This Is Madness
1971 studio album by The Last Poets
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This Is Madness is the second studio album by spoken-word recording artists The Last Poets. It was released in 1971 through Douglas Records. Recording sessions took place at Mediasound Studios, with production by Alan Douglas and Stefan Bright. The album peaked at No. 104 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and at No. 14 on the Top R&B Albums chart in the United States.
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| Released | March 1971 | |||
| Studio | Mediasound, New York City | |||
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| Length | 35:10 | |||
| Label | Douglas | |||
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It spawned two singles, "O.D." and "True Blues". The songs from This Is Madness were used by various hip hop musicians.[2]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "True Blues" | Alafía Pudím | 2:04 |
| 2. | "Related to What Chant" |
| 1:12 |
| 3. | "Related to What" | Omar Ben Hassen | 3:14 |
| 4. | "Black Is Chant" |
| 0:58 |
| 5. | "Black Is" | Omar Ben Hassen | 2:33 |
| 6. | "Time" | Omar Ben Hassen | 1:43 |
| 7. | "Mean Machine Chant" |
| 1:24 |
| 8. | "Mean Machine" | Alafía Pudím | 4:05 |
| 9. | "White Man's Got a God Complex" | Alafía Pudím | 3:41 |
| 10. | "Opposites" | Alafía Pudím | 1:48 |
| 11. | "Black People What Y'all Gon' Do Chant" |
| 0:47 |
| 12. | "Black People What Y'all Gon' Do" | Omar Ben Hassen | 3:25 |
| 13. | "O.D." | Alafía Pudím | 3:10 |
| 14. | "This Is Madness Chant" |
| 1:07 |
| 15. | "This Is Madness" | Omar Ben Hassen | 4:54 |
| Total length: | 35:10 | ||
Personnel
- Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin – poet, lead vocals, backing vocals
- Umar Bin Hassan – poet, lead vocals, backing vocals
- Raymond "Nilaja" Hurrey – percussion
- Technical
- Alan Douglas – producer
- Stefan Bright – producer
- Anthony C. Bongiovi – engineering
- Bilal Farid – photography
- Abdul Mati (Abdul Mati Klarwein) – painting
- Bob Vermosa – lettering
Charts
| Chart (1971) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200[3] | 104 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[4] | 14 |