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The Last Poets Time Has Come Release Date: 1997 04 15 Running Time: 44:26 Label: Mercury Picking up where Holy Terror and Umar Bin Hassan's solo album Be Bop or Be Dead left off, The Time Has Come is a scalding blend of avant-jazz, bebop and hip-hop, highlighted by cameos from Chuck D and Pharoah Sanders. These two guests may be impressive, but they don't steal the show -- they merely demonstrate that the Last Poets are too diverse and way too smart to be pigeonholed into one particular category. Occasionally, the record may be a bit unfocused, and its relentless barrage of avant-poetry may be headache-inducing to some, but few records are as politically powerful and articulate as this. Leo Stanley, All Music Guide Tracks: Title Composer Time 1 King Is Home Babatunde 1:36 2 Kings of Pain Last Poets [1], Hassan 6:18 3 Time Has Come Abiodun, Oyewole 4:17 4 Trapped Abiodun, Showard, Last Poets [1] 5:02 5 Panther Last Poets [1], Dieng 5:03 6 Down to Now Piper, Abiodun, Last Poets [1], Ridenhour, Piper 4:25 7 For the Millions Oyewole, Abiodun 5:06 8 Silence of the Jams Hassan, Last Poets [1] 5:23 9 Do You Feel Good? Oyewole, Abiodun 2:53 10 Hollow Wood Last Poets [1], Hassan 3:00 11 King Is Home (Reprise) Babatunde 1:23 Releases: Year Type Label 1997 CD Mercury 1997 CS Mercury

Group Members: Omar Ben Hassen Umar Bin Hassan Abiodun Oyewole Suliaman el Hadi Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin More >> Similar Artists: Amiri Baraka Jayne Cortez Kain Gil Scott-Heron Mutabaruka More >>

Influenced By: Amiri Baraka Albert Ayler Langston Hughes Curtis Mayfield Oscar Brown, Jr. More >> Followers: Black Panther Fugitives Ursula Rucker X-Clan Zack de la Rocha Saul Williams More >>

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