"Few poets of the last thirty years have approached his diversity of formal innovations; few have communicated so intensively via performances and recordings, as often as not with integral musical settings; and few have proved so effective politically... a living modern classic for real." --London Magazine
"You can just hear the reggae drumbeat as his verse vacillates among fire, anger, fear, profound loss, and victory." --Savoy Magazine, January 2007
"The man writes some of the most moving poetry to be found in popular music.--David Bowie in Vanity...
"Few poets of the last thirty years have approached his diversity of formal innovations; few have communicated so intensively via performances and ...
