Track Listing
1. Africa
2. This Man
3. Not Stupid
4. Creation
5. Every Other Nation
6. Burning Reggae
7. Rasta Business
8. Old Timer
9. Subject in School
10. Hello Rastaman
11. Legal Hustlers
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Dean Fraser | | Producer: | Burning Music Production | | Distributor: | Ryko Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Burning Spear: Winston Rodney (vocals, percussion); Lenford Richards (guitar, percussion); Lenval "Shayar" Jarrett (guitar); James Smith (trumpet); Charles Dickey (trombone); Jay Noel (synthesizer); Paul Beckford (bass guitar); Nelson Miller (drums, percussion); Alvin Haughton (percussion).
Additional personnel include: Rupert Bent (guitar); Dean Fraser (saxophone); Chico Chin (trumpet); Nambo Robinson (trombone); Robbie Lyn (piano, synthesizer); Basil Cunningham (bass guitar); Uziah "Sticky" Thompson (percussion).
Recording information: Grove Recording Studio, Ocho Rios, St. Ann, Jamiaca.
Burning Spear celebrated his silver anniversary in the music industry by releasing RASTA BUSINESS, his 26th album. During 25 years of recording, Spear (a.k.a. Winston Rodney), became a reggae music icon whose consistently solid material was overshadowed by friend and fellow St. Ann's Parish native Bob Marley. Despite being consistently overlooked by the average music fan, Spear continued preaching his message of tolerance, love, and all things Rastafari.
On RASTA BUSINESS, Spear takes the lead as a moral professor trafficking in respect for both elders ("Old Timer") and parents ("Creation"). Elsewhere, Rodney becomes a conduit of culture, whether he's invoking the names of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X alongside that of Jah ("Subject in School," "Every Other Nation") or looking at the shameful legacy of slavery ("Not Stupid"). Not unlike many of his reggae peers, Spear devotes significant time to dealing with numerous instances of being cheated in business deals. One of the few times in his career that Rodney's normally positive outlook faltered is on "Legal Hustlers," a denouncement of parasitic lawyers and their attempts at manipulation.
Editorial Reviews
3 Stars - Good - ...Rodney is still committed to the lyrical dissection of politics, Rastafarianism and the legacy of slavery, repeating phrases, playing with phonetics, throwing in lots of singalong choruses....A melancholy aura pervades...
Q (08/01/1996)
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