The Last Poets (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = The Last Poets
Type = Album
Artist = The Last Poets


Released = 1970
Recorded =|
Genre = Spoken word, Jazz, Poetry
Length = 30:36
Label = Various
Producer = East Wind Associates
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:zu1m968o3ep1 link]
*"warr.org" Rating|4|5 [http://www.warr.org/odd70s.html#TheLastPoets link]
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Last album =
This album = "The Last Poets"
(1970)
Next album = "This Is Madness"
(1971)

"The Last Poets" is a 1970 (see 1970 in music) spoken word album by The Last Poets.

The song "Wake Up, Niggers" is featured on the "Performance" soundtrack album, also released in 1970.

Track listing

#"Run, Nigger" (Abiodun Oyewole) – 1:14
#"On the Subway" (Alafía Pudím) – 1:33
#"Niggers Are Scared of Revolution" (Omar Ben Hassen) – 5:16 (Lyrics: [http://www.ohhla.com/anonymous/lastpoet/restless/niggaz_r.lsp.txt] )
#"Black Thighs" (Hassen) – 1:31
#"Gashman" (Oyewole) – 2:45
#"Wake Up, Niggers" (Pudim) – 2:49
#"New York, New York" (Oyewole) – 3:36
#"Jones Comin' Down" (Pudim) – 2:51
#"Just Because" (Oyewole) – 2:31
#"Black Wish" (Hassen) – 1:34
#"When the Revolution Comes" (Hassen) – 1:47
#"Two Little Boys" (Oyewole) – 1:51
#"Surprises" (Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin, Pudim) – 2:09

Personnel

*Abiodun Oyewole — poet
*Omar Ben Hassen — poet
*Alafía Pudím — poet
*Nilaja — percussion

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