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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?

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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

england is a bitch
theres no escaping it

have you heard the Poet & the Roots album?

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...

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

r.i.p.

£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.

mighty

though I didn''t know he was still going

£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

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????

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

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
]

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!