11/30/2012

Teachings About Burning Spear Albums

By Kari Ratliff


Burning spear is actually an immense reggae singer well known internationally for his lyrics. All burning spear albums are highly inspiring to Rastafarian s as they have positive messages which unite people. He adopted his name after a great African leader who became Kenya first president Jomo Kenyatta. His name is Winston Rodney and he began music in 1960s .

Winston mentions great leaders like martin Luther king, Marcus messiah Garvey, Mr Malcolmx in his track not guilty. He argues that they criticized human oppression and therefore set a good example which should be adhered to. Rodney was inspired by the reggae legend Bob Marley and he recorded his first tracks in studio one . Winston collaborated with Rupert Willing-ton and they produced an album by the name Door peep . As soon as it was released, spear collaborated Delroy Hinds. Rodney later released a number of singles at studio one as the leader of the group.

This man is one of his tracks and its emotional as he tries to express the anger due to oppression of the poor. In this track he says that small people should not be ignored in fact they should be given an opportunity to prove their worth. He also urges people to stand for the right and not be excited by the wrong.

Rodney did a track about Marcus Garvey arguing that he had a vision about him. Marcus prophesied about the birth of his majesty king hail Selassie. The slavery days album and Marcus Garvey entered the market after Rodney with his crews collaborated with producer Ruby.

Rodney has recorded a track by the name holy man which is highly religious. He mentions several people who have lived holy lives and therefore need to be emulated. Rodney says that holy men need to be respected. In order to remain in the game, he set up an own label with his name and debuted it with the single Traveling. Two more singles named The Youth Spear and Burning quickly followed. In the 1070s, Man in the Hills was released and it emphasized more on the moral themes.

The album Man in the Hills was recorded in the 1970s and it talks more about rural themes. This album is composed of several tracks which include the Mother, Lion, Groovy, Children and People Get Ready. He recorded the dry and heavy album just by himself although he later signed to EMI after which he recorded an album by the name Hail H. I. M. Rodney also did love songs as he has recorded She is Mine.

Majority of his albums have strong messages and have been nominated for the Grammy awards. Winston did the fittest of the fittest although it was out shined by the album Resistance. The albums which have been nominated at the Grammy award have earned him great honor and respect. Mistress music failed to do well in the industry as it was poorly produced. A better album by the name live in Paris was recorded in a show and produced the same year.

Most burning spear albums are inspirational and have good teachings about Rastafarian lives. Winston opened an account with island and recorded the track known as Mek We Dweet. Jah Kingdom is among the his albums which was released in the early 1990s.




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