Haye! *** If he is who I think he is, I have to back that up. I'm thinking he's the one who featured in a track called "This is Madness" at a hip-hop/jazz compilation called "Red, Hot+Cool". Words of wisdom...
Lay Unconditional Empowerment http://barkingcat.org/counterforce ----- Original Message ----- From: Cornelius Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2000 1:37 AM Subject: Re: [313] Poetic DEMF (Previous v Present) > Umar Bin Hassan of the Last Poets. Hardcore history, folks, check them out. > > > >From: "Roberto Ty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[email protected]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: [313] Previous v Present turnouts in Detroit > >Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 09:12:15 -0400 > > > >I'm not exactly sure what the gentleman's name is (so I won't make a > >halfways attempt), but he read a couple of his poems with conga > >accompaniment (not sure about the musician's name either, but the conga guy > >was on various stages with people like Stacey Hale and Derrick May) on > >Monday. He also did a reading during May's set with a thumping beat rolling > >in the background. Pretty interesting if you were paying attention. I'm not > >sure the crowd necessarily was into it, but I definitely paid attention to > >the message. One poem was about "Niggers Afraid Revolution" or something > >like that. Reminiscent of Beat poetry. > > > >Anyone have more details on this? He seemed to be well respected by > >Derrick, Carl, and others, calling him the "last true poet." I'll try and > >find out more. > > > > >>> "Cyclone Wehner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - 06/02/00 10:33 AM >>> > >like a > > >soulful James Brown song during May's set or how about Curtis Mayfield on > > >Deason's set, and not to mention the congas and poetry reading. All good. > > > >Whoa. Poetry reading? Who had that? Over a DJ set?? > > > >Please tell! > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
