He was a singular talent and a huge influence on many artists who came after him. I was 11 when I first heard The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, and I've dug GSH ever since. Time to dig out the vinyl for a tribute listen.
I've listened to him for years. I will miss him and his music. As an Anglo-Saxon human, I never felt offended by his words. Spend some time and look at our country differently.
A great, but flawed artist. He's to rap what Robert Johnson is to the blues -- a touchstone. But he was wrong about the revolution. As events in the middle east demonstrate, the revolution might not be televised, but it is being streamed.
After reading a profile of him in a New Yorker, I was moved and intrigued. I got his latest CD and have to say it is unlike any other--part music, part commentary. His was a sad case really.
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