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Linton Kwesi Johnson

Post by __________ » Fri Oct 26, 2007 10:38 pm

Been listening to plenty of this man recently, and his live poetry reading is baaaaaad for samples. I've only been aware of lkj since recently, can anyone tell me more dub poets like him?

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Post by auan » Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:52 pm

Erm, Spaceape?

Benjamin Zephaniah is more known for his written poetry I guess, but has at least one dub poetry album that I know of.

Burning Spear I guess is a bit more 'sing-y', but his lyrics are righteous.

He's not Jamaican but Gil Scott-Heron always did it for me.
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Post by auan » Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:55 pm

Auan wrote:Burning Spear I guess is a bit more 'sing-y', but his lyrics are righteous.
Just read something in another thread that implies you know more about reggae than I do, so you've probably heard Burning Spear already, so ignore this bit.

Oh and LKJ's Bass Culture is easily my favourite reggae album ever.
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Post by marty » Tue Oct 30, 2007 3:57 pm

since recently, can anyone tell me more dub poets like him?
prince far i
mutabaruka

DYCR has also some pretty good tunes out but no one i know really digs his stuff but me...

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Post by tru_g » Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:44 pm

I had the choice to see this geezer live but its the same night as Superdubpressure in B'ton so I am going to have to skip it

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Post by mohan » Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:55 pm

I remember my dad used to play Linton Kwesi Johnson tapes in the car when I was a Kid.

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Post by __________ » Thu Nov 01, 2007 2:20 am

thanks very much marty for the suggestions, i am on the lookout for those artists you suggested (already familiar with prince far i though, excellent music!). i'd love to see lkj live, the man is obviously very intelligent and needless to say his music is shit hot

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Post by pablex » Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:26 pm

i hate myself for having missed him when he played in belgium last year

check
http://www.discogs.com/release/526243
the "song of blood" is one of my favourites

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Post by squnt » Fri Nov 02, 2007 7:43 pm

straight to inglan's head is a good un by lkj

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Post by yojimbo » Sun Nov 11, 2007 12:45 am

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Post by datura » Mon Nov 12, 2007 4:58 pm

have you heard the Poet & the Roots album?

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Post by __________ » Mon Nov 12, 2007 7:18 pm

datura wrote:have you heard the Poet & the Roots album?
sick album!
im most into his acapella live album at the moment. i find it hard to hear what lkj is saying when he's speaking over music sometimes. some of his tunes are pretty badly mixed...

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Post by holik » Mon Nov 12, 2007 8:45 pm

somewhat more nu-school but lucky dube from south africa had good stuff.

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Post by ols-1 » Fri Nov 23, 2007 10:56 am

£10 Bag wrote:thanks very much marty for the suggestions, i am on the lookout for those artists you suggested (already familiar with prince far i though, excellent music!). i'd love to see lkj live, the man is obviously very intelligent and needless to say his music is shit hot
He's fucking awesome live, definately see if you ever get the chance.

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Post by subvert47 » Sun Dec 21, 2008 6:02 pm

mighty :)

though I didn''t know he was still going :oops:

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Re: Linton Kwesi Johnson

Post by godflesh fiend » Mon Dec 22, 2008 10:51 am

£10 Bag wrote:can anyone tell me more dub poets like him?
You NEED to check out Saul Williams.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_williams

He's released 3 superb albums (first was NY Times album of the year in 2001), written 4 amazing poetry books and starred and co-wrote the awesome 1998 Sundance Film Festival winner "Slam".

For an example of the man's poetry/music check out the song "Pedagogue Of Young Gods" on his myspace below.....

http://www.myspace.com/saulwilliams

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Post by godflesh fiend » Mon Dec 22, 2008 10:54 am

holik wrote:somewhat more nu-school but lucky dube from south africa had good stuff.
r.i.p.

I was lucky enough to catch Lucky Dube live in Cairns, Australia around 2000-2001. Awesome show. So sad to lose him in such a senseless way. Whay do all these Reggae legends (Peter Tosh, King Tubby, Lucky Dube and many more) meet such violent ends????

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Re: Linton Kwesi Johnson

Post by thomas » Mon Dec 22, 2008 9:18 pm

I found this guy a year or so ago, really enjoyed the first two albums i managed to get from him. Makes a welcome change to alot of reggae music i was listening to at the time.
Godflesh Fiend wrote:
£10 Bag wrote:can anyone tell me more dub poets like him?
You NEED to check out Saul Williams.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_williams
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Saul is more related to Hip Hop, or just general Spoken Word is he not? I admit i don't know alot about the genre/scene though.

I would reccomend Jack Kerouac poems put to Jazz music though, Poetry For The Beat Generation, is the CD i have. I think you can listen here:
http://www.last.fm/music/Jack+Kerouac

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Re: Linton Kwesi Johnson

Post by godflesh fiend » Tue Dec 23, 2008 10:07 am

Thomas wrote:I found this guy a year or so ago, really enjoyed the first two albums i managed to get from him. Makes a welcome change to alot of reggae music i was listening to at the time.
Godflesh Fiend wrote:
£10 Bag wrote:can anyone tell me more dub poets like him?
You NEED to check out Saul Williams.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_williams
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Saul is more related to Hip Hop, or just general Spoken Word is he not? I admit i don't know alot about the genre/scene though.

I would reccomend Jack Kerouac poems put to Jazz music though, Poetry For The Beat Generation, is the CD i have. I think you can listen here:
http://www.last.fm/music/Jack+Kerouac
Sounds great. Now I want to hear some William Burroughs over some heavy Dubstep!

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