It ranked 43 weeks in the top 10, a total topped by only one country album in history, Ropin' The Wind by Garth Brooks. It's the only album (from any genre) in the SoundScan era to log 17 consecutive weeks at Number One and is also the top-ranking debut album by a male country artist. His most successful album to date is the debut of Some Gave All, which has been certified 9× Multi-Platinum in the United States and is the longest time spent by a debut artist at Number One on the Billboard 200 (17 consecutive weeks) and most consecutive chart-topping weeks in the SoundScan era. Overheard in the Crowd (Because I Yelled That Shit Myself) : "More fiyah! More fiyah! More fiyah! Fire, fire, fire, fire! Oh shit, I'm gonna get arrested for screaming fire in a crowded theater.Cyrus, a multi-platinum selling recording artist, has scored a total of eight top-ten singles on the Billboard Country Songs chart. Personal Bias: The dude sounds exactly like the son of Bob Marley, which is fucking awesome.
And when the lights came up, the people were smiling. It was the musical version of watching D Wade, King James, Big Bosh, and Haslem when they are on fire - pure athletic flow and synchronicity.Īfter his Top 40 hit "Tomorrow People," Ziggy closed out the set with "Love Is My Religion," floating backstage on a cloud of ganja, applause, and cries for more, more, more.Ī few minutes later, the band came back out and played four more songs before disappearing into the night. The seasoned pros were lively in their delivery, hit every note perfectly, never dropped a beat.
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The band recorded Ziggy's newest album Wild and Free all together in a room at once, and it showed in the seeming ease with which they repeated the performance for us. Ziggy sang like it was the original language, the truest form of communication between a performer and an audience. And drummer Santa Davis (Jimmy Cliff, Burning Spear) banged out the riddim that kept it all moving. Keyboardist James Poyser (Eryka Badu, Mariah Carey) accented the mix with his runs and fills. Guitarist Takeshi Akimoto (Taj Mahal) brought perfect technicality and a clean, warm sound. Meanwhile, Darryl Jones (Miles Davis, Sting), filled the room with waves of rolling bass. There was awesome percussion solo by Rock Deadrick (Ben Harper, Chicago) that set the people screaming. Zig and his band of far-beyond-driven talent dropped "Let Jah Will" knowledge, jamming the first song as a warmup. The reggae rider took Miami on a two-hour journey through a world of positive irations, set in motion by a solid, conscious set by Miami locals 4th Dimension. Lurkers will steal the camera you were stupid enough to leave in a backpack on the front seat.īut like Ziggy Marley says, "Welcome to the world, I can't promise it's a cool place." Never under any circumstances leave a car door unlocked on South Beach while grabbing a slice of pizza with your girlfriend after an awesome concert at the Fillmore Miami Beach. See Crossfade's pre-concert interview with Ziggy about the Marley clan, taxes, and country music.
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