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Gil Scott-Heron – The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
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“The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” is a rhythmic jam that served as an unapologetic wake-up call to anyone, especially African Americans, who thought they could gain their
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Labelle – Something In The Air / The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
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OOoo, there's something in the air / OOoo, there's something in the air / Ooh, we got to get it / We got to get it together / We got to get it, y'all / We got to get it together
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Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson – A Talk: Bluesology / Black History / Jaws / The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Live)
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Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - “A Talk: Bluesology / Black History / Jaws / The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Live)” / [Vocals/Written By: Gil Scott-Heron] / [Intro (“
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Gil Scott-Heron – Introduction / The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Small Talk at 125th and Lenox Version)
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“The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” is the most famous and influential piece by Gil Scott-Heron. It was first recorded for Small Talk at 125th and Lenox accompanied by
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Gil Scott-Heron – Introduction / The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Small Talk at 125th and Lenox Version) Samples
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Ephraim Nehemiah – The Revolution Will STILL Not Be Televised
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This piece was inspired by Gil-Scott Heron’s work, “The Revolution Will Not be Televised”
In an interview, Gil Scott-Heron said the following about his poem:
“That song was about
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Graffiti Genius (Ft. Chico, Gil Scott-Heron, Joey John & L.E.S.) – The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Manhattan Graffiti Piece)
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Artists: Chico; L.E.S.; Joey John / Place: 12th Street and Avenue C, East Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York / Subjects: R.I.P. Gil Scott-Heron; The Revolution Will Not Be
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Public Enemy – She Watch Channel Zero?!
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In this update of Gil Scott-Heron’s “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” Chuck and Flav warn against the dangers of watching too many soap operas and becoming brainwashed by
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Dana Bryant – The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Samples
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Dana Bryant – The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
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You will not be able to stay home, brother / You will not be able to tune in, turn off and cop out / You will not be able to lose yourself on crack and slip out for beer during
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Public Enemy – She Watch Channel Zero?! Samples
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Queen Latifah – Evil That Men Do Samples
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Lupe Fiasco – R.I.P. Gil Scott-Heron
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Gil Scott-Heron was a spoken word poet, soul and jazz musician and author. Highly influential on many genres of black music from Hip Hop to neo-soul he is sometimes considered one
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BT (Ft. Rasco) – The Revolution
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Combat, better prepare to bust back / Combat, better prepare to bust back / The Revolution will be televised / (The Revolution will be televised.) / (...bus ba...bus ba...b...b...b
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Queen Latifah – Evil That Men Do
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Sampled Gil Scott-Heron “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”
https://youtu.be/qGaoXAwl9kw?t=1s
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The Glory (Ft. DJ Tolse) – Retirement (Gil Scott-Heron Tribute)
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(Intro)(Gil Scott-Heron) / Poem here says, Comment #1 / Uh, Comment #2 is dynamite / But Comment #1 is the one we decided / To use here this evening / Because it makes a comment if
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Kill_mR_DJ (Ft. Gil Scott-Heron, Pharrell Williams & Rage Against the Machine) – Freedom
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[intro: Zack de la Rocha & Gil Scott-Heron] / Killing in the name of / Kill, killing in the name of / You will not be able to stay home, brother / You will not be able to plug in
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DJ Vadim (Ft. Sarah Jones) – Your Revolution
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Yeah yeah, yeah this goes out to all the women and men from New York to / London to LA to Tokyo struggling to keep their self-respect in this climate / Of misogyny, money worship
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Snoop Dogg (Ft. October London) – Revolution
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After asking whether Bloods and Crips could be united on “What If,” this song aligns more with the message on The Game’s 1992; an empowering anthem in which Snoop reclaims his
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Ultimate Force – Revolution of the Mind
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(Now brothers and sisters) / (The revolution will not be televised) / (Let us have something black / Let us have something black we like / Let us have some black merchants / Let us
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Gil Scott-Heron – Plastic Pattern People
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An ode to Jazz and Soul music, filled with both implicit and explicit references to both.
In the process of comparing life with Jazz and Soul, Gil Scott-Heron shows off his
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BT – The Revolution Samples
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Royce da 5'9" (Ft. Eminem & King Green) – Caterpillar
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In an interview with HotNewHipHop, Royce revealed that this song features none other than Slim Shady himself.
https://twitter.com/Royceda59/status/991392300487073792
He also
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Y.B.N Tylenol – Caterpillar
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[Intro: Gil Scott-Heron] / You will not be able to stay home, brotha / You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out / You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip
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Hadag Nahash - הדג נחש – Mit'chamem - מתחמם Samples
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Atrioc Chatters Labor Union (Ft. ask the storyteller, dropspindle & Michael Loughnane) – Down With The Atriarchy
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[Intro: Gil Scott-Heron] / You will not be able to stay home, brother / You will not be able to plug in, turn on, and cop out / You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and
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Insane Clown Posse – Violent Crimes Samples
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Royalg-29 (Ft. NJ) – Right Now
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[Verse 1: Royal G] / Yeah, walk in the spot, all of my squad is like- (What?) / Yeah, we make it rain, every single time it’s like- (What?) / I got the bass boomin’ and the frame
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Gil Scott-Heron – Whitey on the Moon
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In this Gil Scott-Heron piece about the first moon landing, the poet expresses his unhappiness at having his taxes dedicated to bringing ‘whitey’ to the moon while he, and all
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