Uploaded by RastaChaka on Aug 8, 2009
If Dread Beat An' Blood brought Johnson and initial flush of notoriety, then Forces of Victory was the record that cemented his growing reputation as a major talent. Bovell and the Dub Band swing hard on this set, especially on the album's opening track "Want Fi Goh Rave." This contains some of Johnson's most memorable songs/poems, such as the heartfelt prison saga "Sonny's Lettah" and the confrontational "Fite Dem Back," which he delivers in his trademark sing-song Jamaican patois. Dramatic and intense to the point of claustrophobia, Forces of Victory is not simply one of the most important reggae records of its time, it's one of the most important reggae records ever recorded.
Produced by: Linton Kwesi Johnson
Engineered by: Dennis (Blackbeard) Bovell & John Caffery
Mixed by: Dennis Bovell
From the Island/Mango album FORCES OF VICTORY, released May 11, 1979
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@Laylow1512 Anti society?
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@thfcyidz not me either - i was up an comin at the time - in most of the important ways those times defined my world view.
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tough YUH DUN
know
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LKJ real talk as usual. Thinking of this in connection with Stephen Lawrence, tough times still exist. Justice will only prevail when the police involved in the cover up are also convicted.
R.I.P
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started to listen to lkj's poetery in the early eighty's ,wath a poet fantastic .thats all i can say
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baddest tune! nice 1 for the upload! peace :D
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L.K.J. is one of the all time greats! :)
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great chune mon
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@Laylow1512 Stop and search
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A real classic. Tough times, I remember them. Now everyone forgets the struggle. Not me.
thfcyidz 2 years ago 6
@Laylow1512 suspicious - he was arrested "for looking suspicious".
Aschmodei 1 year ago 2