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the last poets: jazzoetry

  • the last poets

  • jazzoetry (LP)

  • sku: GET8028LP
  • Condition: Brand New Back Order
  • 12.10€
  • $12.71
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Information

  • Format: LP
  • Label: Get Back
  • Genre: Blues, Soul, Funk
LP 180 gram

Originally released in 1975, the Last Poets (who took their name from a poem by South African poet Willie Kgositsile) used the term "Jazzoetry" to describe their own syncopated style of politicized, jazz-laced spoken word, unwittingly laying the groundwork for the entire hip hop genre. The group used their hard-hitting proto-rap verses to teach solidarity and condemn America's inherent racism, a position that earned them FBI surveillance.