It's raining non-televised revolutionaries

[WhyTheLongFace]

R.I.P Gil-Scott Heron

[M Sparks]

Crap

[Gribbz]

Sadness.


RIP.

[GrossMagic]

oh fuck. RIP. So blessed to see him.

[WhyTheLongFace]

That 2010 set means so much more to me now

[skyismad]

FUCK.

[downingthief]

No Bueno. RIP

[ods..]

No.


So fucked

[citizenerased]

shit, no.

[nosurprises12]

goddamn

[WhyTheLongFace]

http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2...ician-has-died

Gil Scott-Heron, Poet And Musician, Has Died



Gil Scott-Heron died Friday afternoon in New York. He was 62. The influential poet and musician is often credited with being one of the progenitors of hip-hop, and is best known for the spoken-word piece "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised."
Gil Scott-Heron



Scott-Heron was born in Chicago in 1949. He spent his early years in Jackson, Tenn., attended high school in The Bronx, and spent time at Pennsylvania's Lincoln University before settling in Manhattan. His recording career began in 1970 with the album Small Talk at 125th and Lenox, which featured the first version of "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised." The track has since been referenced and parodied extensively in pop culture.

Scott-Heron continued to record through the 1970s and early '80s, before taking a lengthy hiatus. He briefly returned to the studio for 1994's Spirits. That album featured the track "Message to the Messengers," in which Scott-Heron cautions the hip-hop generation that arose in his absence to use its newfound power responsibly. He has been cited as a key influence by many in the hip-hop community — such as rapper-producer Kanye West, who closed his platinum-selling 2010 album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy with a track built around a sample of Scott-Heron's voice.

Scott-Heron struggled with substance abuse for much of his career, and spent the 2000s in and out of jail on drug possession charges. He began performing again after his release in 2007, and in 2010 released a new album, I'm New Here, to widespread critical acclaim.

[ods..]

Sad...




So happy to have seen him.

[captncrzy]

That sucks. Rip

[GolfWang]

Damn. His Coachella set was beautiful.

[suprefan]

[brokenDREAMS]

fucking sucks.

r.i.p.

[ods..]

Free Doom

[Hannahrain]

Holy shit. RIP, Gil. It was good to see you.

[fiyahhh!]

Fuuuuuuck. RIP.

[gaypalmsprings]

Gil Scott-Heron was my best act of 2010 Coachella. I had no idea he was only 62. His message was so powerful. R.I.P.

[FEELS]

pretty bummed about this one. R.I.P. to a true visionary.

[stinkbutt]

Fuckin shame R.I.P.

[NicoDread]

fuck. r.i.p.

[Vic Viper]

That 2010 set means so much more to me now

came here to post exactly this. went in as a precaution to get a decent spot for la roux and knowing only "revolution". left knowing i'd just seen a master at his craft.




and la roux's crowd sucked.

[ods..]

And La Roux sucks, but that's really neither here nor there.

[Starraven]

The revolution will not be televised ... It'll be on twitter.

[Still-ill]

No. I refuse to believe this.

[fatbastard]

Two groups of people in the tent that night: one was bopping their heads to the music and having their minds sharpened by the lyrics, the second group was raising their top lip and asking various questions to one another, but was really thinking, uh what is that old black man doing?

God bless your soul and your family.

[citizenerased]

[Weatherman]

fuck man, this news pretty much ruined my weekend