The Best of Gil Scott-Heron Live [Live]

Product Description
Referred to as "The Minister of Information", Gil Scott Heron is one of the most diverse artists to emerge during the 70s and 80s. Many consider his unique brand of urban spoken word poetry a factor that lead to the development of hip-hop music. THE BEST OF GIL SCOTT HERON LIVE is a dynamic 2 disc set featuring some of Gil Scott-Heron's best known material, including "Johannesburg".

The Best of Gil Scott-Heron Live,Gil Scott-Heron,Compendia,Fusion,Jazz Vocals,Poetry,Political Rap,Pop,R&B,Social Commentary

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Average customer rating: MY GOD--GET THIS!!!! THE MASTER Astonishing, horrifying, and great!

The Best of Gil Scott-Heron Live Gil Scott-Heron Manufacturer: Compendia ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Old School | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Poetry | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: The First Minute of a New Day The Mind of Gil Scott-Heron The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Reflections Winter in America ASIN: B00029J1WW Release Date: 2004-07-27

Tracks:

1. Washington DC
2. Winter In America
3. Is That Jazz
4. Blue Collar
5. Johannesburg
6. Three Miles Down
7. Gun
8. Save The Children

Tracks:

1. Angel Dust
2. Shut 'Em Down
3. Alien (Hold On To Your Dream)
4. B Movie
5. The Bottle

Album Description

Referred to as "The Minister of Information", Gil Scott Heron is one of the most diverse artists to emerge during the 70s and 80s. Many consider his unique brand of urban spoken word poetry a factor that lead to the development of hip-hop music. THE BEST OF GIL SCOTT HERON LIVE is a dynamic 2 disc set featuring some of Gil Scott-Heron's best known material, including "Johannesburg".

Customer Reviews:

MY GOD--GET THIS!!!!.......2005-03-31

this disc jusst blows me AWAY!!!! its worth it if only for ANGEL DUST...hey has anybody noticed that putting the concept of that song aside, that it ends up sounding like dave mathews band at their live best??? hmmmmm....

THE MASTER.......2004-10-25

Anything Gil Scott-Heron records is worth listening to. He is extremely intelligent and accurately displays it. 'nuff said!

Astonishing, horrifying, and great!.......2004-09-05

I am reviewing one song, "Angel Dust," which, being over 22 minutes long, has sufficient scope to take you on a musical journey from heaven into hell. Probably no one alive could communicate overdosing on a ghetto drug with the same depth of personal experience and musical genius. It's a jazz-funk elegy, in the middle of which he breaks into a skat "Eleanor Rigby" (!?) that just works perfectly. The skat turns ultimately into intermittent screaming and delirious mumbling that you might wish would end, only because it is all too real. I once watched helplessly as a living groundhog was literally ripped apart by dogs--"Angel Dust" is like that. The soul of Gil Scott-Heron is ripped apart by his personal demons, live on stage, while you listen. It is perhaps one of the pinnacles of contemporary music in any genre, but, like all pinnacles, not for the faint-hearted. The rest of the album ranges from OK to really good, but the rest of the album, along with the rest of most albums, is simply immaterial in comparison.

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