Gil Scott-Heron

𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙖 𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙨𝙚, 𝙟𝙖𝙯𝙯 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝-𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 — 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝘽𝙚 𝙏𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 — 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙖 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 𝙂𝙞𝙡 𝙎𝙘𝙤𝙩𝙩-𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙣’𝙨 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 — 𝙖 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨, 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙣.

Drawn from his first three albums on Flying Dutchman Records — *Small Talk at 125th and Lenox*, *Pieces of a Man*, and *Free Will* — this collection showcases his fusion of funk, spoken word, soul, and proto-rap. Political, poetic, and often stark, it captures Scott-Heron’s razor-sharp delivery over stripped-down jazz-funk instrumentation, produced by Bob Thiele.

A vital entry point into his catalogue and an uncompromising statement from one of music’s clearest voices of resistance. Still urgent. Still necessary.