With Love PR “We talked about it as a team, me, my father and my uncle Damian and “Comfortable” was just the most fitting name; the word works on many levels: I am just getting comfortable enough to give you a peace of my mind, comfortable enough so that I can open up and share my views, my thoughts and my heart,” Jo explained.Like his father and grandfather, Joseph Marley is an avid football (soccer) player; he received his nickname Jo Mersa from famed Jamaican footballer Alan “Skill” Cole, a close friend of his grandfather. As the eldest son of Stephen Marley and grandson of Bob Marley, Joseph “Jo Mersa” Marley grew up surrounded by music. We built the riddims but my father produced and finalized everything, he has magic ears, he knows if a track has too much of this or not enough of that or if it needs something else.”Jo will perform the entire “Comfortable” EP as the opening act on Stephen Marley’s Revelation Part II “The Fruit of Life” tour, which commences in April in St. Petersburg, Florida. Personal life.
Comfortable is also an apt description of Jo’s approach to music making. Spanning pop, hip hop, EDM and dancehall influences, the “Comfortable” EP showcases deft lyrical skills, ranging from Jo’s speed deejaying recounting of experiences with insincere women on “Bogus” (gimme the real woman who nah bogus through the last name they run down Joseph) produced by his uncle Damian Marley, to his cleverly-rhymed detailing of a budding relationship contrasted by his sweetly sung hook on the title track.Originally released in February 2013 on the GYI compilation “Set Up Shop Volume 1”, which topped the Billboard Reggae Album chart, the sleek electro-dancehall hybrid “Comfortable” and its accompanying video generated a strong response among music fans so it was chosen as the title track for Jo’s EP. “Riff Raff and I have a chemistry; if I hear something in my head, I tell him and he can play it back and add a little spice to it. And from there he said ok, if that’s what you want to do, let’s see how motivated you are.”A month prior to his 19th birthday, Jo’s first single “My Girl”, which he wrote when he was 14, was released on GYI featuring his cousin Daniel “Bambaata” Marley, Ziggy’s eldest son. By the time he was four years old, Jo was appearing onstage alongside his father, his uncle Ziggy and aunts Cedella and Sharon (a.k.a. They went on to win multiple Grammy Awards as members of that group and as solo acts. Comfortable is also an apt description of Jo’s approach to music making.
That is when my song writing started to get more focused and it even made my writing in school better because I started to take my words more seriously.”The seriousness of Jo’s words is affirmed by the five tracks featured on his debut EP “Comfortable” due in Spring 2014 on the Marley family’s imprint Ghetto Youths International (GYI). “From day one I have been hands on with my music but more of my hand is in my projects now because I have come a far way from where I started,” Jo reflected.
He is the eldest son of Stephen Marley and grandson of reggae musician Bob Marley. By the time he was four years old, Jo was appearing onstage alongside his father, his uncle Ziggy and aunts Cedella and Sharon (a.k.a.
Back then school was the priority for Jo; traveling with Ziggy and the Melody Makers was reserved for school breaks and summer vacations, yet those experiences provided first hand opportunities for Jo to expand his musical aspirations beyond the performance stage.
Mi know you no thief it, what a piece a body gal, me love how you keep it/wonder what your mother regularly a feed it?”Jo came up with the melodic hook to “Sunshine” while singing to his baby sister Mia in an attempt to stop her crying. Spanning pop, hip hop, EDM and dancehall influences, the “Comfortable” EP showcases deft lyrical skills, ranging from Jo’s speed deejaying recounting of experiences with insincere women on “Bogus” (gimme the real woman who nah bogus through the last name they run down Joseph) produced by his uncle Damian Marley, to his cleverly-rhymed detailing of a budding relationship contrasted by his sweetly sung hook on the title track.Originally released in February 2013 on the GYI compilation “Set Up Shop Volume 1”, which topped the Billboard Reggae Album chart, the sleek electro-dancehall hybrid “Comfortable” and its accompanying video generated a strong response among music fans so it was chosen as the title track for Jo’s EP.
“Shabba Ranks, Professor Nuts, Ninja Man, Admiral Bailey, Papa San, Super Cat, Spragga Benz, Cocoa Tea, Sizzla Kalongi, and so many other artists who came from the time when I was born, I used to sing back their music not knowing what they were talking about. Uncle Ziggy bought my cousins an Apple laptop and we used the Garage Band software and made our beats on it; we recorded from the microphone, put on our headphones and that became our studio for a good three years. Growing up as a youth in an atmosphere filled with conscious musicians, Mersa naturally […] Jo’s first solo effort “Bad So”, followed in November 2011. As Jo career progresses, he looks forward to making his mark as an individual artist while continuing the Marley musical legacy. “Then when I was around 12 my cousins and I went on the Melody Makers’ Roots Rock tour. Joseph’s competitive football playing technique suggested to Skill the determination of a boxer in a ring so he started calling him Joe Mercer, referring to the UK boxer, and the nickname stuck.Jo also inherited his father and grandfather’s abundant musical talent and he has been greatly influenced by their accomplishments but the decision to pursue a career as an artist was completely his own.
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