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The Last Poets is a poetry collective and musical group that arose in the late 1960s as part of the African-American civil rights movement and black nationalism.The name was inspired by revolutionary South African poet Keorapetse Kgositsile who believed he was in the last era of poetry before guns took over.
The Last Poets is the debut studio album by spoken word recording artists The Last Poets.It was released in 1970 through Douglas Records.Recording sessions took place at Impact Sound Studio with production by East Wind Associates, managers of The Last Poets at the time of recording.
This Is Madness is the second studio album by spoken-word recording artists The Last Poets.It was released in 1971 through Douglas Records.Recording sessions took place at Mediasound Studios, with production by Alan Douglas and Stefan Bright.
Gil Scott-Heron in 1986. Gil Scott-Heron was a poet, jazz musician, scholar, and novelist of Jamaican and African American descent. [2] [3] His 1970 debut album, Small Talk at 125th and Lenox, contained spoken word pieces that showcased his many literary and musical influences, including Langston Hughes, Malcolm X, and the Last Poets.
As he informed them of the intention to form his own group called The Last Poets, the Right On album was released under the name The Original Last Poets. Together with Umar Bin Hassan and the late Nilja, their percussionist, he released in 1969 the self-titled first album The Last Poets, [1] followed in 1970 by This Is Madness. [6]
He was a founding member, in 1968, of the Original Last Poets (along with Abiodun Oyewole and David Nelson, with Felipe Luciano soon added). Kain personally created the aggressive, rhythmic delivery of spoken word aka performance poetry as it is known today.
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Abiodun Oyewole in Harlem. Abiodun Oyewole (born Charles Davis, February 1948), is a poet, teacher and member of the African-American music and spoken-word group The Last Poets, which developed into what is considered to be the first hip hop group. [1]