The 10 Best Gil Scott-Heron Songs One year after his passing, Complex pays tribute to the revolutionary poet. michaelag42b52b72f. May 27, 2012. Share. Complex Original. Image via Complex Original.

"The ghetto was a haven/ for the meanest creature ever known," Gil Scott-Heron reported on "Your Soul and Mine," a song from his 2010 comeback album "I'm New Here." For four decades, Heron stared ...

Gil Scott-Heron, the poet, ... See The Root's photo slide show Top 10 Socially Conscious Songs of 2010 to learn about the contributions of Gil Scott-Heron and others to that year's music with a ...

An album of previously unreleased Gil Scott-Heron songs, recorded during the 2008 sessions for his album I’m New Here, will come out as a limited-edition Record Store Day release on April 19th. ...

Gil Scott-Heron brought rap to the 'hood – to everyone's neighborhood. Whether you were poor, middle-class or simply someone experiencing all the things he sang about, Scott-Heron reached you ...

The late Gil Scott-Heron was many things -- poet, activist ... On their best songs in the 1970s, Scott-Heron and Jackson brought a sonic gravitas to bear on topics that tackled everything from ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Gil Scott-Heron, whose late 1960s and early ‘70s poetry set to ...

Gil Scott-Heron, whose "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" paved the way for hip-hop in the 1970s, ... Gil shot back, "Man, we got protest songs that go all the way back to the 1700s." ...

Gil Scott-Heron, 62, a musician who helped lay the groundwork for rap by fusing minimalistic percussion, political expression and spoken-word poetry on songs such as “The Revolution Will Not Be ...

The Sound picks five of Gil Scott-Heron's finest songs from his 40-year career. By Kate Goodacre Published: 28 May 2011 Music lovers around the world were shocked to hear of the sudden death of ...

While he was known as “Pops” to Rumal Rackley, Gil Scott-Heron was a cultural and musical icon, known for his eloquent lyrics and spoken words that inspired generations of artists, including ...