Last Poets

One of the wildest albums ever by the mighty Last Poets!

Billed as "a woodstock in poetry", this is the soundtrack to the obscure film Right On (billed as "the hit film" on the cover), which was shot using the first version of the Last Poets that included Felipe Lucianao, David Nelson, and the wild card Gylan Kain -- a group who originally had the name and style of protest poetry, but who had been eclipsed when the poet Abiodun left them and formed the group that first recorded for Douglas Records.

The album, sort of a "we're back" effort, was produced by Juggy Murray, and apparently all recorded at the Cubiculo Theatre in New York -- and it's one of two albums on the Juggernaut label, which also featured Kain's solo record. Most of the record is spare percussion, with the band shouting over the top -- and the sound is even rawer than the group's first LP on Douglas.

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Jibaro / My Pretty Nigger
• Performer: Felipe Luciano
• A2. Been Done Already
• Performer: Gylan Kain
• A3. Hey Now
• Performer: Felipe Luciano
• A4. Die Nigga!!!
• Performer: David Nelson
• A5. Un Rifle / Oracion Rifle Prayer
• Performer: Felipe Luciano
• A6. Tell Me Brother
• Performer: Gylan Kain
• A7. Black Woman
• Performer: David Nelson
• A8. James Brown
• Performer: Gylan Kain
• A9. Soul
• Performer: David Nelson
• A10. Today Is A Killer
• Performer: David Nelson

• SIDE B
• B1. Willie Armstrong Jones
• Performer: Gylan Kain
• B2. Puerto Rican Rhythms
• Performer: Felipe Luciano
• B3. Poetry Is Black
• Performer: David Nelson
• B4. Jazz
• Performer: Felipe Luciano
• B5. The Shalimar
• Performer: Gylan Kain
• B6. Into The Streets
• Performer: David Nelson
• B7. Alley
• Performer: Gylan Kain
• B8. The Library
• Performer: Felipe Luciano