This Is Madness

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 Media Sound Studios with production by Alan Douglas and Stefan Bright. The album peaked at #104 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and at #14 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the United States.

This Is Madness
Studio album by The Last Poets
Released	1971
Studio	Media Sound Studios
Genre	Spoken word jazz poetry political rap
Length	35:10
Label	Douglas
Producer	Alan Douglas Stefan Bright
The Last Poets chronology
The Last Poets (1970) This Is Madness (1971) Chastisement (1972)
Singles from This Is Madness
"O.D." Released: 1970 "True Blues" Released: 1971

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

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
1.	"True Blues"	Alafía Pudím	2:04
2.	"Related to What Chant"	Alafía Pudím Omar Ben Hassen Raymond "Nilaja" Hurrey	1:12
3.	"Related to What"	Omar Ben Hassen	3:14
4.	"Black Is Chant"	Alafía Pudím Omar Ben Hassen Raymond "Nilaja" Hurrey	0:58
5.	"Black Is"	Omar Ben Hassen	2:33
6.	"Time"	Omar Ben Hassen	1:43
7.	"Mean Machine Chant"	Alafía Pudím Omar Ben Hassen Raymond "Nilaja" Hurrey	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"	Alafía Pudím Omar Ben Hassen Raymond "Nilaja" Hurrey	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"	Alafía Pudím Omar Ben Hassen Raymond "Nilaja" Hurrey	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
• 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
US Billboard 200[3]	104
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[4]	14

References

1. Wynn, Ron. "This Is Madness – The Last Poets". AllMusic. Retrieved September 18, 2018.
2. "The Last Poets". WhoSampled.
3. "The Last Poets Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
4. "The Last Poets Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.

External links

The Last Poets – This Is Madness at Discogs (list of releases)