Bob Marley
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Though Bob Marley died at the young age of 36, his music and philosophies will live on as a legend forever. Bob Marley gave the world non-stop brilliant music. His work stretched across nearly two decades and yet still remains to touch us all. And his audience continues to widen. In the Third World his impact goes even further. In the parts of Africa from which slaves were taken to the New World, Bob is seen as a redeemer figure returning to lead the world out of confusion.
Bob Marley never wrote a bad song. He left behind the most remarkable body of recorded work. Whatever the situation or crisis, there will always be a Bob Marley song that will relate to it. It is important to consider the roots of this legend, for he is the first superstar to come from the Third World, and his music could have only come from one place, the street culture of Jamaica...