The Last Poets- The Last Poets Format:LP The Birthday Party) and Ollie

The Birthday Party) and Ollie Olsen (Whirlywirld

the album debuted at #1 in the UK and US as well as almost everywhere else in the world

and through the years

and the late-'50s were arguably the outfit's most fertile period

Additionall the 2023 digital single ‘Things left in the past’ has been added as a bonus-track

The Last Poets- The Last Poets Format:LP The Birthday Party) and OllieLabel: Celluliod Released 1970 With their politically charged raps, taut rhythms, and dedication to raising African American consciousness, the LAST POETS almost single handedly laid the groundwork for the emergence of hip hop. The group arose out of the prison experiences of Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, a U. S. Army paratrooper who chose jail as an alternative to fighting in Vietnam; while incarcerated, he converted to Islam, learned to "spiel" (an early