brerbirch
Registered: 06/27/09
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I happened across a reference in one of the blogs that I read regularly (though I can't remember which one) to Gil Scott - Heron's Classic rap "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" (the song , not the album), so I decided to give it a listen. It has been at least five years since I have really paid any attention to this song. Well, one thing led to another and I ended up listening to the whole album. This stuff is so much better and to the point than the rap I hear today. The man is a True Pioneer.
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Jazz89MusicMan
Registered: 08/18/09
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Quote: Originally Posted by brerbirch
I happened across a reference in one of the blogs that I read regularly (though I can't remember which one) to Gil Scott - Heron's Classic rap "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" (the song , not the album), so I decided to give it a listen. It has been at least five years since I have really paid any attention to this song. Well, one thing led to another and I ended up listening to the whole album. This stuff is so much better and to the point than the rap I hear today. The man is a True Pioneer.
Rapping and rhyming on records go back to the very inception of the recording industry in the 1920s and it existed forever and a day before records. The social Black conscious movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s produced many uplifting and socially aware raps, poetry and music by Gil Scott-Heron, The Last Poets, The Watts Prophets, Nikki Giovanni, Bama the Village Poet and many others.
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brerbirch
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@Jazz89MusicMan:
Thanks for the reply. I haven't heard much by or about the artists you mentioned, except for Nikki Giovanni. I'm going to look them up and give a listen. I never like to pass up a chance to expand my personal musical horizon. Thanks again.
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MrP
Registered: 08/16/09
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Jazz89MusicMan: I like Us 3 rapping with Jazz, which just elaborates upon the point you were making......it's all good!
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Jazz89MusicMan
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Quote: Originally Posted by MrPJazz89MusicMan: I like Us 3 rapping with Jazz, which just elaborates upon the point you were making......it's all good!
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