Hilco CEO Jamie Salter believes Marley products could be a US$1 billion business in a few years.

Are there really that many college freshman in this country?

Your dog wants a new crunchy sweater.

Tr0mBoNe: I thought his likeliness was on all sorts of merchandise already. Or was that Che Guevara?

Are there really that many college freshman in this country?

I love his music, but his family can go fark themselves.

Except for Ziggy, who does the theme for Arthur and Company.

If they are trying to preserve Bob's image, that ship has long sailed.

vernonFL: I have a Toots Hibbert thermos and a Jimmy Cliff beach towel.

My Enoch Light Trapper Keeper is much cooler.

Did they ever figure out who shot the deputy?


/My only reggae joke.
//Not a fan of the genre.

Treygreen13: If they are trying to preserve Bob's image, that ship has long sailed.

A merchant ship even?

Treygreen13: If they are trying to preserve Bob's image, that ship has long sailed.

I'm not sure it's a matter of preserving his image as much as it is about capitalizing on it. The fact that licensed Marley merchandise generates about $4 million in sales per year, while unlicensed merch generates about $600 million is likely what got this ball rolling.

As a Head Shop owner who sells Marley merchandise I am getting a kick out of these replies

/Marley is overrated
//Most 'fans' can't even name a handful of songs

I would definitely buy Bob Marley rolling papers...

gmikes: I would definitely buy Bob Marley rolling papers...

gmikes: I would definitely buy Bob Marley rolling papers...

Orly?

I am Ahab: Orly?

Ahhhh, low and behold one of our best selling papers! Out of the 3 or 4 Hemp paper options the Marleys are always chosen off of name alone, but at least they are a good quality paper. Our soft glass Marley water pipes,...not so much.

/But i'll take the 400% markup

I will never understand why Bob Marley is worshiped by so many white American frat boys. I mean, sure, he had some good songs, but it seems every frat boy I meet (I've lived in a couple of college towns, so I've met a lot) absolutely worships both Bob Marley and Dave Matthews.

SwayingMantits: I am Ahab: Orly?

Ahhhh, low and behold one of our best selling papers! Out of the 3 or 4 Hemp paper options the Marleys are always chosen off of name alone, but at least they are a good quality paper. Our soft glass Marley water pipes,...not so much.

/But i'll take the 400% markup

We have a headshop in town that has buttloads of Bob Marley shwag. I never knew it was that big a deal till I went in there a while back.
/they sell music too

King Tubby bath robe?

Sly and Robbie oven-mitts?

The English Major:
Neither tops my Peter Tosh bedspread.

The Lay Down, Stay Down?

Will any of the money go to his illegitimate children?

The English Major: I cannot stand Bob Marley's music.

Yeah, that's something I'd brag about...

savage henry: The English Major: I cannot stand Bob Marley's music.

Yeah, that's something I'd brag about...

But he can get up stand up his music.

Eh, like most musical Genres, the most recognizable artist is the one you could sell to the American masses. Marley was just 'white' enough to sell here, as well as having plenty of non-confrontational songs that went over better than his more revolutionary stuff. His former bandmate, oft-time collaborator and contemporary Peter Tosh was, however, very black(think Westly Snipes) and tended to have far fewer songs that weren't obviously political. Most people who aren't the type to dig into a genre know even less about many many great and influential reggae artists.

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2009/04/22/125-bob-marley/

Since so many people are into Bob Marley, it is only natural for advanced white people to profess to only marginally liking Bob Marley (note: it is impossible for a white person to outright dislike him). Instead, these white people will claim to preferring more obscure artists like Burning Spear or Peter Tosh.

But be warned that a white person saying they like "reggae" what they really mean is "reggae from 1965-1983."

Gunny Highway: Treygreen13: If they are trying to preserve Bob's image, that ship has long sailed.

A merchant ship even?

But that was minutes after they took him from the bottomless pit.

What about a Jacob Marley set of chains?

My Enoch Light Trapper Keeper is much cooler.

That's funny, even funnier than frat boys thinking that Bob is singing about their oppression.

New Age Redneck: King Tubby bath robe?

Sly and Robbie oven-mitts?

Niney The Observer cocktail swizzle sticks
Horace Andy fridge magnets
Althea & Donna feminine napkins
Black Uhuru toothpaste

The absurditites are endless