gil scott heronWe posted a while back about Gil Scott-Heron’s forthcoming album, and it’s proven to be a very interesting piece of work. Utterly heartfelt and honest, you can hear the age and frailty in his voice as he recounts deeply personal experiences. His sense of meter and rhythm are unfaded, and the quality of his writing has lost some of its agression, but none of its fire. Strongly reccomend pouring a long drink and sitting down to listen to this one.

You can listen to the album it right here thanks to the wonders of the internet:

It’s been literally decades since the progenitor of hip-hop released anything, so we’re interested to see how this new work is received.