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Spirits

album by Scott-Heron
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  • Gil Scott-Heron sings into a microphone onstage before a large crowd, circa 1974, wearing a patterned shirt.
    Gil Scott-Heron
    / Later releases and books

    …mid-1980s before returning with 1994’s Spirits; its track “Message to the Messengers” offers a warning to hip-hop artists to use their influence responsibly. Notably, Scott-Heron publicly distanced himself from the “forefather of rap” label and once called rap “something that’s aimed at the kids.” He told the Los Angeles Times…

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    …mid-1980s before returning with 1994’s Spirits; its track “Message to the Messengers” offers a warning to hip-hop artists to use their influence responsibly. Notably, Scott-Heron publicly distanced himself from the “forefather of rap” label and once called rap “something that’s aimed at the kids.” He told the Los Angeles Times…

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