The Last Poets (album)
1970 studio album by The Last Poets / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Last Poets is the debut studio album by spoken word recording artists The Last Poets. It was released in 1970 through Douglas Records. Recording sessions took place at Impact Sound Studio with production by East Wind Associates, managers of The Last Poets at the time of recording. The album peaked at #29 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and at #3 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the United States.
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Released | June 1970 (1970-06) | |||
Studio | Impact Sound Studio | |||
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Length | 30:36 | |||
Label | Douglas | |||
Producer | East Wind Associates | |||
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It spawned a single, "On the Subway", which was sampled by Digable Planets for their 1992 song "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)".[1] The songs from The Last Poets were used by various hip hop musicians, including N.W.A, Notorious B.I.G. and Brand Nubian.[1] The track "Wake Up, Niggers" is featured on the soundtrack album to the film Performance, also released in 1970.