This Is Madness

1971 studio album by The Last Poets

This Is Madness

Studio album by

The Last Poets

Released

March 1971

Studio

Mediasound, New York City

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]

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 #104 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and at #14 on the Top R&B Albums chart in the United States.

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

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
US Billboard 200^[3]	104
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[4]	14

References

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