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the last poets - understand what black is - studio rockers - vinyl

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Genre: Reggae / Dub

1. Understand What Black Is
2. North East West South
3. How Many Bullets
4. She Is
5. What I Want To See
6. Certain Images
7. The Bridge
8. We Must Be Sacred
9. Rain Of Terror
10. The Music

On the 50th anniversary of the band's inception at an event in Harlem, NY to commemorate Malcolm X's birthday on 19 May 1968, influential spoken word artists, poets and commentators The Last Poets are set to make a glorious and relevant return with their first album in over 20 years, 'Understand What Black Is'.

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Produced by Ben Lamdin (Nostaglia 77) and Brighton legend Prince Fatty, whose speciality is traditional reggae and dub production's, 'Understand What Black Is' is a ten-track album which speaks of a revolutionary struggle defined by both race and identity, that has never sounded more relevant.