Linton Kwesi Johnson (aka LKJ) (born 24 August 1952, Chapelton, Jamaica) is a British-based author and dub poet

Making History is an album by dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson, released in 1983 on the Island Records label

Get the Tempo of the tracks from Making History (1984) by Linton Kwesi Johnson. This album has an average beat per minute of 109 BPM (slowest/fastest tempos: 74/146 BPM).

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Making History is an album by dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson, released in 1983 on the Island Records label. All tracks written by Linton Kwesi Johnson. Di Eagle an' di Bear" – 4:14. Wat About di Working Claas?" – 5:12. Di Great Insohreckshan" – 4:02. Making History" – 4:19. Reggae fi Radni" – 4:24. Reggae fi Dada" – 4:50. New Craas Massahkah" – 6:30. Linton Kwesi Johnson - voice.

There's a lot of busy horn work here, and the rhythms pop and roll more vigorously than ever before, but this doesn't detract from Johnson's intensely lyrical writing, which has rarely sounded more determined.

Album Making History. Making History Lyrics. Now tell mi someting Mistah govahment Tell mi someting. How lang yu really feel Yu coulda keep wi andah heel Wen di trute done reveal Bout how yu grab an steal Bout how yu mek yu crooked deal Mek yu crooked deal? Eh? Well doun in Soutall Where Peach did get fall Di Asians dem faam-up a human wall Gense di fashist an dem police sheil An dem show dat di Asians gat plenty zeal Gat plenty zeal Gat plenty zeal. It is noh mistri Wi mekkin histri It is noh mistri Wi winnin victri. Making History may refer to: Making History (novel), a 1997 science fiction, alternative history novel by Stephen Fry. Making History (play), a 1989 play about Irish history by Brian Friel. Making History (Carolyn See novel), a 1991 novel set in Southern California by Carolyn See. Making History (radio), a BBC Radio 4 programme. Making History (Linton Kwesi Johnson album), a 1983 dub music album by Linton Kwesi Johnson. Making History (series), a computer game for Microsoft Windows.

Linton Kwesi Johnson. Photograph: Eamonn McCabe. Thirty years ago, it was not uncommon to encounter white, middle-class suburban and provincial teenagers wearing badges that proclaimed "SMASH THE SPG". The primary spark for their opposition to the Metropolitan Police's Special Patrol Group and its role in policing London's immigrant communities came from the work of Linton Kwesi Johnson. When the SPG was eventually disbanded in 1986, it was under a deluge of public condemnation. Tomorrow evening, Johnson performs at the Barbican as part of The Harder They Come, a season featuring stage and screen presentations of the classic Jamaican film of the same name. But the concert is also, in part, a celebration of the 30th anniversary of Dread Beat an' Blood, and might indicate something of an accommodation between the revolutionary poet and the British cultural establishment.