Conversations is a collaborative studio album by German reggae musician Gentleman and Jamaican reggae/hip-hop artist Ky-Mani Marley . It was released on June 26, 2016, through Island /Vertigo/Capitol . Recording sessions took place at Circle House Studios in North Miami, Florida and at Soulfood Studios. Production was handled by Gentleman, Clayton Morrison, Ben Bazzazian,Supa Dups , Boris Rogowski, Di Genius , Jugglerz and Ky-Mani Marley, with Rolf Radny serving as executive producer. It features guest appearance from Marcia Griffiths on the cover version of The Wailers ' song "Simmer Down ".[citation needed ]
Conversations Released June 26, 2016 (2016-06-26 ) Studio Circle House Studios (Miami , FL ) Soulfood Studios Genre Reggae Label Producer
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Conversations (2016)
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The album peaked at number 4 on the Swiss Hitparade , number 6 in Austria, number 8 in Germany, number 139 in Flanders and number 156 in the Netherlands. It also made it to number 4 on the US Billboard Reggae Albums chart.[citation needed ]
Music videos were released for eight songs—"Signs of the Times", "Mama" and "Simmer Down (Control Your Temper)" were directed by Noël Dernesch, "Tomorrow", "Uprising", "No Solidarity", "Motivation" and "How I Feel" were directed by Henning Brix.[citation needed ]
Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Signs of the Times" 3:47 2. "Skit 1" 0:22 3. "Tomorrow" Otto K. Marley Everold "Daddy Rings" Dwyer Ben Bazzazian 3:53 4. "Questions" 3:32 5. "Skit 2" 0:29 6. "Jah Guide Over Us" 4:09 7. "Mama" Otto K. Marley Dwyer Chin-Quee Supa Dups 3:36 8. "Simmer Down " (featuring Marcia Griffiths ) 2:39 9. "Red Town" 3:42 10. "Hey" K. Marley Ky-Mani Marley 4:35 11. "Skit 3" 0:33 12. "Uprising" Otto K. Marley Dwyer Morrison 3:08 13. "No Solidarity" Otto K. Marley Dwyer Bazzazian Boris Rogowski Ben Bazzazian Boris Rogowski 3:24 14. "Way Out" 3:37 15. "Skit 4" 0:21 16. "How I Feel" Otto K. Marley Dwyer Bazzazian 3:47 17. "Motivation" Otto K. Marley Dwyer Martin Peter Willumeit Jonas Nikolaus Lang Paul Philipp Spurny Sahin Kablan Jugglerz 3:13 18. "Quality of Life" 3:09
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Rolf Radny – executive producer
Kevin Metcalfe – mastering
Henning Brix – artwork
Pascal Bünning – photography