After bursting onto the British scene in 1978 with the dark, angry masterpiece Dread Beat & Blood, Brixton dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson re-emerged in April 1979 with Forces Of Victory - the record that cemented his growing reputation as a major talent. Produced by LKJ and Dennis 'Blackbeard' Bovell, and with his dub band providing the infectious grooves, the record features some of Johnson's most memorable songs/poems, such as the heartbreaking prison tale of injustice, Sonny's Lettah, the challenging, anti-racist Fite Dem Back, and the jazz-tinged single Want Fi Goh Rave. LKJ appeared in the recent Steve McQueen film Uprising, about the 1981 New Cross fire that led to riots, and Small Axe, McQueen's series of powerful films about the experiences of West Indian immigrants in London. The album is dramatic and intense to the point of claustrophobia - it contains both ironic observations and deep political convictions, delivered in LKJ's distinctive Jamaican patois. It is not only one of the most important reggae records of its time, but one of the most important reggae records ever recorded.