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In 2007, the rock band Gov't Mule adapted and recorded Williams' composition "Natty with a Cause" as "Rebel with a Cause", which features Williams' voice along with that of Gov't Mule singer Warren Haynes. The reggae-punk band
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used some lyrics from the song "Armagideon Time", as well as the bass line, for the song "Sweet Little Rosie". As of 2007, Willi was working on an album with an up-and-coming Toronto artist named Visionary.
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In 2019, after a three-year hiatus due to a knee injury, Williams began a musical collaboration with the electronic musician
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on "Armagideon Time", a single (and later the title track of a Studio One album) recorded over the "
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and in 1969 started his own record label called "Soul Sounds"; among the artists he recorded were
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but not on the soundtrack album). "Armagideon Time" is included on the four CD anthology
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compilation released by Smugg Records in 2012 is an unauthorized record as well as the
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Unification: From Channel One to King Tubbys with Willi Williams and Yabby You
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musician and producer. He is known as the "Armagideon Man" after his hit, "
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Willi Williams performing at the 2007 Winnipeg Ska and Reggae Festival
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Willi Williams on WKCR 89.9 FM, New York, 5 April 2008 Part 1 of 2
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from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially
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Comprehensive High School, where he was a classmate of
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soundtrack (is featured on the reggae radio station
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Willi Williams performing at the 2007 Winnipeg Ska and Reggae Festival
Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica
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Armagideon Time
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