After 16 long years Gil Scott Heron will release his come back album today “I’m New Here”. For those that don’t know about the legendary poet and artist, here is what has been said about him.

There are a great number of African American orators that have made their impact on many generations of people, both black and white; people like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Dick Gregory, Dr. Cornel West, James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Jimi Hendrix, and the list goes on forever. Gil Scott-Heron was and still is one of those people. This spoken word artist and poet was a massive influence on the development of hip-hop. His socially and politically conscious work in the late ‘60s and ‘70s as well as his performance style strongly anticipated the more brainy types of rap and even less obvious genres such as acid jazz. He’s been called ”the Black Bob Dylan” and the “Godfather of Rap”…terms he finds rather amusing.

- Examiner

You can listen to the full album stream here. I also included more goodies after the jump.

Here is Gil’s the video for the cover of Robert Johnson’s “Me and The Devil”.

Tags: Albums, Gil Scott-Heron, I'm New Here, Jamaica, Music, Poetry, Poets, Soul, Spoken-Word, Videos

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