Video: GIL SCOTT HERON winter in america & whitey on the moon

Look, you could probably do your doctoral thesis on the effect Gil Scott Heron's music did/did not have on the music world and whether it was/was not the precursor of hip hop and rap. There's no way I'm going to add anything meaningful to that conversation, but I will say that when I first heard Gil Scott Heron (and his frequent musical partner Brian Jackson) it was a revelation. Listening to the music, reading along with the lyrics and studying the gatefold sleeve photos was like a mini course in the history of black [...]