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Pieces of a Man: the meaning of Gil Scott-Heron
- Transition
- Indiana University Press
- Issue 106, 2011
- pp. A-112-A-126
- Article
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Jack Hamilton mourns the passing of the “Godfather of Rap” by stripping him of that title. Gil Scott-Heron was much more than our mainstream history of black music can handle—which is precisely why that history needs a revision, and a revolution.