very sad to hear, a real legend and one of the most influential cats to hip-hop from the "older generation". he passed away yesterday after being sick since returing from a European tour.
very sad to hear, a real legend and one of the most influential cats to hip-hop from the "older generation". he passed away yesterday after being sick since returing from a European tour.
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A true legend..RIP
You'll struggle to find a better live performance than this:-
damn, he just released an album not too long ago
rip gil scott heron
just saw this on the news
damn,
RIP to the Godfather
rip gil scott heron man its crazy i studied him in my american poetry class a few years back and i always loved his work his newest album was dope too it had nas and mos def on like two tracks
Rip
Rip to one of the grandfathers of hip hop. A true legend.
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Well his lyrical and artistic focus were so socially conscious that he didn't want to be associated with some of the more hedonistic and chauvinistic artists and songs in the genre or stuff that glorified violence. He actually directly addressed rappers to take more responsibility for the influence they have on people on the opening track of his 1994 album.
That's not to say that he disliked all hip-hop though. He made it clear in several interviews that he was a fan of a lot of hip hop, and that his kids really liked hip hop to he was pretty immersed in the music for a while (I know he liked Nas, Mos Def, and Talib Kweli in particular and I bet he was a fan of the Native Tongues cats and Public Enemy and KRS-One and stuff).
"The Devil is not the Prince of Matter; the Devil is the arrogance of the spirit, faith without smile, truth that is never seized by doubt. The Devil is grim because he knows where he is going, and, in moving, he always returns whence he came."
Ali Shaheed Muhammad had beat on his 1993 album and i think the album he dropped last year had a gang of Kanye beats.
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