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Bass Culture
by: Linton Kwesi Johnson

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0042284657624
Label: Commercial Marketing
Manufacturer: Commercial Marketing
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Commercial Marketing
Release Date: December 03, 2007
Studio: Commercial Marketing
Sales Rank: 24693

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- I Was Walking In The Rain
Dennis Bovell's production on Bass Culture is outstanding, maybe not up there with Making History, but still above and beyond the call of genius. This is my favourite LKJ record though, for the lyrics as much as the sound:

Shock-black bubble-doun beat bouncing
rock-wise tumble-doun sound music
bass history is a moving
is a hurting black story.

And the lyrics to track 5, but you'll have to buy a copy of the Penguin Classics "Mi Revalueshanary Fren" for that. Cos all I've got here to quote (in poem format) from is EA Markham's "Hinterland" (recommended, for what it's worth), which along with above excerp has an LKJ interview that has stayed in my mind for ages:

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- Crucial LKJ LP
"Bass Culture", the opening track should be enough for anyone

with a passing interest in UK Reggae to want to own this CD.

Originally Issued on vinyl LP this stands as a testament to

the power and genius of both LKJ and Dennis "blackbeard" Bovell.

Superbly timed dub. Brilliant lyrics and ultimatley the force behind

"LKJ in Dub", arguably the best UK recorded dub LP of the last 25

years.

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- Obscure classic from the master of "Dub Poetry"
Look no further if you're interests fall off the beaten trails. Linton Kwesi Johnson is a poet, who, all at once, blends confrontational, satirical, sophisticated, angry, passionate, political, and proud lyrics with Dennis Bovell's Dub Band. The result is a challenging mix of socio-political topics spashed over Caribbean-influenced music. The style has been labeled "Dub Poetry."

For years, LKJ was a journalist and poet, who took his passion for writing to the next level. Because of his love of words & language, through music he began challenging the black struggle in England (circa late-'70's). Lyrically, LKJ's music is heavy on patois, which keeps the listener on the backs of his/her heels; it is always challenging in this ... Read More:

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- So simple yet so incredible
LKJ was a British Black Panther member, working as an accountant, studying sociology and publishing poems. He's the inventor of dub poetry, which he uses in this album to describe the poor life conditions of inmigrants. His personal dub formula will be present in the following album too, but this is the one started it all. Simple and powerful. Check out Gil Scott-Heron if you like this one.

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