Best Of The Last Poets, The - Last Poets (The)

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...The clash had changed. This was a ground breaking album with decieving title and inconsistant songs. Punk had gone and this wasnt necessarily a rock n roll album. They still produced simple straight to the point songs like Know Your Rights which sounds like only 1 chord was played, but also amazed with the funky Rock The Casbah and the best song on the album a sort of rock reggea mix, Ghetto Defendant. Its like no other song I heard featuring a sample beat poet speaking and strummer singing around it. A totally beautiful song with deep lyrics. Car Jamming and Atom Tan are slow rock. Sould I stay or should I go is there most famous song a classic rock and roll song. Straight To Hell is long and tedious and Sean Flynn another weak track, but the crime of the album has to be Overpowered By Funk. It is an awfull attempt at electro pop, very... Read review

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...to with great harmonics, good backing and a deceptively soft singing voice. And he's got a sense of humour. All that stuff about beating on his bitch and shooting up and slitting peoples throats? It's just a joke, man. This is the best album by anyone in the last twenty years.The downside is that he's never likely to reach these heights again. The only way is down.... Read review

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...I'm suprised that 2Pac who made a massive impact on not only the rap scene but the music industry has not been wrote about more often. Many people will know 2Pac as a poet, actor and rapper but some consider him to be a bad boy a thug whatever you define him as his music is a joy to listen to. This album has all his graetest hits from his first album '2Pacalypse Now' to his last before the greatest hits album 'Don Killuminati - The 7 Day Theory'. His music speaks volumes one song could about his struggles in life and the next could be about how he enjoys life. He also had a distinguised music career like many other rappers such as Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg and others 2PAc has the first major rapper to act in a film. His film list includes 'Juice', 'Above The Rim', 'Menace To Society' and the last film he made before his death 'Gang Related... Read review

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