With this self-titled album Ziggy Marley provides a successor for 'Fly Rasta', his 2014 album that earned him yet another Grammy. Ziggy describes this album as a logical continuation of predecessor 'Fly Rasta': "This is a continuation of the 'Fly Rasta' ideology and philosophy. I learned so much during that process. Now, I'm taking this mindset to fulfill a larger dream. I learned how to be more free and not to hesitate when it comes to exploring musical ideas." Yet he also sees differences: "There's a big difference lyrically. With my new record, I wanted to address my feelings about what's happening in the world, outside of myself and how I see what I see, and solutions I have in mind. My fingerprint is on it more deeply. The world needs this message.". Big words and ideas, but how does this translate musically? It must be that Ziggy has spent far too much time in the US, because some of the songs on 'Ziggy Marley' ('Start It Up', 'Butterflies', 'We Are The People') unwittingly reminded us of the fake-positive and toe-curling politically correct repertoire from the Up With People shows. Every now and then we still get the Ziggy we learned to appreciate at the time of 'Tomorrow People' or 'Look who's Dancing'; in that category we should certainly mention the excellent 'Amen' and the up-tempo 'Love Is A Rebel', a song about which Ziggy comments: "In this day and age when everything is skewed towards division, love is actually the rebellious thing to do.". With 'Marijuanaman', Ziggy provides his brainchild, the comic book hero Marijuanaman, with his own theme tune. Both 'Long Weekend' and 'Ceceil' were premiered on the American television series 'Hawaii Five-0' in which Ziggy plays the role of Bones. Only for Ziggy Marley diehards!