The Last Poets - When The Revolution Comes
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- Published: 24 May 2008
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Abiodun Oyewole
Abiodun Oyewole (born Charles Davis, Jr., February 1948), is a poet, teacher and founding member of the American music and spoken-word group The Last Poets that developed into what is considered the first ever hip hop group.
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Common (rapper)
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Felipe Luciano
Felipe Luciano (b. East Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, c. 1948) is an American poet, community activist, journalist, media personality, and politician. He is an Afro-Latin American, of Puerto Rican heritage.
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Gil Scott-Heron
Gil Scott-Heron (born April 1, 1949) is an American poet, musician, and author known primarily for his late 1970s and early 1980s work as a spoken word performer and his collaborative soul works with musician Brian Jackson. His collaborative efforts with Jackson featured a musical fusion of jazz, blues and soul music, as well as lyrical content concerning social and political issues of the time, delivered in both rapping and melismatic vocal styles by Scott-Heron. The music of these albums, most notably Pieces of a Man and Winter in America in the early 1970s, influenced and helped engender later African-American music genres such as hip hop and neo soul. Scott-Heron's recording work is often associated with black militant activism and has received much critical acclaim for one of his most well-known compositions "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised". On his influence, Allmusic wrote "Scott-Heron's unique proto-rap style influenced a generation of hip-hop artists".
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Kanye West
Kanye Omari West (; born June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, and record producer. West first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and Janet Jackson. His style of production originally used pitched-up vocal samples from soul songs incorporated with his own drums and instruments. However, subsequent productions saw him broadening his musical palette and expressing influences encompassing '70s R&B;, baroque pop, trip hop, arena rock, folk, alternative, electronica, synth-pop, and classical music.
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Larry McDonald
Lawrence Patton McDonald, M.D. (April 1, 1935 – September 1, 1983) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the seventh congressional district of Georgia as a Democrat. He was a passenger on board Korean Air Lines Flight 007 shot down by Soviet interceptors and presumed dead. He was a cousin of General George S. Patton. McDonald was the only sitting member of Congress killed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
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Malcolm X
Malcolm X (; May 19, 1925 February 21, 1965), born Malcolm Little and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (), was an African-American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist. To his admirers, he was a courageous advocate for the rights of African Americans, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans. His detractors accused him of preaching racism, black supremacy, antisemitism, and violence. He has been described as one of the greatest, and most influential, African Americans in history. In 1998, Time named The Autobiography of Malcolm X one of the ten most influential nonfiction books of the 20th century.
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Malik Al Nasir
Malik Al Nasir (formerly Mark T. Watson) is a British author and poet, born in Liverpool, England in 1966 to a Welsh mother and a Guyanese father. He grew up partly with his family in Liverpool and after the tragic paralysis of his father, he was taken into local authority care. He successfully sued the government for neglect, racism and physical abuse whilst in their care and received a public apology from Liverpool's Lord Mayor.
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Mark T. Watson
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Nas
Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (; born September 14, 1973), who performs under the name Nas (), formerly Nasty Nas, is an American rapper and actor. The son of jazz musician Olu Dara, he was born and raised in the Queensbridge housing projects in New York City. His debut album Illmatic, released in 1994 by Columbia Records, was critically acclaimed and would go on to be widely hailed a classic in the genre. Nas was part of hip-hop supergroup The Firm, which released one album.
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Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States from 1969 to 1974, having formerly been the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961. A member of the Republican Party, he was the only President to resign the office as well as the only person to be elected twice to both the Presidency and the Vice Presidency.
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Bristol
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Harlem
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Liverpool
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Mount Morris Park
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New York City
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Spanish Harlem
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The Last Poets- Before The White Man Came
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- Published: 02 Feb 2008
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- Author: TheWackyWorldofO
This is another great poem from The Last Poets called "Before the White Man Came."
THE LAST POETS: Made in Amerikkka
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- Published: 30 Aug 2009
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Harlem 1968 a group of young poets get together and found THE LAST POETS. With jazz or funk as a backdrop, percussions rolling and words shooting out like bursts of machine gun fire, the group denounces the oppression of African Americans, while painting a devastating yet humorous picture of life in the ghetto. Nearly forty years after their separation, the members of this legendary group - the founding fathers of today's hip hop, rap and slam - come together in Paris for a one-time concert at the 2008 Banlieues Bleues Festival. From the intimacy of their Parisian rehearsal room, they evoke the past: the birth of the collective, the years of political unrest, their high-risk creative madness. THE LAST POETS: Made in Amerikkka is a film that erases the boundaries between different genres. It's a live recording, a musical documentary and an art film, all combined into one, and yet it goes beyond any of these. It is a film event, faithful to the spirit and the image of The Last Poets.
Niggers Are Scared Of Revolution! (The Last Poets)
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- Published: 23 Oct 2007
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Niggers Are Scared Of Revolution! (The Last Poets)(Umar Bin Hassan)
THE LAST POETS E PLURIBUS UNUM
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- Duration: 5:20
- Published: 03 Oct 2008
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- Author: charmcity401
THE ROOT OF ALL...this is a joint i think alot of yall should be down with.ONE!
The Last Poets (Full Version)
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- Published: 15 Nov 2006
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The Last Poets "When We Come Together" movie trailer.
Common - The Corner ft. The Last Poets
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- Published: 08 Oct 2009
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- Author: CommonVEVO
Music video by Common performing The Corner. (C) 2005 Geffen Records
THE LAST POETS-Jazzoetry
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- Duration: 3:52
- Published: 06 Feb 2009
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- Author: GStrongRAW
RHYTHMIC POETRY
The Last Poets - Niggers Are Scared Of Revolution
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- Duration: 9:15
- Published: 13 Feb 2008
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last poets
Last Poets - Run, Nigga
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- Duration: 1:25
- Published: 11 Dec 2008
- Uploaded: 09 May 2011
- Author: FriedEggsandChips
Song: Run, Nigga Artists: The Last Poets Album: The Last Poets Year: 1970 Label: Various
Last Poets with Pharoah Sanders
RED HOT and COOL jazz meets hiphop
The last poets On The subway
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- Published: 25 Aug 2008
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Spoken word One of the 1st groups in the uSA to do spoken word about the the native Americans of African descent.
The Mean Machine: The Last Poets
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- Duration: 5:17
- Published: 26 Jun 2007
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- Author: DanISherman
Celebrating a new patato with Vibes From The Scribes. Jalal and Suliaman of "The Last Poets" A WD Production 26.6.2007 From THIS IS MADNESS LP1970 " THE MEAN MACHINE" presented by Wadada-Dan. DT JGP
The Last Poets True Blue 1970s
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- Duration: 2:05
- Published: 21 Aug 2006
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A track from the album This Is Madness by The Last Poets. This album was baned when it came out in 1971. They spoke for me then and they still speek for me now... True blues aint no new news about who's been abused...
Bird's Word-THE LAST POETS
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- Duration: 6:19
- Published: 14 Feb 2009
- Uploaded: 27 Apr 2011
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Paying Tribute 2 Charlie Parker & numerous JAZZ GREATS!!!!
The Last Poets- Just Because
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- Duration: 1:55
- Published: 02 Feb 2008
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- Author: TheWackyWorldofO
This is a poem from the legendary group The Last Poets called "Just Because". I feel that it provides an excellent message for blacks.
The Last Poets - Black Is
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- Duration: 2:32
- Published: 18 Jun 2009
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- Author: plutonium83
I did my best to transcribe the lyrics: Black is... Black is so terrible its terrifying, Black is a thousand black faces rioting and a million white faces asking: "Oh my god, what do they want?" Black is such a shock that it's electrifying, Black is a beautiful sister walking past a [?] sign, and watching the sign mentally ask itself: "I thought I knew for sure, I thought I knew for sure that I was beautiful" Black is so [?] to whole, Black is the stain on the kitchen towel that Ajax cannot remove, Black is us, young and old, Black is an old wrinkled-face queen sitting on a porch while rocking away her last days, thinking of her grandchildren Black is the old lady's grandchildren yelling "Revolution!" so that their grandmother would die free, Black is misery, Black is pain, Black is marching in Alabama and getting nothing but rifle-butts on the brain and not defeated let you march for, Black is digging John Coltrane, John Coltrane as he blows, no not as he blows, but as he tells you of his life, which is the people's life, which is all our lives, Blow Trane Blow! Listen black people, listen to Trane as he blows away your life, just like white people blow away your life everyday. Black is lovin' love one another, Black is helping your sister and brother, Black is the beginning and end of white, Black is that which was first, until white stole it, raped it and imitated it, but it then regained its true self and got blacker and blacker and blacked out all whiteness. Black is <b>...</b>
The Last Poets: This is Madness @ FMM
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- Published: 23 Jul 2008
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The Last Poets performing @ Festival Músicas do Mundo, Porto Covo, Portugal, 19-07-2008
The Last Poets-Tough Enough
From "Freedom Express" 90 Celluloid Records 98 Charly Schallplatten GmbH Musicians: Sulieman El-Hadi Jalauddin Mansur Nuriddin
The last poets- Mean Machine
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- Duration: 5:20
- Published: 21 Oct 2008
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- Author: geneticmemory
The last poets was my frist exposure to what is now called hip-hop. Some still like to think that hip-hop is and of it itself, those folk not having been around long enough to know the truth of the situation. I've always had their pictures put in my head, and I'm now able to get those pictures out with the use of animation and movies. I hope you like my version of Mean Machine. If you have checked out any of my early work you can see I'm getting there, so stay tuned
THE LAST POETS...AND THE IRAQ WAR
SAME OLD PROBLEM...NEW PLAYERS
The Last Poets- Surprises
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- Duration: 2:15
- Published: 02 Feb 2008
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- Author: TheWackyWorldofO
This is a poem by The Last Poets called "Surprises".
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hypothetical add if these guys did a show now a days. Mainly showing typography most of its love.
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Performance poet Rogue Pinay (2007). Seattle has been either the birthplace or longtime home to a number of highly respected poets.
![The Walt Whitman House is a historic building in Camden, New Jersey which was the last residence[3] of American poet Walt Whitman, in his declining years before his death. It is located at 330 Mickle Boulevard, known as Mickle St. during Whitman's time there.](http://web.archive.org./web/20110519222609im_/http://cdn.wn.com/pd/96/82/d25839aaa8bbed1443372d3d0336_grande.jpg "The Walt Whitman House is a historic building in Camden, New Jersey which was the last residence[3] of American poet Walt Whitman, in his declining years before his death. It is located at 330 Mickle Boulevard, known as Mickle St. during Whitman's time there.")
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The Walt Whitman House is a historic building in Camden, New Jersey which was the last residence[3] of American poet Walt Whitman, in his declining years before his death. It is located at 330 Mickle Boulevard, known as Mickle St. during Whitman's time there.
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Residence from the gardens. Notable artists that lived in Würzburg include poet Walther von der Vogelweide (12th and 13th cent.)
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Rob Morris Home
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DJ Kool Herc - generally recognized as the father of hip hop
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INDIA-APDR-DEMOSTRATION--AGAINST-JOINT-FORCE-JHARGRAMAPDR members seen demonstrating against joint force atrocityy in the junglemahal in a rally in jhargram town with photographs of HIRAM SHARMILA CHANU, the eminent monipuri poet continuing hunger strike since last ten years on the 110th anniversery of the black day of women torchure as celebrated by the APDR at Jhargram in Eastern India -------- WN/BHASKAR MALLICK
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INDIA-APDR-DEMOSTRATION--AGAINST-JOINT-FORCE-JHARGRAMAPDR members seen demonstrating against joint force atrocityy in the junglemahal in a rally in jhargram town with photographs of HIRAM SHARMILA CHANU, the eminent monipuri poet continuing hunger strike since last ten years on the 110th anniversery of the black day of women torchure as celebrated by the APDR at Jhargram in Eastern India -------- WN/BHASKAR MALLICK
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INDIA-APDR-DEMOSTRATION--AGAINST-JOINT-FORCE-JHARGRAMAPDR members seen demonstrating against joint force atrocityy in the junglemahal in a rally in jhargram town with photographs of HIRAM SHARMILA CHANU, the eminent monipuri poet continuing hunger strike since last ten years on the 110th anniversery of the black day of women torchure as celebrated by the APDR at Jhargram in Eastern India -------- WN/BHASKAR MALLICK
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INDIA-APDR-DEMOSTRATION--AGAINST-JOINT-FORCE-JHARGRAMAPDR members seen demonstrating against joint force atrocityy in the junglemahal in a rally in jhargram town with photographs of HIRAM SHARMILA CHANU, the eminent monipuri poet continuing hunger strike since last ten years on the 110th anniversery of the black day of women torchure as celebrated by the APDR at Jhargram in Eastern India -------- WN/BHASKAR MALLICK
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INDIA-APDR-DEMOSTRATION--AGAINST-JOINT-FORCE-JHARGRAMAPDR members seen demonstrating against joint force atrocityy in the junglemahal in a rally in jhargram town with photographs of HIRAM SHARMILA CHANU, the eminent monipuri poet continuing hunger strike since last ten years on the 110th anniversery of the black day of women torchure as celebrated by the APDR at Jhargram in Eastern India -------- WN/BHASKAR MALLICK
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INDIA-APDR-DEMOSTRATION--AGAINST-JOINT-FORCE-JHARGRAMAPDR members seen demonstrating against joint force atrocityy in the junglemahal in a rally in jhargram town with photographs of HIRAM SHARMILA CHANU, the eminent monipuri poet continuing hunger strike since last ten years on the 110th anniversery of the black day of women torchure as celebrated by the APDR at Jhargram in Eastern India -------- WN/BHASKAR MALLICK
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INDIA-APDR-DEMOSTRATION--AGAINST-JOINT-FORCE-JHARGRAMAPDR members seen demonstrating against joint force atrocityy in the junglemahal in a rally in jhargram town with photographs of HIRAM SHARMILA CHANU, the eminent monipuri poet continuing hunger strike since last ten years on the 110th anniversery of the black day of women torchure as celebrated by the APDR at Jhargram in Eastern India -------- WN/BHASKAR MALLICK
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INDIA-APDR-DEMOSTRATION--AGAINST-JOINT-FORCE-JHARGRAMAPDR members seen demonstrating against joint force atrocityy in the junglemahal in a rally in jhargram town with photographs of HIRAM SHARMILA CHANU, the eminent monipuri poet continuing hunger strike since last ten years on the 110th anniversery of the black day of women torchure as celebrated by the APDR at Jhargram in Eastern India -------- WN/BHASKAR MALLICK
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Swift works
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The photo of Jan. 31, 2001shows a statue of German poet Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805) standing in a park in front of the 155 meter-high (ft 508) twin towers of the headquarters of Deutsche Bank AG in Frankfurt/Main, Germany. Deutsche Bank announced on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2001, that its Corporate and Investment Bank unit reported a first-half pretax profit of EUR 2.1 billion (dlrs.1,85 billion) compared with EUR 2.7 billion (dlrs. 2,38 billion) last year.
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Relief on wall near his grave in Rome
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The church of St Mark in Vrba St Mark's Church is a small church on the outskirts of the village of Vrba in Upper Carniola in Slovenia. Though it is a small and simple church, it has achieved near mythical status in Slovenia, after it was mentioned in the sonnet O Vrba by Slovene national poet France Prešeren.
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Friedrich Schiller
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Die Brücke Pont du Diable in Céret, Frankish's. Céret has a continued tradition of being a home for artists, especially painters and poets. Pablo Picasso lived in Céret in the early part of the 20th century and Café Pablo in the town is dedicated to him.
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The former village of Kaʻawaloa is now overgrown with Kiawe trees. The wood Kiʻi carvings were burned, and the temples fell into disrepair.
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Selwood Street The village's most notable feature is St Andrew's Church, a Grade I listed building predominantly from the late 15th century.
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Traditional thatched cottages The village's most notable feature is St Andrew's Church, a Grade I listed building predominantly from the late 15th century.
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Painting of the scholar Fu Sheng, by the Tang poet, musician, and painter Wang Wei (701-761)
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Frontispiece and titlepage of a 1752 edition of Alexander Pope's extensively annotated translation of Homer's The Odyssey.
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Tübingen, Neckar front. Left: plane trees growing on the Neckarinsel. Far end: the yellow tower where Hölderlin lived in utter seclusion.
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Approaching from the NW on the R284
![The Walt Whitman House is a historic building in Camden, New Jersey which was the last residence[3] of American poet Walt Whitman, in his declining years before his death. It is located at 330 Mickle Boulevard, known as Mickle St. during Whitman's time there.](http://web.archive.org./web/20110519222609im_/http://cdn.wn.com/pd/96/82/d25839aaa8bbed1443372d3d0336_thumb.jpg "The Walt Whitman House is a historic building in Camden, New Jersey which was the last residence[3] of American poet Walt Whitman, in his declining years before his death. It is located at 330 Mickle Boulevard, known as Mickle St. during Whitman's time there.")
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The Last Poets
| Name | The Last Poets |
|---|---|
| Background | group_or_band |
| Origin | Harlem, New York, United States |
| Genre | Spoken Word, Poetry |
| Years active | 1968–present |
| Label | Mouth Almighty/Mercury/PolyGram RecordsCelluloid Records |
| Url | thelastpoets.net |
| Current members | Jalal Mansur Nuriddin (Alafia Pudim)Abiodun OyewoleUmar Bin Hassan |
| Past members | Suliaman El Hadi (deceased)Nilaja (deceased) |
The Last Poets is a group of poets and musicians who arose from the late 1960s African American civil rights movement's black nationalist thread. Their name is taken from a poem by the South African revolutionary poet Keorapetse Kgositsile, who believed he was in the last era of poetry before guns would take over.
The Last Poets have been cited as one of the earliest influences on what would become hip-hop music; critic Jason Ankeny wrote, "With their politically charged raps, taut rhythms, and dedication to raising African-American consciousness, the Last Poets almost single-handedly laid the groundwork for the emergence of hip-hop." The British music magazine NME stated, "Serious spokesmen like Gil Scott-Heron, Gary Byrd, and the Last Poets paved the way for the many socially committed Black [emcees] a decade later."
History
The original Last Poets were formed on May 19, 1968 (Malcolm X's birthday), at Marcus Garvey Park (formerly Mount Morris Park) in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York. The original members were Felipe Luciano, Gylan Kain, and David Nelson.The group continued to evolve via a 1969 Harlem writers' workshop known as East Wind. Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, Umar Bin Hassan, and Abiodun Oyewole, along with percussionist Nilaja Obabi, are generally considered the primary and core members of the group, as it appeared on the group's 1970 self-titled debut and, in various combinations, on subsequent releases. Luciano, Kain, and Nelson recorded separately as The Original Last Poets, gaining some renown as the soundtrack artists of the 1971 film "Right On!" See also Performance (1970 film) soundtrack song "Wake Up, Niggers."
Having reached US Top 10 chart success with its debut album, the Last Poets went on to release the follow-up, This Is Madness, without then-incarcerated Abiodun Oyewole, an album that featured more politically charged poetry and that resulted in the group being listed under the counter-intelligence program COINTELPRO during the Richard Nixon administration. Hassan left the group following This Is Madness to be replaced by Suliaman El-Hadi (now deceased) in time for Chastisment (1972). The album introduced a sound the group called jazzoetry, leaving behind the spare percussion of the previous albums in favor of a blending of jazz and funk instrumentation with poetry. The music further developed into free-jazz–poetry with Hassan's brief return on 1974's At Last, as yet the only Last Poets release still unavailable on CD.
The remainder of the 1970s saw a decline in the group's popularity. In the 1980s and beyond, however, the group gained renewed renown with the rise of hip hop music, often being name-checked as grandfathers and founders of the new music movement, and themselves collaborating with Bristol-based British post-punk band the Pop Group, among others. Nuriddin and El-Hadi worked on several projects under the Last Poets name, working with bassist and producer Bill Laswell, including 1984's Oh My People and 1988's Freedom Express, and recording the final El Hadi-Nuriddin collaboration Scatterrap/Home in 1994.
Suliaman El-Hadi died in October 1995. Oyewole and Hassan began recording separately under the same name, releasing Holy Terror in 1995 (re-released on Innerhythmic in 2004) and Time Has Come in 1997.
Their lyrics often dealt with social issues facing African American people. In the song "Rain of Terror," the group criticized the American government and voiced support for the Black Panthers.
More recently, the Last Poets found fame again refreshed through a collaboration where the trio (Umar Bin Hassan) was featured with hip hop artist Common on the Kanye West-produced song "The Corner," as well as (Abiodun Oyewole) with the Wu-Tang Clan-affiliated political hip hop group Black Market Militia on the song "The Final Call," stretching overseas to the UK on songs "Organic Liquorice (Natural Woman)" "Voodoocore" and "A Name" with Shaka Amazulu the 7th. The group is also featured on the Nas album Untitled, on the songs "You Can't Stop Us Now" and "Project Roach."
Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, aka Lightning Rod (The Hustlers Convention 1973), recently collaborated with the UK-based poet Mark T. Watson (aka Malik Al Nasir) writing the foreword to Watson's debut poetry collection, Ordinary Guy, published in December 2004 by the Liverpool based publisher Fore-Word Press Ltd.
In 2010, Abiodun Oyowele was among the artists featured on the Welfare Poets' produced Cruel And Unusual Punishment, a CD compilation that was made in protest of the death penalty, which also featured some several current positive hip hop artists.
Discography
Albums
Appearances
Bibliography
Filmography
See also
References
External links
The Last Poets Official WebsiteCategory:Spoken word poets Category:African American poets Category:African American performance poets Category:American poets Category:Spoken word soul Category:Musical groups established in 1968 Category:1970s music groups Category:1980s music groups Category:1990s music groups Category:2000s music groups Category:Mercury Records artists Category:Writers from New York Category:American spoken word artists
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Pharoah Sanders
| Name | Pharoah Sanders |
|---|---|
| Background | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
| Birth name | Farrell Sanders |
| Born | October 13, 1940 |
| Origin | Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Instrument | Tenor saxophone, flute, piccolo, tambourine |
| Genre | Free jazzAvant-garde jazzWorld fusionPost-bopHard bop |
| Occupation | Saxophonist, band leader |
Biography
Early life and career
Born Ferrell Sanders in Little Rock, Arkansas, he began his professional career playing tenor saxophone in Oakland, California.He moved to New York City in 1961 after playing with rhythm and blues bands. He received his nickname "Pharoah" from Sun Ra, with whom he was performing. He came to prominence playing with John Coltrane's band, starting in 1965, as Coltrane began adopting the avant-garde jazz of Albert Ayler, Ra and Cecil Taylor. Sanders first performed on Coltrane's Ascension (recorded in June 1965), then on their dual-tenor recording Meditations (recorded in November 1965). After this Sanders joined Coltrane's final quintet, usually performing very lengthy, dissonant solos. Coltrane's later style was strongly influenced by Sanders. Amiri Baraka lays claim naming him Pharoah in an early sixties Downbeat review upon hearing him introduce himself as Farrell Sanders and thinking he said "Pharaoh Sanders."
After Coltrane
Although Sanders' voice developed differently from Coltrane, Sanders was strongly influenced by their collaboration together. Spiritual elements such as the chanting in Om would later show up in many of Sanders' own works. Sanders would also go on to produce much free jazz, modified from Coltrane's solo-centric conception. In 1968 he participated in Michael Mantler and Carla Bley's Jazz Composer's Orchestra Association album The Jazz Composer's Orchestra, featuring Cecil Taylor, Don Cherry, Larry Coryell and Gato Barbieri.In the 1970s, Sanders pursued his own recordings and continued to work with the likes of Alice Coltrane on her Journey In Satchidananda album. Most of Sanders' best-selling work was made in the late 60's and early 70s for Impulse Records, including the 30-minute wave-on-wave of free jazz "The Creator has a Master Plan" from the album Karma. This composition featured vocalist Leon Thomas' unique, "umbo weti" yodeling, and Sanders' key musical partner, pianist Lonnie Liston Smith, who worked with Sanders from 1969-1971. Other members of his groups in this period include bassist Cecil McBee, on albums such as Jewels of Thought, Izipho Zam, Deaf Dumb Blind and Thembi.
The 1970s and beyond
Although supported by African-American radio, Sanders' brand of free jazz became less popular and from the experiments with African rhythms on the 1971 album Black Unity (with bassist Stanley Clarke) onwards he began to diversify his sound. In the late 1970s and 1980s, Sanders explored different musical modes including R'n'B (Love Will Find a Way), modal jazz, and hard bop.In 1994 he traveled to Morocco to record the Bill Laswell-produced album The Trance Of Seven Colors with Gnawa musician Mahmoud Guinia. Sanders worked with Laswell, Jah Wobble, and others on the albums Message From Home (1996) and Save Our Children (1998). In 1999, he complained in an interview that despite his pedigree, he had trouble finding work. The same year, Sanders appeared on the Red Hot Organization's album, , on the track "This is Madness" with Umar bin Hassan and Abiodun Oyewole and the bonus track, "The Creator Has A Master Plan (Trip hop Remix)." The album was named "Album of the Year" by Time.
In the 2000s, a resurgence of interest in jazz has kept Sanders playing festivals including the 2007 Melbourne Jazz Festival and the 2008 Big Chill Festival, concerts, and releasing albums. He has a strong following in Japan, and in 2003 recorded with the band Sleep Walker.
Discography
As leader
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As sideman
With John ColtraneWith others
References
External links
Category:1940 births Category:Living people Category:African American musicians Category:American jazz saxophonists Category:Hard bop saxophonists Category:Post-bop saxophonists Category:Grammy Award winners Category:John Coltrane Category:Musicians from Arkansas Category:People from Oakland, California Category:Timeless Records artists Category:Strata-East Records artists Category:Capitol Records artists Category:India Navigation artists Category:Arista Records artists Category:Impulse! Records artists Category:Verve Records artists Category:Avant-garde jazz saxophonists
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