Congrats

Ziggy congrats to ya. You deserve it,you been doing your thing for awhile and ya still keeping Reggae alive. Lata!!!!!!

it was expected, after all d name is MARLEY

Ah str8 foolishness fi him win dat ova buju! Ah him last name win da award deh! Ah can bet seh di grammy ppl dem neva even lissen di album.

Ah Tanya shoulda win ova anybody last year fi best reggae album and unu fi know dat.

Glad it went to a Jamaican But should have gone to Buju... No disrespect but Ziggy's music not even played in Jamaica really... thats why we can't let these Yankees determine which album is the best... they don't know anything about Reggae...

What the bl**dclaat. I admit I bought that Love is my religion album and it was not that great. I
think he is trying too hard to sound like ben harper. Ziggy has not made a really good album in
10 years. Buju should have won. Buju has had the number 1 tune in ja for almost two months. Does Ziggy even do shows in jamaica?

If any reggae artist wants to win a grammy just make sure no Marley put out an album same year as yours.

I NEVER HEAR A ZIGGY MARLEY TUNE PULL UP INNA DANCE YET...NEVER..!!..BAY BAIS THING THEM A DEAL ....BULLET

fi know sey dem never give the award to mi uncle mark..BUJU BANTON, it hurt mi heart!!!! by far the best reggae album to be released in years. i listened love is my religion and i could only listen to it once. Mi RATE THE MARLEY FAMILY....BUT BUJU DESERVE IT.."I GUESS THEM STILL REMEMBERING BUM BYE BYE"

Ziggy's music is a powerful music. It's not the name that won. Why are jamaicans all hatin' on the marley name? Come on, if you put buju's song on american tv nobody the majority wouldn't understand one damn word he says. And (Ras), buju being #1 in JA for 2 months doesn't not win an artist a grammy just for that, because reggae is world music. Congrats ziggy.

big fucking surprise.

Hey the album is good, the fact that his last name is marley helped it, but what many Jamaicans dont know is that it did very well in europe. Ziggy is no gangster, but him style is still good. Big up Ziggy

we have to stop expectin anything from dem grammy people ...create our own shit in jamaica and the caribben the more we expect their accolades the more we gonna be disappointed.me personally i dont give a fuck who win reggae grammy.please understand reggae was built because of the same shit this guys are fighting dancehall for.BABYLON

ziggy keep on floating.

oh God dem peeps don kno music bullet fi dem, Ziggy gud bt nt infrom of Buju...... anyway Buju keep doin ur ting u d big man, dem can fight u 4 life, if nt 2day its av 2 b 2morow.... ghetto peeps give u d crown.....

Congrats Ziggy for winning the grammy, but u know deep down say is Buju deserve the Grammy, But what can i say, Buju never get it cause a him boom bye bye song,

Grammy A F#@ckry!

A song that hits in Jamaica doesn't neccesarily give it grammy credentials, Ziggy deserve it. Good reggae music prevail.

Mi nah tell nuh lie when mi read dis mi bawl out Weh Di F**K a gwaan??? Wa'amp to Tanya and Buju? come een like dem wah dem dead before dem get dem due respect...dem ting deh nuh right.. we need wi owna tings and lef offa dem fassy deh...
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A Marley win last year, another one win this year. A whole heap a dem lef fe line up fe more grammys.. lol lol.
See stephen come out with his album fe next year.
Well, real reggae artists, just know that its obvious that you dont need a grammy to showcase your talent.

Even Sly and Robbie deserve it over Ziggy, please.
Dang, even Matisyahu.

Ziggy is NOT a Rasta , he is a Hippy... He does NOT do REggae he does ROCK and WORLD music...

We CAN NOT expect much from these American Awards or place any value on them... OBVIOUSLY the people who voted DO NOT have the same taste as us here in JAMAICA... and JAMAICA is the birth place and the Mecca of REGGAE so IT is up to us to set the standard... and us JAMAICANS know that the BUJU album did SELL OFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!!!

The Jamaican Award for Best Reggae Album: TOO BAD, Buju Banton

BIG UP YU SELF SAME WAY BUJU, A BCUZ YU NUH NAME MARLEY MEK YU NUH WIN, BUT NUH SEH NOTHIN A YU A DI BOSS.DRIVER DONT STOP AT ALL,KEEP MAKIN DEM HITS BUJU.

ONCE A MARLEY GET NOMINATED IT AGO HARD FI A NEXT MAN WIN. BUJU ALBUM TUFFER, IT HAVE A NICE VIBE TO IT. BUJU U LARGE SED WAY, GWAAN BUN OUT DI BATTYBWOY DEM SAME WAY.

ALLIANCE MI SEH...

Mi nah give Ziggy a fight, but how him fe beat de Gargamel too bad? Mi know him album nuh wicked likka fi Buju. Anyways a so life stay. Gwaan Buju B because yu too bad, mi love yu caan done.

Bottom-Line...Grammy people don't know about reggae, they only go by pop music. They should have a carribean panel when it comes to judging reggae music. Big ups to all of the Marleys still...Reggae big world wide but the Grammy freaks make it seem like it's still a small category!

i love the marley's but this cd by ziggy was pure garbage. i can understand jr. gong winning his two, and i hope ragga's cd is up for grammy in 08 but trust me ziggy did not deserve this one.
this was buju's year. if the grammy voters knew much about reggae and buju's comeback story they would never vote marley. sh*t even matisyayu album is better. anyway buju is the people's champ so whatever.

At least Matisyahu didn't win... Tanya Stephens had one of the best album by far for '06. Buju's album is very good as well. Our music is overshadowed by all the drama and that is why the Marley family will always win, no matter what kind of crap they put out. The Grammy people feel safe nominating and voting for them... when last yuh hear se Ziggy ina some mix-up???

Biiiiiiig congrats to Ziggy his album is very inspiring and easy to listen to. There's no greater message than that song trus mi. But i was very disturbed by the absence of Tanya Stevens album y was'nt she put on that list? Big up the Gargamel this just was'nt ur year mi boss but them cyaaah stop u or Tanya. Suh dem ight yuh out with the last album tuh but nuh watch nutten. Don't know wat the white jew doing on the list when wi have big star like Tanya. Big up UB40 tuh.

buju's album was one of best for 06 & tanya stephen was good but what about sean paul? big up ziggy

bum bye bye inna batty bwoy head.... 2 man hug an a kiss up an a love up innna bed sen fi the mattic, the uzi instead....

BIG UP BUJU BANTON YUH A DI REAL BOSS YUH SONG FROM 1993 STILL A BUN THEM BUMBOCLAAT!!!!

YUH ALBUM BIG MY YOUTH AN MI GLAD YUH NUH NAME MARK MARLEY!!!!!

NUFF GAL A FIGHT OVAA ME TOO, BUJU A YUH AN DEM BUMBOCLAAT FI 2007!

No disrespect to the Marley family but Ziggy winning another grammy is bad for Reggae music. I live in NYC and Buju sell off. Nobody listen to Ziggy. If you look to the grammys you would think only the Marleys and UB40 are making reggae music. Fire bun UB40 dat pure p**ssyhole pop music. Where Morgan Heritage, Sizzla, Tanya Stevens, and Gyption. Fire bun the grammys becuase on the street Buju a run tings!!! Driva!!

How de Pussy clart Ziggy fi win Grammy? AH FUCKRY DAT.Buju ah de boss,tell dem tek dem Grammy and nyam e with Bammy.

Great Album! Surly deserves the Grammy!

Congrats Ziggy, But still Buju should da win dat. FAYAAAAAAAAA. Me no inna nutting wid dem.

When yellowman start the dancehall ting remember seh reggae music still there? Remember seh there's a difference between Reggae reggae, and dancehall reggae? Most of you are all big dancehall fans that's why you choose seh buju a win deh grammy seen? U caan't seh like dancehall and hate reggae cus both a dem go together. When you think about reggae, u caan't just fi talk about JA, deh caribbean or NY dem seen? U haffi look at deh whole world dem seen? Respect all mi brethren and sistren, one love.

One of the main reasons that Ziggy won is because he's more marketable to the mainstream. He carries the Marley name and his album was pure fluff. Buju told the truth and is still judged by his past... It's a bunch of shit. The grammies suck and obviously good music hardly ever wins. Reggae that really speaks for the people will be in the shadows of this fluff (also the likes of Sean Paul, Matisyahu, UB40, etc) because of the brainless masses that rule the world......Fya pon Babylon!!!

Fuck de bumboraasklaat Grammy Award people. Dem nuh mean shit!! Bob Marley a de top musician of all time and him never win a Grammy in all a him life. So Grammy nuh mean nothing!!!!!!
An in regards to Ziggy Marley, dat mon nah even Rasta nuh more! Him go marry Israeli woman (dem false Jew people a de arch enemy of Rastafari)! Fire pon him!!!! Him nuh sing music and mention Jah name inna it!! Ziggy Marley a disgrace to Bob Marley. But big up to Stephen Marley and Julian, and Damain Marley. Him oddah bredah dem a roots Rasta!!

i feel Sly and Robbie should have won the grammy. they are the foundation, dem set the thing off. Who create the rhythm for driva and many more hits. SLY AND ROBBIE. where is the respect to the foundation man dem.

DON'T EXPECT DEM HYPOCRITE DEM TO RECOGNIZE BUJU, NUFF GRAMMY PANELIST ARE VERY LOYAL TO THE GONG BOB MARLEY AH SO IT GO.

Dougie sean Paul was nominated for a grammy last year and lost to Jr Gong.

Congratulations on winning your fourth Reggae Grammy Awards. The Bob Marley legacy continues through his offsprings. Big up Junior Gong also. You have made your father proud.

why do we even care what some yankee people chose as best album? seriously? a bunch a fools make a decision and everybody mad! ongle in jamaica. we a one fool set a farrin-minded people. we ongle look up to decision farrina mek...naah man. nuh stripe nuh lass affa buju shoulda.

I hope Ragga wins next year. "RealRealRastaman: Gong and Ragga aren't much different from Ziggy trust that. They are all from the same flock, go and find out who Gong woman is and then come back and judge his big brother.

Right now, me kinda stop listening to this new dancehall music, sounds like rubbish. too much hip hop influence....

my awards would be:

Best Album 2006: Too Bad, Buju Banton

Best Song 2006: Drivah, Buju Banton

Best Male DJ 2006: Buju Banton

Best Female DJ 2006: Tanya Stephens

Best Stage Show Performer 2006: Buju Banton

Best Stage Show: Reggae Campfire (Buju & Sizzla)

Best New Artist: Cherine Anderson

dont get personal guys. not even Ziggy rate the Grammy's. No need to dis him, is the whole heap a dissing that cause our musiz to be at the low it is right now.
what unuh haffi say bout ragga musicor when it win grammy 08
some of you mother f**kers writing all this shit are the same ones who line up or send leters to the Bob Marley Museum/Tuff gong or Ghetto youts office begging money to feed unu pickney dem.

Big up to Ziggy regardless. The messages in his album deserve and needs to to be recognized. The fact that the album was done independently and that he had control over creative rights in the process is extraordinary. No one seems to recognize that this album was finally the manifestation of his father's destiny, which is to make music from the heart, raw, without it being analyzed and changed by labels and record companies; completely independent. Of course where there is love there is hate and there will always be haters. Those of you who think that Ziggy is so much different than his brothers know nothing about the family bond. Have you seen the video clip for 'traffic jam?' All of them in it; they have always been working together as a family and that's why they have been and will continue to be successful. I predict right now that STEPHEN WILL WIN THE GRAMMY IN 08. People don't like change either. People expect Ziggy to be 'like this' or 'like that'. True musicians and artists know about putting your heart and soul on a record and for people to reject it. For trying to be an individual and not being afraid to go against the grain in a music industry filled with commercialism. Compared to Ziggy's first solo album this was 10 times better. People criticized the last Melody Makers album for its blues/folk sound but think about it folks, the man has been doing the same roots reggae music for how long? It is time that he does what he feels that he wants to do as a mucisian. If he can win an award for doing what EVERY musician wants to do I say bravo.. congratulations. You stuck your neck out there and deserve the recognition.

I do agree that as a whole the Grammys are skewed in that there are too many artits and categories that don't get recognition, but that's just the way that the academy is set up. The fact of the matter is that Reggae music has and deserves it's own awards format, much like Latin Grammys, Dove awards for Gospel music, Country Music Awards, etc. Sure there are lots of better albums out there and hopefully with the help of artists like Stephen, Damien, Shaggy, Sean Paul they can continue to bring reggae more to the forefront. You got to admit things are alot further along than they were 10 years ago in reggae music. Nothing really against Buju but I really think his anti-gay stance has really stunted his career but honestly, he did it to himself.

Shame on you Jamaicans who bad-talk and cast judgement on your own son because he wants to follow in his father's footsteps. You should be extremely proud. Small minded mentality gets you nowhere but looking behind and licking your own tail while others move forward. If you think that reggae music is only for Jamaicans or for people of the Caribbean then look around you.

One Love, Peace.

Jah Kno seh the sense of disappointment nuh really leave me yet, having checked the net which revealed Ziggy's win in the Reggae category of the grammy's last weekend. But to a little extent I was not really surprized. As many have echoed before me, the Marley name is a potent force in the judging of reggae music...and it seems whatever they touch or put out, is golden in the eyes of their foreign critics. Now don't get me wrong, Junior Gong's win was well deserved....and none can dispute that here or abroad. But who really is Ziggy, in the reggae circuit? Does Ziggy even think his own music is reggae anymore? It's unfortunate that the belly from which the 'regae" we speak of is so disgruntled that Ziggy's award is so undeserved, but like others I must echo the same sentiments....it is undeserved. When compared to the other memebers of the Grammy nominated category....Ziggy just never measured up. I think it's about time the individual who determine the winners in this category, make an attempt to get a feel of what the real reggae critics are saying, coz I'm sure none would say Ziggy over Buju.
As for Buju, let not this act of bias deter you from making good music...your family loves you and the rest of Jamaica sits patiently awaiting your utterances, coz it is from ur words that we get a true feel of what reggae music fused with dancehall is all about.
Big ups to JuJu Banton, the next big ting outta di Gargamel camp.

CoolPoet,

Shame on YOU for judging Jamaicans!! What does Buju's beliefs have anything to do with the grammys???

Furthermore just because someone disagrees with something DOES NOT mean that they are ANTI that particular thing.

Your thoughts are typical of most Europeans & Americans and are rife with cultural imperialism...

In Jamaica homosexualiy goes against the culture, traditions and even the law... so Buju's views are simply a reflection of Jamaican culture...

I wonder what Bob Marley thought about gays? Well as a devout Rastafarian I am sure he was AGAINST it!

ANYWAY, the people HAVE SPOKEN, the grammys should have gone to BUJU!!!

Well personally, the general consensus is that the people have spoken. Buju should have won. No disrespect to Ziggy. But, I too, am disappointed with the Ziggy's win, especially in the Grammy nominated category, in my opinion Ziggy just never measured up. However, we must remember that because of some of Buju's anti-gay music (for which I am not NOT against), and considering that the panel of judges are perhaps, mostly gays and/or influenced by them, no matter how good his music is - this is just their way of not acknowledging this musical talents. But Buju, we love your music - continue to fire bun dem out, you sell off - you nuh need nuh Grammy fi validate you. DRIVAAAAAAAA - DON'T STOP AT ALL.

I am truly sorry I did not get to comment on this article earlier, however he is my two cents.Personally I am disappointed that Ziggy got the Grammy given the amount of other great reggea albums out there. Living outside of Jamaica and an avid follower of the reggae music let me assure those supporters of Ziggy that his album although arguable a great achievement iwas not as well supported as you might be lead to believe. In fact most disc jocks on internet radio is quite upset he got the grammy. Ziggy if he is truly as independent as he projects himself to be should use the Marley influence responsibly and ensure that this travesty does not reoccur in the future.

Imani, I am not judging anyone, read the comments for yourself, the people have spoken. I'm just saying, big up your brother, don't put down your brother. I can appreciate comments like "I think Buju should have won 'cause his album was better but big up to Ziggy".

First big up to Buju for all the good music he has made all over the years. I think he really deserved this price because of all his efforts he has made for Reggae Music. He really struggeled a lot the last years because of one song (Boom Bye Bye) he did. But remember you can´t keep a good man down.

In the peoples minds Buju is the secret winner, but nevertheless i´am really happy for Ziggy´s win. We don´t have to dis Ziggy, we have to be happy a jamaican win this award. It´s all about good reggae music so don´t fight it. One love !!!

Buju Banton has some deep and true lyrics to his songs. One can not expect Americans that do not care about one other then themselves and money to truly care about what is being said in a song Do you? The only thing they care about is $$$$ signs, other than that it doesn't matter to them what you feel, u barely exsist to them. If you really want to know the truth

The grammy awards commitee should be shot draged resurectted then hung and then there kids should be shot and draged for their crimes against reggae music. First of to those who don't know Buju was the biggest name since Bob, and the first Jamaican to outsell Bob on Jamaica and in foreign. You guys have given beenie and bounty killa grammy awards and they are not as great as the gargamel as if please.
For you to not give that award to buju shows you know nothing about reggae. Could you guys please stop PRETENDING that you know anything about reggae. It just gawls me that you are bias maybe because of the boom bye bye song or maybe the marley name. Lets be real junior gong is good but who is ziggy marley to buju banton. We clearly need a separate carribean system from you guys. We all know that from stamina daddy-mr mention-till shiloh so on to the too bad album gargame has remained the constant rocker of the dancehall; you guys just upset me.

Haven't we heard enuf of the Marleys? Ziggy isn't reggae any more. Buju should have won - he's easily the best!!!