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Subject: Gil Scott-Heron, Poet And Musician, Has Died
Written By: Claybricks on 05/27/11 at 10:07 pm
Gil Scott-Heron, Poet And Musician, Has Died
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Gil Scott-Heron in Harlem in 2010. Anthony Barboza/Getty Images
Gil Scott-Heron died Friday afternoon in New York, his book publisher reported. He was 62. The influential poet and musician is often credited with being one of the progenitors of hip-hop, and is best known for the spoken-word piece "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised."
Scott-Heron was born in Chicago in 1949. He spent his early years in Jackson, Tenn., attended high school in The Bronx, and spent time at Pennsylvania's Lincoln University before settling in Manhattan. His recording career began in 1970 with the album Small Talk at 125th and Lenox, which featured the first version of "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised." The track has since been referenced and parodied extensively in pop culture.
Scott-Heron continued to record through the 1970s and early '80s, before taking a lengthy hiatus. He briefly returned to the studio for 1994's Spirits. That album featured the track "Message to the Messengers," in which Scott-Heron cautions the hip-hop generation that arose in his absence to use its newfound power responsibly. He has been cited as a key influence by many in the hip-hop community — such as rapper-producer Kanye West, who closed his platinum-selling 2010 album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy with a track built around a sample of Scott-Heron's voice.
Scott-Heron struggled publicly with substance abuse in the 2000s, and spent the early part of the decade in and out of jail on drug possession charges. He began performing again after his release in 2007, and in 2010 released a new album, I'm New Here, to widespread critical acclaim.
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http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2011/05/27/136731274/gil-scott-heron-poet-and-musician-has-died
Dan
Subject: Re: Gil Scott-Heron, Poet And Musician, Has Died
Written By: Claybricks on 05/27/11 at 10:13 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upKsTCKYm4E
Gil Scott-Heron - The Bottle {1974}
Note: C.O.D. covered this song in 1983
R.I.P. Gil
Dan
Subject: Re: Gil Scott-Heron, Poet And Musician, Has Died
Written By: AmericanGirl on 05/27/11 at 10:59 pm
How sad! I recall some of his 70's work. He'll be missed :\'( :\'( :\'(
R.I.P. Gil Scott-Heron
Subject: Re: Gil Scott-Heron, Poet And Musician, Has Died
Written By: danootaandme on 05/28/11 at 5:22 am
I saw Gil Scot Heron a few times. Always excellent, master of his craft. Very sad :\'( :\'( :\'(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcHOq8i5Pyk&feature=related
Subject: Re: Gil Scott-Heron, Poet And Musician, Has Died
Written By: Howard on 05/28/11 at 6:38 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upKsTCKYm4E
Gil Scott-Heron - The Bottle {1974}
Note: C.O.D. covered this song in 1983
R.I.P. Gil
Dan
One of my favorite songs,He'll be missed RIP Gil Scott Heron. :\'(
Subject: Re: Gil Scott-Heron, Poet And Musician, Has Died
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 05/28/11 at 7:59 pm
R.I.P. G.S.H.
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