Music / reggae

Understand what black is


Reviews (2)


The observer

d. 20. May 2018

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Kitty Empire

d. 20. May 2018

"Hip-hop progenitors bounce back wiser ... Compelled by a new civil rights struggle, the Last Poets' first album in over 20 years marks 50 years since their founding. It finds two of the outfit's members - Abiodun Oyewole and Umar Bin Hassan - musing long and deep to reggae backings, courtesy of Brit producers Nostalgia 77 and Prince Fatty and Poets percussionist Baba Donn Babatunde. This sonic kismet is so obvious, it's a marvel the Poets never took to reggae previously".


Exclaim!

d. 16. May 2018

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A. Harmony

d. 16. May 2018

"Over earthy, reggae-inspired beats, the Poets tackle the same issues they've addressed in their poetry for decades: racism, violence, inequality, oppression. But they deliver their message with a conviction that betrays any world-weariness".