- More Time · 1998
- More Time · 1998
- Bass Culture · 1980
- Dread Beat and Blood · 1978
- Bass Culture · 1980
- Bass Culture · 1980
- Dread Beat and Blood · 1978
- Bass Culture · 1980
- Bass Culture · 1980
- Dread Beat and Blood · 1978
- Bass Culture · 1980
- Dread Beat and Blood · 1978
- Dread Beat and Blood · 1978
Essential Albums
- Linton Kwesi Johnson's 1978 debut sparked a reggae revolution. It established him the first dub poet by combining his socially conscious poems with reverb-drenched tracks overseen by producer Dennis Bovell. In a deadpan tone that perfectly underlines the gravity of the situations he depicts, Johnson speaks of senseless violence ("Five Nights of Bleeding") and oppression-driven riots ("All Wi Doin Is Defendin"). Meanwhile, Bovell's equally hard-hitting tracks pulse powerfully behind him, lending his understated outrage additional weight.
Albums
- 1999
- 1997
- 1994
- 1994
- 1991
- 1980
- 1980
Singles & EPs
Live Albums
Compilations
- 1984
Appears On
About Linton Kwesi Johnson
A poet and chronicler of the social and political conditions of blacks in Britain during the late '70s (and into the '80s), Linton Kwesi Johnson was an originator of the "dub poetry" form popular among UK punk audiences at that time. The style involved the reciting of poems over a dub-inflected instrumental backdrop. Johnson's musical compatriot Dennis Bovell mixed a pair of dub albums from LKJ's early recordings, which are prime examples of early UK dub science.
- HOMETOWN
- Chapelton, British Jamaica
- BORN
- 24 August 1952
- GENRE
- Reggae