Holy Terror | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1995; Black Arc 1993 | |||
Genre | Funk, spoken word | |||
Length | 62:19 | |||
Label | Rykodisc[1] Black Arc Innerhythmic | |||
Producer | Bill Laswell[2] | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 7/10[5] |
Holy Terror is an album by rap/spoken word pioneers The Last Poets, released in 1995.[6] The album was financed and released by P-Vine Records in Japan and then released by Rykodisc Records in the United States and the United Kingdom later that same year, with a rerelease in 2004 by Innerhythmic. The U.S. and UK releases contain a bonus track titled "Black and Strong (Homesick)."
The lead figures in the Last Poets at this time were Umar Bin Hassan and Abiodun Oyewole.[7][1] The album was part of the Black Arc Series, launched by producer Bill Laswell in 1992.
AllMusic wrote: "Containing some of the Poets' most trenchant political and social lyrics, Holy Terror shows the Last Poets, Umar Bin Hassan and Abiodun Oyewole, still as fiery and sharp as ever."[3] CMJ New Music Monthly called the album "the bomb," writing that "it's as good as anything they've recorded in their 25-plus year career."[8]