This is a seminal LP from one of the pioneers of what we now call rap or hip hop. This album provided a mixture of jazz, poetry and funk that at combined topical headlines with timeless messages. While on the surface, Scott-Heron may appear to be akin to Roy Ayers or even Curtis Mayfield, Scott-Heron's unique vocal style and unfliching eye merged with his own inner turmoil to make him more of a Kurt Cobain of Jazz/Soul music.
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This is a seminal LP from one of the pioneers of what we now call rap or hip hop. This album provided a mixture of jazz, poetry and funk that at comb… read more
This is a seminal LP from one of the pioneers of what we now call rap or hip hop. This album provided a mixture of jazz, poetry and funk that at combined topical headlines with timeless … read more
Musician and poet Gill Scott-Heron and Brooklyn born composer/producer Brian Jackson extensively worked together for a long period in the 1970s producing in that time 7 albums and various EPs. The collaboration started in 1970 when Jackson began writing songs with a then 20 year old Gil Scott- Heron. Jackson remembers his first encounter with Gil, "He had this way with words and I thought to myself, 'People have to hear this stuff.' What I had to offer was the music and I figured if we can take his words and make this tribal knowledge rhythmic and musical, we can dr… read more
Musician and poet Gill Scott-Heron and Brooklyn born composer/producer Brian Jackson extensively worked together for a long period in the 1970s producing in that time 7 albums and various E… read more
Musician and poet Gill Scott-Heron and Brooklyn born composer/producer Brian Jackson extensively worked together for a long period in the 1970s producing in that time 7 albums and various EPs. The collaboration started in 1970 when J… read more