I'm New Here - Gil Scott-Heron
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  • Summary: Poet, musician, and singer/songwriter Gil Scott-Heron is one of the most influential progenitors of hip-hop music. Such artists as Kanye West, Mos Def, Black Star, and Air have sampled his work. Now, the poet returns with his first album in 15 years released on XL Recordings.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 28
  2. Negative: 1 out of 28
  1. I'm New Here is an outstanding album and one of beauty and substance and for the first time in fifteen years, Scott-Heron is back.
  2. It's a steely blues record at heart--the sound of a damaged man staring in the mirror without self-pity but not without hope.
  3. I'm New Here is a thin affair-musically weak and lyrically narrow.

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