Online listening party: Gil Scott-Heron's "I'm New Here"

As those of you in the know may have heard, Gil Scott-Heron's long awaited new release "I'm New Here" is slated to drop tomorrow, Feb. 9 (the UK release is today). Listen to the album below:

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Afro-Punk: Saul Williams & The Niggy Tardust Experience

A movement, a movie, and now... a tour! From an Afro-Punk email (yeah, I'm on their mailing list):

Seeing Saul Williams perform is believing!

Described as a boundary-smashing 'unclassifiable hybrid of Afro-Punk, metal, industrial music' and hip-hop, this is gonna be one to remember. Check out the videos of his performance and interview at the 2009 Afro-Punk Festival to get a taste of what you can expect at "The Niggy Tardust Experience" tour in a city near you!

I rented the Afro-Punk documentary from Netflix a couple years ago and have been enthralled ever since. And Saul Williams is heading the tour! I don't like too many people's attempts at poetry, but Saul Williams I dig--he's sort of like the new school Gil Scott-Heron to me, setting his words to beats.

Needless to say, I'm hella excited for this show! They're coming to DC November 1 @ The Black Cat.

Watch the movie if you haven't already. Really, you need it in your life.

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Gil Scott-Heron

Cool! I didn't know Gil Scott-Heron is gonna be at S.O.B.'s in NYC next week til just this second. Drake was there last week and I heard it was off the hook. Gil's music really speaks to me. With his spoken word poetry set to beats and drums back in the '60s and '70s, he is easily one of the pioneers of hip hop as we know it today. I've been wanting to cop some of his old LPs for a minute now. The revolution will not be televised!

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