The Last Poets – This Is Madness

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Label:	Douglas – 7, Douglas – Z-30583
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold
Country:	US
Released:	1971
Genre:	Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style:	Soul-Jazz, Spoken Word, Free Jazz

Tracklist

A1	True Blues Written-By – Pudim*	2:03
A2	Related To What Chant Written-By – Pudim, Nilija, Ben Hassen*	1:09
A3	Related To What Written-By – Ben Hassen*	3:12
A4	Black Is Chant Written-By – Pudim, Nilija, Ben Hassen*	0:58
A5	Black Is Written-By – Ben Hassen*	2:31
A6	Time Written-By – Ben Hassen*	1:40
A7	Mean Machine Chant Written-By – Pudim, Nilija, Ben Hassen*	1:22
A8	Mean Machine Written-By – Pudim*	4:02
B1	White Man's Got A God Complex Written-By – Pudim*	3:39
B2	Opposites Written-By – Pudim*	1:45
B3	Black People What Y'all Gon' Do Chant Written-By – Pudim, Nilija, Ben Hassen*	0:46
B4	Black People What Y'all Gon' Do Written-By – Ben Hassen*	3:23
B5	O.D. Written-By – Pudim*	3:07
B6	This Is Madness Chant Written-By – Pudim, Nilija, Ben Hassen*	1:05
B7	This Is Madness Written-By – Ben Hassen*	4:53

Gatefold sleeve includes lyrics.

All songs © 1971 by Editions Douglas Music a division of Douglas Music Corp. (BMI)

	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	This Is Madness (LP, Album, Gatefold)	Douglas, Columbia	Z-30583	Canada	1971
New Submission	This Is Madness (LP, Album, Unofficial Release)	中聲	CSJ-1079	Taiwan	1971
New Submission	This Is Madness (LP, Album, Promo, Gatefold)	Douglas, Douglas	7, Z-30583	US	1971
New Submission	This Is Madness (8-Track Cartridge, Album, Stereo)	Douglas	ZA 30583	US	1971
Recently Edited	This Is Madness (CD, Album, Reissue)	Celluloid	CELD 6105	US	1984

1928khst Mar 15, 2022
masterwork, masterwork, masterwork, masterwork, masterwork, masterwork, masterwork, masterwork, masterwork,
masterwork
dsyn2spin Nov 23, 2014
Edited 9 years ago
I think it goes without saying that probably one of the most defining moments for the Last Poets
was a very short but lyrically impressive track from this (their second LP). called "Mean Machine Chant". Probably one of the most sampled phrases used in hip hop music but it often get's used in just about every type of sample based electronic dance music you can think of for the last 25 years. It's such a brilliant chant and it never tires with age. Always relevant and dope.