I'm New Here is a very vulnerable and honest album. On here, Gil Scott-Heron talks about many different subjects relating to his life, his upbringing, and his inevitable death. The songwriting here is some of the best I've heard in a while, and Gil's voice, while it will probably be off-putting to many, just gave everything he said so much more weight and power to me. He sounded like a man who'd really lived a full life, he sounds wise and full of experience. While I do think that ... read more
Wow, this was powerful. It's short, but it packs a lot of punch. Really gets to the heart of Mr. Scott-Heron as an artist, as an addict, and as a flawed human being, with dark, minimal production and unsettling melodic design. Really a haunting character portrait of an aged legend, and one that is only finer with time.
Probably as many of us I ended listening this record after I heard the 2020 version from Makaya McCraven. Actually it is not an easy task to try to really appreciate the beauty and simplicity of the original version, specially taking into account the amounts of musical arrangements that McCraven putted all over the new one.
Anyway, after spinning this one a couple of times and try to really breath and listening what I have here, I finally noticed that the major triumph of the original version ... read more
Favorites: New York Is Killing Me, On Coming from a Broken Home, Pt. 2, Me and the Devil
Least Favorites:_______
AlbumCoverRating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
1 | On Coming from a Broken Home, Pt. 1 2:20 | 82 |
2 | Me and the Devil 3:33 | 90 |
3 | I'm New Here 3:33 | 79 |
4 | Your Soul and Mine 2:02 | 82 |
5 | Parents (Interlude) 0:18 | 73 |
6 | I'll Take Care of You 2:58 | 87 |
7 | Being Blessed (interlude) 0:12 | 72 |
8 | Where Did the Night Go 1:14 | 75 |
9 | I Was Guided (Interlude) 0:14 | 70 |
10 | New York Is Killing Me 4:29 | 90 |
11 | Certain Things (Interlude) 0:08 | 70 |
12 | Running 2:00 | 84 |
13 | The Crutch 2:44 | 84 |
14 | I've Been Me (Interlude) 0:16 | 71 |
15 | On Coming from a Broken Home, Pt. 2 2:16 | 94 |
#12 | / | Q Magazine |
#13 | / | The Guardian |
#16 | / | Uncut |
#19 | / | Cokemachineglow |
#19 | / | Gigwise |
#21 | / | Clash |
#22 | / | Prefix |
#24 | / | FACT Magazine |
#26 | / | musicOMH |
#28 | / | Treble |