With the rhetoric of radical change and black revolution in the air at the dawn of the seventies, war poets became celebrities overnight. Gil Scott-Heron was the most notable. His ferocious social commentary became the reference point for socially conscious artists throughout the decade. After graduating from Lincoln University, Scott-Heron set about writing novels and politically charged poetry, and after some insistance by supporters he moved into jazz performance. His poetry recording, Small Talk at 125th and Lennox, and 1970 music album Pieces of a Man were brilliant collections of heartfelt sentiments and vicious realism. Tunes like “The Get Out of the Ghetto Blues” and “Whitey on the Moon” became anthems for the outcast, but none had greater impact than his seminal effort, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.”

SOURCE: Funk by Rickey Vincent
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - Gil Scott Heron