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If Dread Beat An' Blood brought Johnson and initial flush of notoriety, then Forces of Victory was the record that cemented his growing reputation as a major talent. Bovell and the Dub Band swing hard on this set, especially on the album's opening track “Want Fi Goh Rave.“ This contains some of Johnson's most memorable songs/poems, such as the heartfelt prison saga “Sonny's Lettah“ and the confrontational “Fite Dem Back,“ which he delivers in his trademark sing-song Jamaican patois. Dramatic and intense to
