{{Short description|1971 studio album by The Last Poets}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> | name = This Is Madness | type = Studio album | artist = The Last Poets | cover = This Is Madness (cover art).jpg | alt = | released = March 1971 | recorded = | studio = Mediasound, New York City | genre = {{hlist|Spoken word|jazz|poetry|political rap}} | length = {{Duration|m=35|s=10}} | label = Douglas | producer = {{hlist|Alan Douglas|Stefan Bright}} | prev_title = The Last Poets | prev_year = 1970 | next_title = Chastisement | next_year = 1972 | misc = {{Singles | name = This Is Madness | type = studio | single1 = O.D. | single1date = 1970 | single2 = True Blues | single2date = 1971 }} }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/this-is-madness-mw0000195185/credits|title=This Is Madness – The Last Poets|website=AllMusic|last=Wynn|first=Ron|author-link=Ron Wynn|accessdate=September 18, 2018}}</ref> }} '''''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 No. 104 on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart and at No. 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whosampled.com/The-Last-Poets/?ob=0&sp=2|title=The Last Poets|website=WhoSampled}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = | title1 = True Blues | length1 = 2:04 | writer1 = Alafía Pudím | title2 = Related to What Chant | length2 = 1:12 | writer2 = {{hlist|Alafía Pudím|Omar Ben Hassen|Raymond "Nilaja" Hurrey}} | title3 = Related to What | length3 = 3:14 | writer3 = Omar Ben Hassen | title4 = Black Is Chant | length4 = 0:58 | writer4 = {{hlist|Alafía Pudím|Omar Ben Hassen|Raymond "Nilaja" Hurrey}} | title5 = Black Is | length5 = 2:33 | writer5 = Omar Ben Hassen | title6 = Time | length6 = 1:43 | writer6 = Omar Ben Hassen | title7 = Mean Machine Chant | length7 = 1:24 | writer7 = {{hlist|Alafía Pudím|Omar Ben Hassen|Raymond "Nilaja" Hurrey}} | title8 = Mean Machine | length8 = 4:05 | writer8 = Alafía Pudím | title9 = White Man's Got a God Complex | length9 = 3:41 | writer9 = Alafía Pudím | title10 = Opposites | length10 = 1:48 | writer10 = Alafía Pudím | title11 = Black People What Y'all Gon' Do Chant | length11 = 0:47 | writer11 = {{hlist|Alafía Pudím|Omar Ben Hassen|Raymond "Nilaja" Hurrey}} | title12 = Black People What Y'all Gon' Do | length12 = 3:25 | writer12 = Omar Ben Hassen | title13 = O.D. | length13 = 3:10 | writer13 = Alafía Pudím | title14 = This Is Madness Chant | length14 = 1:07 | writer14 = {{hlist|Alafía Pudím|Omar Ben Hassen|Raymond "Nilaja" Hurrey}} | title15 = This Is Madness | length15 = 4:54 | writer15 = Omar Ben Hassen | total_length = 35:10 }}
==Personnel== *Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin – poet, lead vocals, backing vocals *Umar Bin Hassan – poet, lead vocals, backing vocals *Raymond "Nilaja" Hurrey – percussion ;Technical *Alan Douglas – producer *Stefan Bright – producer *Anthony C. Bongiovi – engineering *Bilal Farid – photography *Abdul Mati (Abdul Mati Klarwein) – painting *Bob Vermosa – lettering
==Charts== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! scope="col" |Chart (1971) ! scope="col" |Peak<br/>position |- !scope="row" {{album chart|Billboard200|104|artist=The Last Poets}} |- !scope="row" {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|14|artist=The Last Poets}} |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Discogs master|84001|The Last Poets – This Is Madness}}
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Category:1971 albums Category:The Last Poets albums Category:1970s spoken word albums Category:Spoken word albums by American artists Category:Albums produced by Alan Douglas (record producer) Category:Albums with cover art by Mati Klarwein