One of the finest and best-selling reggae singers of the 1970s,
Burning Spear (aka
Winston Rodney) successfully entered the '90s with
Mek We Dweet. Though not quite on a par with such '70s gems as Marcus Garvey and
Man in the Hills,
Dweet proved that
Spear could still deliver a thoroughly satisfying album. In contrast to reggae singers who, in 1990, were incorporating heavy doses of dancehall,
Spear wisely sticks with the type of earthy, simple reggae that earned him so devoted a following in the '70s. Cuts like "Elephant," "Garvey" (one of his many odes to Marcus Garvey), and "My Roots" aren't much different from what
Spear was doing 15 years earlier and leave no doubt that he was intent on remaining true to himself. ~ Alex Henderson