This Is Madness

This Is Madness
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
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[edit]

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

Chart (1971)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[3]	104
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[4]	14