Gil Scott Heron - Washington D.C

[eg6roll]

I got an ear bug now.

[1212amore]

Mr. Gill Scott Heron ,

Our 21st Cenrury Poet, Composer.+ Music =.Voice.

Our National Treasure, Wonderful . for us all.

..Poof !!! Perfect..Mr. GSH

[ksmile3m1]

got to see this down to earthbrother in my home town h town and kicked it with him in philly in his suite in philly it was a beautiful setting and itold him i seen him in h town evertime he came to houston rip from mustafa from h town

[BboyGrimm]

yeeaauuhhhh MC GIL SCOTT 

[terronda2]

Love this piece! One of my favorites!

[hollafied]

Props to Howard University at 1:15. Keep on keeping on!

[AYOJOYNOW]

@hollafied aHHHHHHHH hu!!!!!!!! I graduated 2001! woop woop lol:) holla!!!!!!!!!

[Derham43]

RIP Gil Scott Heron, gone but never will be forgotten!

[Tomasthesk8dude]

Lol I pronounced it PO-TO-MAC when I first saw the name

[roburo2002]

Street smart and book smart and kept it real

[dasun13]

lost poets! the best to ever do it! rip black man! thanks for everything

[roburo2002]

RIP Gil Scott your music is immortal to the minds and souls of black folk across America and the world

[broncofunk]

REAL STREET KNOWLEGDE AND MENTALITY

[PDN11141]

rip- found this guy a while back, liked his poetry and sounds...

[afrojules]

will miss your music and words... peace go with you!!!

[hadlee182]

Peace be with you Gil..

[MsCharityluv]

We Lost Gil Scott-Heron too soon. He sang it like it is. I will miss him. :(

[MsCharityluv]

We lost a good man too soon. He sang it like it is. I will miss him. :(

[technologic21]

utter brilliance, his music is so relevant to today.....the recession, need we say more than "We Almost Lost Detroit" ?????

RIP brother, you will be truly missed.

[browncresus]

reposes en paix .... L'un des derniers Bro' d'une époque révolus ...... rip

[BillieHoliday420]

RIP

[gmetenorsax]

RIP Gil

[dopiro]

RIP Brother ... tell them from up therr

[OctavePussYoTube]

Thanx so much 4 this track! R.I.P. G.S.H.

[tiabooba]

Still the city of haves and have nots even now! More homeless and hungry and more fancy condos with gourmet shopping; More have nots being pushed out their homes and more fancy pubs being pulled in- Gil kept it for real and its real-er now more than ever; Thanks Gil - RIP

[tiabooba]

Still the city of haves and have nots - just the have nots are loosing their homes for fancy condos and shopping. Mayor Anthony Williams started it and Adrian Fenty continued it - MAN how true this piece was...

[P0rn0ralle84]

RIP :-(

[skinnynicci]

Rip gil

[mrmoss28]

RIP Gil Scott Heron!!

[timeandtempshow]

r.i.p.... g.s.h... :(

[OldGoldSoul]

GIL SCOTT HERON DIED IN MAY 2011 R.I.P.

[TwoDogsX2]

this is the first song i ever heard of gil scott, hooked straight away, RIP my Brother

[ZAZstyle]

My hometown baby!!!!

RIP to a great...

[ZAZstyle]

My hometown baby!!!!

[ArmatiMusica]

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

[zulu11217]

RIP

[selfexplanitory]

Rest In Poetry.....

[david552]

OMG - when I was a kid we used to have that exact stero!

RIP Gil Scott Heron, brilliant piece of work.

[no1winner]

RIP



[lokkstokk]

an immaculate DIY masterpiece

[mekkathedog]

the man.

[rayjr62]

It looks like one of those sickly hot summer days in DC. . . heat and humidity are brutal in the summer months.

[hollafied]

Props to Howard U. At frame 1:17. Holla!

[shiningstar8792]

@hollafied what do we have here? rudiments of an all black university? Howard Understanding a United States Experience. What will happen when vectors of spacecraft and technical capability are halted once again in the Booming America, we once called h ome?

[TheRossfraser]

Class poet a real musical influence of my youth still brilliant 30 years on

[Chokladpudding36]

is that a LRG hat?

[jdashie]

@Chokladpudding36 yeah yo!...gtfohwtbs

[Chokladpudding36]

@jdashie skmdkbieaotch

[roburo2002]

He's the man with a brain and with a voice to match the two

[aleksssanya]

Отлично!

[koolkvids]

A poet,the king of poetry...ladies & gentleman,Mr. Gil Scott Heron

[djlau1]

i love that radio!!!

[jeffroyo]

sick

[AquaDC82]

That is real

[jvcforce]

Amazing!

[hollafied]

Howard University at 1:18 frame, Represent!

[NYhistorian]

@hollafied Word! Chillin' on the Yard!

[a2valentine]

tweeted your birthday and this vid !!! 'o happy day when gil scott-heron was born !!! xo xo xo ~  zo valentine

[a2valentine]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIL !!! EYE TWEETED YOUR BIRTHDAY AND THIS VID TODAY. xo xo xo from cyberspace!

[Feanic]

how is that big radio called on his shoulder?

great track, by the way.

[hydeparkmac]

Its called a boom box.

[VendettaPtown]

Oh, love the ghetto blaster!

[VendettaPtown]

One of the greatest poets/emcees/philosophers of our time! This vid is so hiphop... it embodies what Hiphop culture is about!

One, V

[funketelechy]

Fantastic.....................­peace!!

[skyesthelimit2010]

GIL SCOTT WAS D.C!!!!

[MrTobinorris]

The paradox, the man, the legend...Gil Scott Heron

[MrWestside1966]

Gil is one of "the Last Poets" a front runner of all Hip Hop

[ilikesexypie]

@MrWestside1966 He worked with them but it wasn't spoken word,he later wanted to do what they were doing.

[BLT1940]

Whitey's on the Moon! Go Gil!

[stayfresh06]

This is my shit..Gil is too real

[Pottermus1]

Gil is the man! voice like velvet , cool as a mofo. He is the composer of the battlehymn of the revolution, keep on keepin on my brother.

[EivetsRednow2]

I have lsitened to 2 of this guys song and

so far he seems VERY VERY cool! any song/album suggestions for new fans?

[Feanic]

he is :-) i discovered him playing GTA 4

some of his tracks:

the bottle (this one is killer)

home is where the hatred is (featured in GTA 4)

winter in america

1980

angel dust

madison avenue

angola, louisiana

[elraheem]

A collection of poetry titled THE MIND OF GIL SCOTT-HERON is my suggestion.

[Pepel35000]

SoOo Frrrreeeeesssshhhhh !

[technologic21]

Love it!

[peteywhtstrw]

Het Thanks So Much for gettin' back to me, man-about where to find this DVD--'pprecciate it! As relevant today as it ever was... Keep spreadin', man...PeteyWheat

[DeathRowWarrenG]

that´s some great shit dude..................i can feel the beat and everything

[DeathRowWarrenG]

which album is that???!!  great tune

[Kev90891]

Great Song

[luqman2511]

dgil1911, that actually is Howard University in the middle of the video. Gil's on main campus

[dgil1911]

I stand corrected. I saw the trashcan with HU on it. What threww me off was hollafield said at 2:28 and all I saw wsa the tidal basin there. Hollaback I owe you an apology.

[masterartform]

Good eye, and more specifically it is in front of the College of Fine Arts (the institution, not the building) which no longer exists at HU. Ironic?

[sean311973]

MPDC 3rd Dist. love this city and I hate it. it's Wash D.C

[DoctorDreyer]

look at this lazy welfare guy!

[dgil1911]

Your an idiot. Gil Scott was one of the leading voices in music during the civil rights movement. The world has heard of him. Who has heard of Dr. Dreyer ?

[lefalbase]

twat

[PTYWHTSTRW]

To quote Dirty Dancing: " Well, Yeah, I guess that's what you Would see". Look and see with different sensibilities my dear doctor. Pete

[hollafied]

Howard University at 2:28.

[dgil1911]

You must not be from D.C. Thats not Howard, its the Tidal Basin. Dont you see the Jefferson Memorial in the background ?

[fresh12121212]

where could i get this dvd?

[DukeofSanchez]

"Spent a lifetime one night up on 14th St." haha - Loveit!

[OldRunt]

Gil is the coolest....so cool.....slick MF

[mosdef1986]

except he was a herion addict who got HIV man god bless.

[OldRunt]

Your point?

[polishdread]

but it was cocaine. if only you were right... it doesn't matter anyways because most of the world's or at least america's greatest artists are or were drug addicts at one point.

[Feanic]

this motherfucker makes some good music! damn i love this song.

[N4tur41Myst1c]

It'll be a little less ironic in the coming 4-8 years.

[mclexyvluv]

me my mom ste bro and step dad used to walk down there all the time

[mpjproducer]

Is he Jill Scott's dad?

[Abeku]

No, it's just a name coincidence.

[mpjproducer]

Okay - thanks for clearing that up - I've been wondering that for years, especially since she is not forthcoming about her Dad.

[aderemi1234]

he's not jill scotts dad...LOL.LOL..LOL...LOL..LOL

[pushaman1]

"its a mass of irony for all the world to see - its the nations capital its washington DC!"

wow very powerful line right there if yall know what DC is REALLY Like

[N4tur41Myst1c]

Nowhere is the gap between the haves and the have nots any greater.

[lovelyshadeofred]

@N4tur41Myst1c

Not in the USA, @ least

[Worldmusicrevolution]

@N4tur41Myst1c couldn't have said it better myself.

[P0rn0ralle84]

Just A Master

[hollafied]

Yeah, I saw Gil Scott Heron at the Blues Alley in Georgetown in July 2003. At 1:15 you see a shot of people watching him at Howard University.

The man is a consumate artist!

[TVybe]

been beggin for a longer version of this...

Cheers... Saw the documentary a few years ago.

TFP!!

[PTYWHTSTRW]

Saw it, a long time back!-- would really like to get a hold of that video! Any help appreciated, even if it's just the name of the Docum. Incredible how relevant Gil's music and views are to today. Just change the names. Peace from Philly , thanks- Pete

[paulthaddeus1974]

1986 released as Black Wax...you can find it on the web. Great DVD.

[nnjvhvhhgc]

Not disagreein' with you, but that just goes to show you "the struggle" hasn't changed or went anywhere in the past 30 + years. It's just a new day in Amerikkka...

[TheStandardOilBandit]

the coming struggle wont just be the ethnic peoples struggle, it will be the poor peoples struggle, as the borders of rich and poor will become far wider. United we Stand, Divided we Fall.

[lis880]

genius

[ellmiguel]

Music pure! I found a new inspiration.