Best of the next decade: Gil Scott-Heron's I'm New Here

Rather than treating them like national treasures, let's hope musicians stretch their prejudices about what older artists can doIn the week that NME announced its 50 records of this past decade, I heard one of the next decade's best. I admit this sounds like an outrageous claim, especially in a world saturated with statements about what's fresh and hot. But when the album I'm talking about twists a 21st-century phenomenon in a refreshing way, and redirects it towards a rather interesting future...

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