This Is Madness
The Last Poets · 1971
35 min · 15 tracks
A powerful blend of poetic verses and rhythmic chants that confront systemic injustices with raw intensity.
Top tracks — play these first
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White Man's Got a God Complex — This track incisively critiques colonial attitudes and racial superiority, making it a standout example of the album's political fervor.
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Black People What Y'All Gon' Do — The call-and-response format engages listeners directly, embodying the album's spirit of communal reflection and action against oppression.
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This Is Madness — The title track encapsulates the emotional urgency of the album, with a haunting delivery that underscores the gravity of its message.
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
- 1 True Blues 2:03
- 2 Related to What Chant 1:08
- 3 Related to What 3:11
- 4 Black Is Chant 0:57
- 5 Black Is 2:33
- 6 Time 1:39
- 7 Mean Machine Chant 1:21
- 8 Mean Machine 4:03
- 9 White Man's Got a God Complex 3:38
- 10 Opposites 1:45
- 11 Black People What Y'All Gon' Do Chant 0:46
- 12 Black People What Y'All Gon' Do 3:23
- 13 O.D. 3:05
- 14 This Is Madness Chant 1:04
- 15 This Is Madness 4:49
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