Bass Culture — 1980

A step up in scale from his debut, with denser dub production from Dennis Bovell and poems addressing the Brixton uprising and Black British life under Thatcher-era policing. Weighty and influential. His widest-reaching record. Well into the discography, and still delivering.

On vinyl: The original pressing is often easy to find second-hand in good condition.

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