical performances and more. So be sure to stop by and pay your respects to one of the greatest artists in history.

Read more here: shorturl.at/jkuyV​

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2020 is the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards

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Mitch Santell Comments continue:​

Since I posted part one of this blog posting, I have had two more people hear the opening track from "As I AM," titled "Are You The One."  Both of these people, one a man and the other a woman, wanted to know if Bob Marley had released a new "uncovered track."  My response was, "No, this is Julian Marley, Bob's son!"  After that, we were online looking at Julian Marley's discography, videos and other tracks that Julian has released over the years.

If Julian Marley Wins The Grammy

Julian Marley may very well win the Grammy for Best Reggae Album in 2020, or like a lot of artists, he may end up winning a Grammy in the future for some other project not related, and as we all know, we never know until Grammy Awards night.

If Julian Marley Wins The Grammy, he won't be the black sheep in the family anymore because too many people are now awake to the fact that Julian sounds precisely like Bob, Yeah man RASTAFARIAN!

If Julian Marley Does Not Win The Grammy

NARAS may pass on Julian Marley this year, and if they do, you are going to see Julian continue to spread his RASTAFARIAN Reggae Arms into even more profound music and video projects. 

Another short audio clip from my 30 minute personal conversation with Julian Marley: