Chant Down Babylon

Chant Down Babylon
Remix album by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Released	16 November 1999
Recorded	1973–99
Genre	Reggae fusion hip hop
Length	51:06
Label	Tuff Gong Island
Producer	Stephen Marley
Bob Marley & The Wailers chronology
The Complete Bob Marley & the Wailers 1967–1972 (1997–2002) Chant Down Babylon (1999) One Love (2001)
Singles from Chant Down Babylon
"Turn Your Lights Down Low" Released: 1999 "Jamming" Released: 2000

Chant Down Babylon is a remix album by various hip hop and rock artists covering songs by Bob Marley & The Wailers, released in 1999, produced by Stephen Marley. ^[1]

The remixed version of "Turn Your Lights Down Low" with Lauryn Hill was released as a single. The music video for the song directed by Francis Lawrence features Hill and her partner Rohan Marley, one of Bob's sons.

Track listing

No.	Title	Featured Artist	Length
1.	"No More Trouble"	Erykah Badu	4:51
2.	"Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Roadblock)"	Krayzie Bone	3:29
3.	"Johnny Was"	Guru	4:19
4.	"Concrete Jungle"	Rakim	4:12
5.	"Rastaman Chant"	Busta Rhymes & Flipmode Squad	4:18
6.	"Guiltiness"	Lost Boyz & Mr. Cheeks	3:53
7.	"Turn Your Lights Down Low"	Lauryn Hill	5:46
8.	"Jammin'"	MC Lyte	4:08
9.	"Kinky Reggae"	The Marley Brothers and The Ghetto Youths Crew	3:53
10.	"Roots, Rock, Reggae"	Steven Tyler and Joe Perry	4:05
11.	"Survival a.k.a. Black Survivors"	Chuck D	3:50
12.	"Burnin' and Lootin'"	The Roots & Black Thought	4:52

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1999–2000)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [2]	49
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [3]	29
French Albums (SNEP) [4]	15
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [5]	66
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [6]	6
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [7]	14
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [8]	30
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [9]	23
UK Albums (OCC) [10]	95
US Billboard 200 [11]	60
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ( Billboard ) [12]	21

Year-end charts

Chart (2000)	Position
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) [13]	189
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [14]	41
US Billboard 200 [15]	181
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [16]	85

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [17]	Gold	50,000^
France (SNEP) [18]	Gold	100,000*
New Zealand (RMNZ) [19]	Platinum	15,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [20]	Gold	25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [21]	Silver	60,000‡
United States (RIAA) [22]	Gold	500,000^
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Allmusic review
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21. "British album certifications – Bob Marley – Chant Down Babyion". British Phonographic Industry.
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