Rasta Business

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Rasta Business
Rasta Business cover
Studio album by Burning Spear
Released 1995
Recorded 1995
Genre Reggae
Label Heartbeat Records
Professional reviews
Burning Spear chronology
The World Should Know
(1993)
Rasta Business
(1995)
Living Dub Vol. 3
(1996)
Alternative cover
Alternative cover

Rasta Business is a studio album by Jamaican reggae singer Burning Spear.

It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album at the 38th Grammy Awards in 1996.

[edit] 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"

[edit] 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.

[edit] Musicians

  • Winston Rodney - vocals, percussion, akete, harmony
  • Nelson Miller - 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 (musician) - trumpet
  • Charles Dickey - trombone
  • Mark Wilson (musician) - saxophone

Additional Musicians

  • Robbie Lyn - piano, synthesizers
  • Basil Cunningham - bass on "Legal "Hustlers"
  • Dean Fraser - saxophone
  • Nambo Robinson - trombone
  • Chico Chin - trumpet
  • Uziah "Sticky" Thompson - percussion
  • Carol "Passion" Nelson - harmony vocals
  • Rupert Bent - lead guitar
  • Archibald "Tedo" Davis - backing vocals on "Subject In School"