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The Last Poets

The Last Poets is a group from the US, active since 1968.

Group US since 1968 poetry spoken word jazz poetry
TOTAL PLAYS
111
SONGS PLAYED
45
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2009-06-17 21:16 · Radio 2 — "Its a Trip"
LAST PLAYED
5 months ago · 6 Music — "This Is Madness (Blue Lab Beats Remix)"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2009 — 2025
50 38 25 13 0
'09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 100 90%
Radio 2 8 7%
Radio 1 2 2%
1Xtra 1 1%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 22:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Understand What Black Is 23 2023-01-25
2 It's a Trip 7 2024-09-28
3 Bird's Word 6 2019-01-03
4 On the Subway 5 2025-11-09
5 Sport 5 2025-02-14
6 Black Is 5 2024-12-03
7 Understand What Black Is (Mala remix) 5 2018-07-15
8 When the Revolution Comes 4 2023-07-15
9 Rain Of Terror (Prince Fatty Dub) 4 2020-01-05
10 Jazzoetry 3 2022-10-02
11 The Music 3 2020-07-26
12 True Blues (Clean Edit) 3 2018-12-22
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2025-12-17 19:44 This Is Madness (Blue Lab Beats Remix) 6 Music
2025-11-09 17:40 On the Subway 6 Music
2025-02-26 23:59 On the Subway Radio 1
2025-02-14 11:38 Sport 6 Music
2025-01-05 17:44 This Is Madness 6 Music
2024-12-03 03:00 Black Is 6 Music
2024-09-29 18:48 Understanding What Black Is 6 Music
2024-09-28 19:33 It's a Trip 6 Music
2024-03-05 03:00 Black Is 6 Music
2023-08-12 14:01 Birds Words 6 Music
2023-07-15 16:22 Be 6 Music
2023-07-15 16:16 When the Revolution Comes 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

45 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
As The Sun Sets The Moon Rises — 1 ▶
At the End of the Day (feat. Pharoah Sanders) — 1 ▶
Be — 1 ▶
Bird's Word — 6 ▶
Bird's World — 1 ▶
Birds Words — 1 ▶
Birds World — 1 ▶
Black Is — 5 ▶
Black Lives Matter — 1 ▶
Blessed Are Those Who Struggle — 1 ▶
Certain Images — 2 ▶
Conspiracy — 1 ▶
Get Movin' — 1 ▶
How Many Bullets — 1 ▶
How Many Bullets (Prince Fatty Dub) — 1 ▶
In Search Of Knowledge — 1 ▶
It's a Trip — 7 ▶
Its a Trip — 1 ▶
James Brown — 1 ▶
Jazzoetry — 3 ▶
Jimi Juju — 1 ▶
Just Because — 1 ▶
Oh My People — 2 ▶
On the Subway — 5 ▶
Poetry Is Black — 1 ▶
Protest — 1 ▶
Rain Of Terror (Prince Fatty Dub) — 4 ▶
reflections — 1 ▶
Sport — 5 ▶
The Bridge — 1 ▶
The Music — 3 ▶
This Is Madness — 1 ▶
This Is Madness (Blue Lab Beats Remix) — 1 ▶
Tribute to Obabi — 1 ▶
True Blues — 2 ▶
True Blues (Clean Edit) — 3 ▶
Understand What Black Is — 23 ▶
Understand What Black Is (Dego Kaidi Remix) — 1 ▶
Understand What Black Is (Mala remix) — 5 ▶
Understanding What Black Is — 1 ▶
We Must Be Sacred — 3 ▶
When the Revolution Comes — 4 ▶
White Man's Got A Got Complex — 1 ▶
Word Bullets — 1 ▶
Young Love — 1 ▶