Expand<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u201cIt was going back to memories,\u201d Marley, 57, says on a recent Zoom chat. \u201cAnd then also taking a deeper look into myself as a human being, and also into him.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we go through as human beings, and just feeling a little empathy,\u201d he says. \u201cFame, and what he went through as a person, as a human being.<\/p>\n
\u201cI felt that this was a part of his own voice in those words, you know? Part of him was represented in my own words. It\u2019s not just me. I feel like some of it was coming from him also.\u201d<\/p>\n
The opening words of \u201cMany Mourn for Bob\u201d are his own from a 1977 interview the singer gave, talking about his Rastafarian faith after an assassination attempt a year earlier.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said two things,\u201d Ziggy Marley says of the clips he incorporated as the introduction to the song. \u201cHe said if they kill him today, many more Rasta will rise up.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd the guy said to him, \u2018Why do they want to kill you, Bob?\u2019\u201d he continues. \u201cAnd he said, \u2018Because them don\u2019t know.\u2019 And then the song kind of starts.\u201d<\/p>\n
Later, Marley sings of the death of his father from the perspective of his children.<\/p>\n
\u201cMay 11th came, and the children said, \u2018Where will we turn?\u201d he sings, noting the date when cancer took Bob Marley\u2019s life, Ziggy himself a 12-year-old boy on that day in 1981.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m conscious of it,\u201d Marley says of the anniversary of his father\u2019s death. \u201cBecause I remember that day, you know. That day is never going to leave my consciousness. So I remember that day.\u201d<\/p>\n
His commemoration of it varies from year to year, though his father is never far from his mind.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt depends, it depends, it depends,\u201d Marley says when asked what he does on May 11 each year. \u201cSometimes it is a quick thought of what it was. But I think every day there\u2019s a connection. There\u2019s never not a connection.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I don\u2019t know, sometimes you have memories. You just go back to your memories. That\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n
In an interview edited for length and clarity, Marley discussed why it took six years to release a new solo album, how the Bob Marley biopic influenced what he wants to do next, and why he views Burning Spear, who plays with him at the Hollywood Bowl, as another father figure.<\/p>\n
Q: What inspired you to make a new album after six years?<\/strong><\/p>\nA:<\/strong> It\u2019s been a long time since I\u2019ve done it, and during the time, you know, I spent two years on the Bob Marley movie. And that was a good experience creatively. Being around that was a good experience. So I don\u2019t know, coming out of that gave me some ideas about music, and drama in music, and just visualizing music in a way.<\/p>\nI think that was part of the spark. Like, \u201cI feel creative, let me go do something.\u201d But while I was there, I was writing songs. I\u2019ve been writing songs all the time.<\/p>\n
Then I started building a studio, my own studio, so I wouldn\u2019t have to go anywhere else. That was also something new. That was another spark again, and the music was just flowing really nicely. My intention, it was very clear. I just felt like it was a perfect time in there.<\/p>\n
Q: In addition to \u201cMany Mourn for Bob,\u201d you\u2019ve also released \u201cRacism is a Killa\u201d as a single. Tell me about that one.<\/strong><\/p>\nA:<\/strong> Well, it was all the things. That\u2019s the idea I\u2019ve been working on for many, many, many years. Like it\u2019s been in my subconscious, and I\u2019ve seen it. I\u2019ve seen it in history, it\u2019s in the news, it\u2019s the present day. So it\u2019s a truth.<\/p>\nAnd it\u2019s the way I want to say the truth, like, \u201cYo!\u201d But then we put it in a way that it\u2019s not just about an individual or a type of people. It\u2019s a virus. It\u2019s a disease. That is the way I wanted to relate to it, that it is really a sickness.<\/p>\n
Q: Let\u2019s talk about your studio, Rebel Lion, which was just finished recently. Is it at your home or is it a standalone studio?<\/strong><\/p>\nA:<\/strong> I\u2019ve always had a little area [at his Los Angeles home] where that is a nice space. I still work from home sometimes. That\u2019s where I did most of my vocals. I wanted to be alone. I didn\u2019t want to be in a studio and have people watching me work. I wanted to be alone. I went back home to get that original feeling that I had when I was writing the songs.<\/p>\nThe studio, it\u2019s a nice space because usually when I have my home studio, sometimes I still would have to go to a bigger studio to do things. I\u2019ve always wanted my own space like this, and also to rehearse. I usually have to rent a rehearsal space. Now I have my own space just like I saw my father had his own space. It\u2019s the same thing in a way.<\/p>\n
Q: I wanted to ask about Burning Spear [the stage name of Winston Rodney] at the Bowl. He\u2019s 81, the age your father would have been today. What\u2019s it like to play shows with him?<\/strong><\/p>\nA:<\/strong> We did a tour with him last year, right before I came into the studio. And we\u2019re going to meet again. But Burning Spear is like one of my fathers, you know? Like I have fathers. My father is my No. 1, but then there\u2019s other fathers too that I look upon as fathers. And Burning Spear is one of those men. He knows us from when we were little boys, little kids.<\/p>\nHe was around my father, a good friend. My father gave him \u2013 the story he told me, he saw my father in the country one day and told him he wanted to make music. And Bob said, \u201cAll right, go to this address and go to this guy and tell him I sent you.\u201d And he told me that\u2019s how he got his first song. [He laughs]\n<\/p>\n
Q: That\u2019s great. It must feel good to still have people like him around.<\/strong><\/p>\nA:<\/strong> Oh, yeah, man. It\u2019s very cool, a very cool thing. We are so thankful.<\/p>\nQ: And your daughter Zuri will be at the Bowl with you, too?<\/strong><\/p>\nA:<\/strong> Zuri\u2019s an artist. She\u2019s not just a musician; she\u2019s an artist. She does acting; she does DJing. She loves music, and it\u2019s going to be fun. She\u2019ll DJ for it.<\/p>\nQ: Now that the studio is finished and the album is out, what are you looking to do next creatively?<\/strong><\/p>\nA:<\/strong> I want the visual stuff. I\u2019m in L.A. here. This is Hollywood. I was like, \u201cI need some visual stuff.\u201d It really sparked my interest, because I like movies and I watch movies, but also I like doing things differently and trying things. So, yeah, my own visual perspective in film and short films, that\u2019s where I want to go next.<\/p>\nQ: Your U.R.G.E. Foundation [Unlimited Resources Giving Enlightenment] is 20 next year. Tell me what kinds of thing you\u2019re involved with there.<\/strong><\/p>\nA:<\/strong> The latest thing we did was help out with some home building in Jamaica, which had a bad hurricane. But generally, what we do is we kind of adopt schools. A school like a kindergarten and early childhood development schools, and help out teachers salaries or lunch or whatever. So we focus on education with children mainly.<\/p>\nBut food programs, too. We\u2019ll partner with other organizations a lot. In L.A., we\u2019ll partner with HOLA [Heart of Los Angeles] We\u2019ll be with a foundation named Food for the Poor in Jamaica and another called BossMom, and we\u2019ll just try to help each other out and do good in the community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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