Gil Scott-Heron's debut album was recorded in two days in April 1971 at RCA Studios in New York, produced by Bob Thiele. It arrived as the prototype for everything that would follow — spoken word over jazz-soul arrangements, political rage delivered with a poet's precision. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised was the opening shot: a list-poem dismantling the illusion that change could be consumed rather than made. Kendrick Lamar quoted it at the 2025 Super Bowl. It is still correct.
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