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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 #104 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and at #14 on the Top R&B Albums chart in the United States.

This Is Madness
Studio album by The Last Poets
Released	March 1971
Studio	Mediasound (New York City)
Genre	Spoken word jazz poetry political rap
Length	35:10
Label	Douglas
Producer	Alan Douglas Stefan Bright
The Last Poets chronology
The Last Poets (1970) This Is Madness (1971) Chastisement (1972)
Singles from This Is Madness
"O.D." Released: 1970 "True Blues" Released: 1971

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

It spawned two singles, "O.D." and "True Blues". The songs from This Is Madness were used by various hip hop musicians.[2]

Track listing

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

Chart (1971)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[3]	104
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[4]	14

References

External links

The Last Poets – This Is Madness at Discogs (list of releases)

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