GIL SCOTT HERON GHETTO STYLE
CD Released :October 1998
Label: Camden
Format: Flac
Gil Scott-Heron (born April 1, 1949) is an American poet, musician, and author known primarily for his late 1960s and early 1970s work as a spoken word soul performer and his collaborative work with musician Brian Jackson.His collaborative efforts with Jackson featured a musical fusion of jazz, blues and soul music, as well as lyrical content concerning social and political issues of the time, delivered in both rapping and melismatic vocal styles by Scott-Heron. The music of these albums, most notably Pieces of a Man and Winter in America in the early 1970s, influenced and helped engender later African-American music genres such as hip hop and neo soul. Scott-Heron's recording work is often associated with black militant activism and has received much critical acclaim for one of his most well-known compositions "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised". On his influence, a music writer later noted that "Scott-Heron's unique proto-rap style influenced a generation of hip-hop artists".
This CD delves back to the recordings made between 1970 and 1972,taken from his first 3 albums: the point of his career that is often overlooked simply because it was recorded before he became famous. The tracks here are however, among the best work he ever produced and in historical terms present the most important period of his recording career for his influence and originality.
Track List:
1. The Revolution Will Not be Televised
2. Or Down You Fall
3. The Needles Eye
4. I Think I’ll Call It Morning
5. When You Are Who You Are
6. Save the Children
7. Do You Hear What They Said
8. Free Will
9. Speed Kills
10. Middle Of Your Day
11. Pieces of A Man
12. A Sign of the Ages
13. The Get Out of the Ghetto Blues
14. Lady Day and John Coltrane
15. Home Is Where The Hatred Is
16. No Knock
17. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Early Version)
18. Sex Education: Ghetto style
19. Small Talk at 125th and Lennox
20. King Alfred Plan
21. Billy Green is Dead
