― gaz (gaz), Thursday, 3 April 2003 21:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 3 April 2003 21:16 (twenty-one years ago) link
― gaz (gaz), Thursday, 3 April 2003 21:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
RIP Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, the "Grandfather of Rap"
http://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/13/obituaries/jalal-mansur-nuriddin-grandfather-of-rap-is-dead-at-73.html
― Lee626, Sunday, 17 June 2018 21:48 (five years ago) link
Is this really the only Last Poets thread? A shockingly under-discussed band on ILM. They were incredible and they absolutely were NOT rap, no matter how many critics try to pigeonhole them as such! They were much angrier and more serious than that, with not a hint of entertaining the audience or moving the crowd. “The White Man’s Got a God Complex” is my favorite.
― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 18 June 2018 02:34 (five years ago) link
It's rap only in the sense of being "rhythmic spoken word", but yes, it's intended as poetry/commentary not entertainment. The music industry didn't really know how to categorize their early recordings; their first album reached #11 on the *jazz* chart. If not rap in the modern sense, it's certainly hip-hop or at least amongst the very earliest precursors to it.
― Lee626, Monday, 18 June 2018 04:36 (five years ago) link
Watts prophets were pretty good too.Did hear one of them was undercover though.
― Stevolende, Monday, 18 June 2018 12:26 (five years ago) link