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1971 studio album by The Last Poets
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This Is Madness is the second studio album by
spoken word recording artists
The Last Poets. It was released in 1971 through
Douglas Records. Recording sessions took place at
Mediasound Studios with production by
Alan Douglas and Stefan Bright. The album peaked at #104 on the
Billboard 200 albums chart and at #14 on the
Top R&B Albums chart in the United States.
It spawned two
singles, "O.D." and "True Blues". The songs from This Is Madness were used by various
hip hop musicians.
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Track listing
Title | Writer(s) |
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1. | "True Blues" |
Alafía Pudím | 2:04 |
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2. | "Related to What Chant" | | 1:12 |
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3. | "Related to What" | Omar Ben Hassen | 3:14 |
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4. | "Black Is Chant" | - Alafía Pudím
- Omar Ben Hassen
- Raymond "Nilaja" Hurrey
| 0:58 |
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5. | "Black Is" | Omar Ben Hassen | 2:33 |
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6. | "Time" | Omar Ben Hassen | 1:43 |
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7. | "Mean Machine Chant" | - Alafía Pudím
- Omar Ben Hassen
- Raymond "Nilaja" Hurrey
| 1:24 |
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8. | "Mean Machine" | Alafía Pudím | 4:05 |
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9. | "White Man's Got a God Complex" | Alafía Pudím | 3:41 |
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10. | "Opposites" | Alafía Pudím | 1:48 |
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11. | "Black People What Y'all Gon' Do Chant" | - Alafía Pudím
- Omar Ben Hassen
- Raymond "Nilaja" Hurrey
| 0:47 |
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12. | "Black People What Y'all Gon' Do" | Omar Ben Hassen | 3:25 |
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13. | "O.D." | Alafía Pudím | 3:10 |
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14. | "This Is Madness Chant" | - Alafía Pudím
- Omar Ben Hassen
- Raymond "Nilaja" Hurrey
| 1:07 |
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15. | "This Is Madness" | Omar Ben Hassen | 4:54 |
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Total length: | 35:10 |
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Personnel
- Technical
Charts
References
External links
The Last Poets – This Is Madness at
Discogs (list of releases)