The Last Poets: This Is Madness
Label: Celluloid
A legendary set featuring a group of extremely controversial street poets. The Last Poets
used offensive language brilliantly, talked in graphic detail about
America's social and racial failures, and helped expose a wider audience
to the sentiments of the '70s black nationalists. They were the
forerunners of today's Afrocentric rappers, and also showed the way to a
jazz/rap union now being explored on both sides of the Atlantic. - All Music Guide
