Gil Scott-Heron: The Homeland Is Where The Hatred Is
Lloyd Bradley, NME, 13 March 1982
JUST ONE CHANGE of buses, and the sound stages of Century City, Ca., where platinum-plated cowboys bite the props department dust, are replaced by the real life dramas in Compton or the barrios. Kids with paint on their noses bite the shitty end of the stick.
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