The Last Poets - This Is Madness (1971)

This Is Madness is the second album released by The Last Poets in 1971. With their politically charged raps, taut rhythms, and dedication to raising African-American consciousness, the Last Poets almost single-handedly laid the groundwork for the emergence of hip-hop. The group arose out of the prison experiences of Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, a U.S. Army paratrooper who chose jail as an alternative to fighting in Vietnam; while incarcerated, he converted to Islam, learned to "spiel" (an early form of rapping), and befriended fellow inmates Omar Ben Hassan and Abiodun Oyewole.               

A legendary set featuring a group of extremely controversial street poets. The Last Poets used offensive language brilliantly, talked in graphic detail about America's social and racial failures, and helped expose a wider audience to the sentiments of the '70s black nationalists. They were the forerunners of today's Afrocentric rappers, and also showed the way to a jazz/rap union now being explored on both sides of the Atlantic.

Tracklist

A1	True Blues	2:00
A2	Related To What Chant	1:08
A3	Related To What	3:09
A4	Black Is Chant	0:56
A5	Black Is	2:29
A6	Time	1:39
A7	Mean Machine Chant	1:22
A8	Mean Machine	4:03
B1	White Man's Got A God Complex	3:35
B2	Opposites	1:43
B3	Black People What Y'All Gon' Do Chant	0:46
B4	Black People What Y'All Gon' Do	3:20
B5	O.D.	3:06
B6	This Is Madness Chant	1:04
B7	This Is Madness	4:50

The Last Poets - This Is Madness (1971)
(320 kbps, cover art included)