Gil Scott-Heron
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Gil Scott-Heron is dead
30-05-2011 | 0 comments
The Afro-American musician passed away on Friday (May 27), at 62 years old, in a hospital in New York. Nicknamed "the godfather of rap", he created the spoken word in the 60's, some kind of poetry with... read more »
Gil Scott-Heron I'm New Here Review
18-02-2010 | 0 comments
There were few voices that articulated the anxious, fractured state of America in the 1970s and early 80s as well as the clear baritone of Gil Scott-Heron. As a spoken-word artist and poet, he could... read more »
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Gil Scott-Heron songsMost popular Gil Scott-Heron songs (see all 28 songs)
1*Ready Or Not lyrics
2*Message To The Rappers lyrics
3*Certain Things lyrics
4*New York Is Killing Me lyrics
5*Parents lyrics
6*Your Soul And Mine lyrics
7*I'll Take Care Of You lyrics
8*Piano Player lyrics
9*The Prisoner lyrics
10*Running lyrics



Gil Scott-Heron albumsMost popular Gil Scott-Heron albums (see all 18 albums)
1*The Revolution Begins: The Flying Dutchman Masters [2013]
2*Genius In Concert - Volume 1 [2011]
3*Save The Children - Live In Concert [2011]
4*I'm New Here [2010]
5*1980 [2009]
6*Very Best Of [2009]
7*Winter In America [2005]
8*Greatest Hits Live: Collectors Series [2005]
9*It's Your World [2001]
10*Mind Of Gil Scott-Heron [2001]



Gil Scott-Heron biographyGil Scott-Heron biography (read more)
One of the most important progenitors of rap music, Gil Scott-Heron's aggressive, no-nonsense street poetry inspired a legion of intelligent rappers while his engaging songwriting skills placed him square in the R&B charts later in his career, backed by increasingly contemporary production courtesy of Malcolm Cecil and Nile Rodgers (of Chic). Born in Chicago but transplanted to Tennessee for his early years, Scott-Heron spent most of his high-school years in the Bronx, where he learned firsthand...

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