Hear the Last Poets’ Sobering New Rallying Cry ‘For the Millions’

Proto–hip-hop collective returns in May with new LP ‘Transcending Toxic Times’

In 2018, pioneering spoken-word collective the Last Poets returned with their first album in more than 20 years. Now the group — consisting of Seventies-era members Abiodun Oyewole and Umar Bin Hassan, along with percussionist Baba Donn Babatunde and a slew of collaborators, including renowned avant-jazz bassist Jamaladeen Tacuma — is back with a follow-up.

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