Name: The Best Of Gil Scott-heron
Brand: Gil Scott-Heron

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88697442792

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Limited edition

Release date

2010-02-08

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Sony

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

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Gil Scott-Heron

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Funk / Soul

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US singer, spoken-word artist, activist and author Gil Scott-Heron was born on April 1, 1949 in Chicago, IL. He passed away on May 27, 2011 in New York, NY. Known for his influential work as a spoken word soul performer during the late 1960s and early 1970s, Scott-Heron collaborated with musician Brian Jackson to create a fusion of jazz, blues and soul music. His lyrics addressed social and political issues of the time in both rapping and melismatic vocal styles. His recordings influenced genres like hip hop and neo soul.

Scott-Heron's most well-known composition "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" is often associated with black militant activism. His unique proto-rap style has been praised by Allmusic as having influenced a generation of hip-hop artists.

With his mixed heritage of Black American (maternal) and Jamaican (paternal) descent, Gil Scott-Heron left an indelible mark on the music industry through his powerful words and musical talents.

15 track best of. without doubt one of the most important voices in 20th century music, gil scott-heron has been called a vietnam-era langston hughes, a proto-rap pioneer, and the black bob dylan, someone whose unfailingly sharp and ironic eye spared neither black-power phonies or scheming presidents. in 1971 he laid out the blueprint for the whole rap genre with his slinky, bad-as-fuck anthem 'the revolution would not be televised' - on which the then 23 year old poetically dismantled the entire 70s culture - while throughout a career spanning five decades, scott-heron's deep, soulful voice spoke of nukes, reaganomics or apartheid, always from deep inside the tradition.

The Best Of Gil Scott-heron

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