Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here FREE STREAM

 
I'm only about half way through my first listen of the album and already I'm blown away by how well the different styles work together and just how perfectly they complement Gil's legendary voice. The album jumps from dubstep to folk effortlessly. An early favourite of mine is his cover of Smog's 'I'm New Here', which sounds very Cohenesque. This is surely going to be a comeback up there with Johnny Cash's. The album is due out 8th February.

Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here

 Even though I have only heard one best of album and his two classics albums, 'Pieces of a Man' and 'Winter in America', I can't wait to hear this album! Everytime I put on a record of his, they always transport me back to the 70s and make me wish I was alive back then. He was without a doubt a big influence on the hip-hop and neo-soul scenes and has been sampled and name checked by loads of the biggest names. His first album since 1994s 'Spirits' is to be released next month and from what I've heard and read, the album should sound pretty contemporary (the opening tracks rises from a sample from Flashing Lights by Kanye West), but still very much like a Gil Scott Heron record. How could it not with his voice?