Spearhead - Home

The famous group Spearhead is not strictly just reggae, but a reggae fusion. Regardless of this, they have a very strong reggae influence, basically because one could identify them as hip-hop, but alas they do not rely on a DJ or backing track, they essentially play instruments and definitely look a lot like a conventional reggae band. The origins of hip-hop and rap could probably be found in a number of places, Gil Scott-Heron's spoken-word music throughout the latter half of the 20th century, but the work of King Tubby with the remix and the ''toasters'' or ''deejays'' like U-Roy and Big Youth who had a massive influence on singing in general in contemporary music, basically they just spoke over existing tracks, which is the same process hip-hop and rap artists do to this day. The standout track here is ''Crime To Be Broke In America'', which offers some deep and philosophical truths. Home is Spearhead's lasting testament.