Just for edification, some things that remind me of Gil and the way that he rolled, all (sadly) deceased:
Sekou Sundiata: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWhnZPeW644 Gil Scott Heron: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGaRtqrlGy8 Guru: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvkgn6qd9I0 Cheers, Judah On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > Damn. One of my favorite spoken word/hip-hop/urban lyricist, fuck, > just human being with shit to say people passed away. > > http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2011/05/27/136731274/gil-scott-heron-poet-and-musician-has-died > > The Revolution Will Not Be Televised will go down as his most famous > work and it is truly a masterpiece. But his lyrical work went far > beyond that and influenced generations. There are a handful of other > folks who shaped for form of tone poems, be it hip hop or folk, and he > was certainly one of the leading lights. He'll be missed. > > Judah > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:338471 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
