Benjamin Zephaniah 11 track CD, in hard-bound digipak book.

Benjamin Zephaniah was born and raised in Birmingham. He cannot remember a time he was not creating poetry but this had nothing to do with school where poetry meant very little to him, in fact he had finished full time education at the age of thirteen. His poetry is strongly influenced by the music and poetry of Jamaica and what he calls ‘street politics’.

The album, produced by Trevor Morais, is packaged in a book (CD size) with a 36 page booklet which includes images from UK street artist Banksy

click here to read a review of the album by RapNews.co.uk

Poet Benjamin Zephaniah has written a poem dedicated to The Osbournes. The Rastafarian wrote the five-stanza poem earlier this year after learning that their reality TV show was coming to an end. Zephaniah, who like Ozzy Osbourne comes from Birmingham, said: "I've been a bemused observer of The Osbournes since the very first episode. I thought it was only fitting to put pen to paper and write them a fitting ode. Ozzy's not just the Prince of Darkness but he's bona fide Brummy royalty too."

Zephaniah, who famously turned down an OBE, said: "On the night I wrote the poem I was thinking about all the things that I loved and how much I would miss them if they went. The challenge was to write a poem about a family that has become an alternative institution without it sounding too worthy."

A stanza from the poem reads:

There'll be no more father figure

And the mother we all crave

Will not inspire us sinners

As her children rant and rave

They'll be no one left to ruin us

And make us shout out loud

We need stuff that is ridiculous

To make us all feel proud.

This album is ready for immediate despatch

For more information, visit this artist's webpage at indian.co.uk