Rasta Business
Encyclopedia
Rasta Business is a studio album by Jamaica
n reggae
singer Burning Spear
.
It was nominated for a Grammy Award
for Best Reggae Album
at the 38th Grammy Awards in 1996.
Additional Musicians
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
n reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
singer Burning Spear
Burning Spear
Winston Rodney, OD , also known as Burning Spear, is a Jamaican roots reggae singer and musician. Burning Spear is known for his Rastafari movement messages.-History:...
.
It was nominated for a Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
for Best Reggae Album
Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album
The Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality works in the reggae music genre...
at the 38th Grammy Awards in 1996.
Track listing
- "Africa"
- "This Man"
- "Not Stupid"
- "Creation"
- "Every Other Nation"
- "Burning Reggae"
- "Rasta Business"
- "Old Timer"
- "Subject In School"
- "Hello Rastaman"
- "Legal Hustlers"
Credits
- All songs written by Winston Rodney and published by Burning Spear Publishing, PRS.
- Executive Producer - Burning Music Productions
- Recorded at Grove Recording Studio, Ocho Rios, St. Ann's, Jamaica
- Recording Engineer - Barry O'Hare
- Mixed by Barry O'Hare
- Album supervision for Heartbeat - Garret Vandermolen
- Mastered by Dr. Toby Mountain at Northeastern Digital Recording, Southborough Mass.
- Photography by Shona Valeska
- Design by Nancy Given
- Special thanks to Karl Young, Barry O'Hare, Tedo Davis, Sonia Rodney, Anthony "Jolly" Rhoden, Carolyn Marr, and Mutabaruka.
Musicians
- Winston Rodney - vocals, percussion, akete, harmony
- Nelson MillerNelson MillerNelson Miller is a Jamaican drummer and record producer. Miller was born and raised in Port Antonio. Influenced by Lloyd Knibb, Carlton "Santa" Davis, and Mikey "Boo" Richards, he began playing in bands in Port Antonio as a teenager....
- drums, percussion, backing vocals on "Subject In School" - Paul Beckford - bass
- Lenford Richards - lead guitar, funde
- Lenval "Shayar" Jarrett - rhythm guitar
- Jay Noel - synthesizer on "Africa" and "Creation"
- Alvin Haughton - percussion
- James Smith - trumpet
- Charles Dickey - trombone
- Mark Wilson - saxophone
Additional Musicians
- Robbie Lyn - piano, synthesizers
- Basil Cunningham - bass on "Legal "Hustlers"
- Dean FraserDean FraserDean Fraser is a Jamaican saxophonist who has contributed to hundreds of reggae recordings since the mid-1970s. He was awarded the Musgrave Medal by the Jamaican government in 1993 in recognition of his services to music.-Biography:Fraser started to play the clarinet at the age of 12...
- saxophone - Ronald "Nambo" Robinson - trombone
- Junior "Chico" Chin - trumpet
- Uziah "Sticky" ThompsonUziah ThompsonUziah "Sticky" Thompson is a Jamaican percussionist, vocalist and deejay active since the late 1950s. He has worked with some of the best known performers of Jamaican music and played on hundreds of albums.-Biography:...
- percussion - Carol "Passion" Nelson - harmony vocals
- Rupert Bent - lead guitar
- Archibald "Tedo" Davis - backing vocals on "Subject In School"