Rasta Business

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:47:38
urning 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); 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.