Upfront Soul Poetry Special

UpFront Soul #2016.17

Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from "Back to the Night" on A&M
Blackalicious "Ego Tripping by Nikki Giovanni" from "Nia" on Quannum Projects
Margaret Walker "For My People" from "Anthology of Negro Poets" on Folkways
Reuben Wilson "Inner City Blues" from "Groove Merchant Super Funk Collection - Return of Jazz Funk"
The Last Poets with Bernard Purdie "Blessed Are Those Who Struggle" from "Delights of the Garden" on Douglas
Jerry Moore "Ballad Of Birmingham" from "Ballad Of Birmingham" on ESP
Claude McKay "If We Must Die" from "Anthology of Negro Poets" on Folkways
Yusef Lateef "Russell And Eliot" from "Yusef Lateef's Detroit"
Arrested Development "Freedom" from "Strong"
Cassandra Wilson "Strange Fruit" from "New Moon Daughter" on Blue Note
Countee Cullen "Heritage" from "Anthology of Negro Poets" on Folkways
Miles Davis "Once Upon A Summertime" from "Quiet Nights"
Maya Angelou "Africa" from "Caged Bird Songs"
Kim Weston "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" from "Black Power: Music of a Revolution Disc 2" on shout! factory
Langston Hughes "I Too" from "Anthology of Negro Poets" on Folkways
Eddie Harris "1974 Blues" from "The Artist's Choice: The Eddie Harris Anthology Disc 1"
Peabody & Sherman "They've Always Known" from "James Baldwin EP" on Super Bro
Gil Scott-Heron "Whitey On The Moon" from "The Revolution Begins: The Flying Dutchman Masters" on Ace Records
Nina Simone "Backlash Blues" from "Forever Young, Gifted And Black: Songs Of Freedom And Spirit" on BMG
Nikki Giovanni "Beautiful Black Men" from "Legacies: The Poetry of Nikki Giovanni"
Harlem Underground Band "Fed Up (Instrumental)" from "Harlem Underground Band" on Paul Winley Records