Rastafarianism came to prominence in the late 1960s/1970s and had a huge influence on the musical culture in Jamaica. The sentiments of the songs reflected the struggles of life, as reggae music always did but now with an added spiritual/conscious element to the lyrics. By the mid-1970s most, if not all the top-flight singers were following the doctrine and growing their har to dreadlocks. Everything was truly "Dread". At the heart of this musical explosion was again Bunny "Striker" Lee a man who was always at the heart of the action and many times in his career ahead of the musical game. As Bunny Lee's stable of singers were at this time nearly all Rasta's and with the worldwide acceptance of Bob Marley, in especially the foreign territories, this musical style was the way forward for reggae music in the mid-1970s.
Tracklist
- Zion Gates - Jacob Miller
- Satta Massaganna - Don Carlos
- Dem Say a Rasta - Johnny Clarke
- Its Gonna Be Dread - Horace Andy
- Decleration of Rights - Dennis Brown
- Two Faced Rasta - Cornell Campbell
- Every Rasta Is a Star - Bonnie Davis
- This World - Horace Andy
- Man Like Me - Johnny Clarke
- Satta and Praise Jah - Frankie Jones
- Never Conquer Jah- Linval Thompson
- Rightess Rasta Man - Cornell Campbell
- Live on Jah - Wayne Jarrett
- Wicked Babylon - Linval Thompson