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Gil Scott-Heron - The Bottle

Gil Scott-Heron - The Bottle (04:24)

Video clip for Gil Scott-Heron's The Bottle.

Originals: Gil Scott-Heron 1/6

Originals: Gil Scott-Heron 1/6 (10:02)

www.demonoid.com Storm Music -- The Story of Gil Scott-Heron BBC FOUR, 11 June 2004 at 9.00pm and BBC TWO, 16 July 2004 at 11.35pm Gil Scott-Heron is the Godfather of rap. His confrontational, no-nonsense street...

Gil Scott-Heron | Winter in America

Gil Scott-Heron | Winter in America (08:33)

Gil Scott-Heron and his Amnesia Express from March 14, 1990 in London, UK.

Whitey on the moon - gil scott-heron

Whitey on the moon - gil scott-heron (01:29)

A humorous little poem by the great Gil Scott-Heron. Lets see if president Obama will reorganize and re-prioritize the spending of taxpayers dollars. Will food, Shelter and Other social issues take precedence over the...

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - Original Version

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - Original Version (02:38)

to worry about a dove in your bedroom, a tiger in your tank, or the giant in your toilet bowl. The revolution will not go better with Coke. The revolution will not fight the germs that may cause bad breath. The...

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Gil Scott-Heron Biography

Gil Scott-Heron (born April 1 1949) is an American poet, musician, and author known primarily for his late 1960s and early 1970s work as a spoken word soul performer and his collaborative work with musician Brian Jackson. His collaborative efforts with Jackson featured a musical fusion of jazz, blues and soul music, as well as lyrical content concerning social and political issues of the time, delivered in both rapping and melismatic vocal styles by Scott-Heron. The music of these albums, most notably Pieces of a Man and Winter in America in the early 1970s, influenced and helped engender later African-American music genres such as hip hop and neo soul. Scott-Heron's recording work is often associated with black militant activism and has received much critical acclaim for one of his most well-known compositions "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised". On his influence, Allmusic wrote "Scott-Heron's unique proto-rap style influenced a generation of hip-hop artists".

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Gil Scott-Heron's Best Songs

  • 1. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
  • 2. Home is Where the Hatred is
  • 3. The Bottle
  • 4. Lady Day and John Coltrane
  • 5. Pieces of a Man
  • 6. Save the Children
  • 7. When You Are Who You Are
  • 8. I Think I'll Call It Morning
  • 9. Or Down You Fall
  • 10. The Needle's Eye
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Gil Scott-Heron Discography

Gil Scott-Heron albums.

  • Spirits - (Mother Records/US)
  • Free Will - (Flying Dutchman/US)
  • Pieces of a Man - (Flying Dutchman/US)

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