Buddy Wakefield – Run on Anything

In honor of the National Poetry Slam going on now (August 3-9) in Madison, Wisconsin. This is Buddy Wakefield. Buddy won the Individual World Poetry Slam Competition in 2004 and 2005. He has since released this album on Strange Famous Records featuring live performances and also studio pieces. Sage Francis appears (and actually the name of Sage’s last record ‘Human the Death Dance’ is taken from a Buddy piece of the same name.)
To quote Buddy directly:
“If you’ve never been rocked back by the presence of purpose
this poem is too soon for you.
Return to your mediocrity
plug it into an amplifier
and rrrre-think yerself!”

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Sage Francis – Personal Journals

for fans of P.O.S. and Doomtree

Damn. Sometimes you hear something that so deeply enriches your world, you just have to listen to it in small doses. You want to savor it, make it last, so you dole it out to yourself. Sick flow, immense emotion.

Sage Francis is an accomplished spoken word poet and MC with several competitive titles to his name within both genres. He also performs with a live band, Art Official Intelligence, and together with Joe Beats and DJ Perseus, forms the Non-Prophets. He is equal parts serious and silly, but never fails to impress.

Standout track: #1, Crack Pipes. It gives me shivers every time.

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Also: Sage Francis – Human the Death Dance