Holy Terror (album)
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| Studio album by The Last Poets | ||||
| Released | 1993 | |||
| Recorded | 1993 | |||
| Genre | Funk; Spoken Word | |||
| Length | 62:19 | |||
| Label | Rykodisc Records, Innerhythmic | |||
| Producer | Bill Laswell | |||
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Holy Terror is the twelfth album by rap/spoken word pioneers The Last Poets released in 1993. The album was financed and released by P-Vine Records in Japan and then released by Rykodisc Records in the U.S. and UK later that same year, with a release in 2004 by Innerhythmic. The U.S. and UK releases featured one bonus track entitled "Black And Strong (Homesick)". The lead figures in the Last Poets at this time were Umar Bin Hassan and Abiodun Oyewole. The album was part of the Black Arc Series, launched by producer Bill Laswell in 1992.
Track listing
- Invocation
- Homesick
- Black Rage
- Men-tality
- Pelourino
- Funk
- If We Only Knew
- Illusion Of Self
- Talk Show
- Black And Strong (Homesick)
- Last Rites
Personnel
- Voices - Umar Bin Hassan, Abiodun Oyewole, Grandmaster Melle Mel
- Bootsy Collins-Guitars, Bass
- Bernie Worrell - Organ, Piano, Clavinet, Synthesizer
- Bill Laswell - Bass beats, Samples, Loops
- Aïyb Dieng - Congas, Chatan, Bells, Talking Drum, Doff, Tambourine, Gongs, Percussion
- George Clinton - guest vocals on "Black And Strong (Homesick)"
