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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised was a lightning bolt into the popular culture of 1970. I'm showing my age, but crotch grabbing, ho' beatin', pistola wielding gansta's need to listen to, and not just "sample", this guy. A window into the black experience through the poetry, muscianship, and great songwriting of Mr. Heron. What's happened to musicianship, jazz, and melody? The song "Pieces of a Man" is just beautiful, and sounds like it was written yesterday. This music is fresh, and Heron's critical appraisal of white and black culture is dead-on. To quote Todd Rundgren about the state of Soul, R&B, and Hip Hop music:There's something missing in the sound,That so used to satisfy.It may rock, it may roll, but tell meWhatever happened to your soul?It's just a murky, jerky groove.It motivates but it don't moveAnd all the pimps and funky divasCrank out their empty testifyingThey mixed it all in a bowl but then theyForgot to add a pinch of soulTell me, whatever happened to soul, brother?Tell me, what did they do with the soul, soul brother?Tell me, where did they go with the soul, brother?Can't find a little a bit of soulCause it's so hip to be a hoAnd all the brothers act like crooksAnd all the kids in the suburbs write the radio hooksAnd if you want to be a starJust grab your crotch and squeeze it hardAnd make your mom and daddy proudAs you dry hump for the crowdIt may be tired and old, but then it'sYour only substitute for soulGil Scott-Heron made great music in a lost era. Too bad.