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The Last Poets (album)

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.

Critical reception
Robert Christgau wrote of the group and the album in his 1970 column for The Village Voice: David Bowie named it one of his 25 favorite albums, writing in Vanity Fair: "One of the fundamental building blocks of rap. All the essential 'griot' narrative skills, splintered with anger here, produce one of the most political vinyls to ever crack the Billboard chart." ==Track listing==
Personnel
Charles Davispoet, lead vocals (tracks: 1, 5, 7, 9, 12), backing vocalsJalaluddin Mansur Nuriddinpoet, lead vocals (tracks: 2, 6, 8, 13), backing vocalsUmar Bin Hassanpoet, lead vocals (tracks: 3, 4, 10, 11), backing vocals • Raymond "Nilaja" Hurrey – percussion • Danfort Griffiths – engineering • Doug Harris – photography ==Charts==
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