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〔Seth Pereira, (" Interview With Malik & The O.G’s!" )''I Am Hip Hop Magazine'', July 2015. On-line edition〕Malik & the O.Gs is a spoken-word performance band based in Liverpool. Its founder Malik Al Nasir put the band together in 2006 when he first recorded his poetry to music for his debut album ''Rhythms of the Diaspora Vol 1 & 2'', which was released in on Mentis Records featuring 〔Graeme Thomson, ("The Gil Scott Heron I knew". )''Uncut Magazine'', August 2011. Issue. 171, pg. 32〕Gil Scott-Heron and The Last Poets′ Jalal Mansur Nuriddin. Malik produced the album in 2006 and Malik & the O.G's produced a video with Emmy Award winning Director Mitchell Stuart for the song from the album ''Africa'', an adaptation of one of the poems of the same name in Malik's book ''Ordinary Guy''. Malik & the O.G's was born out of the political poetry movement that was rooted in the civil rights era in America. In 1984 Gil Scott-Heron toured the UK and met Malik Al Nasir backstage at a concert.〔Marc Waddington, ("Flashback: How meeting Gil Scott-Heron in riot-hit Toxteth changed my life". ) 9 July 2011〕 〔Gareth Arnold, ("Under the influence: the kindest, most generous man you could ever meet". )''The Independent on Sunday'', 29 May 2011, Iss. Late, pg. 12〕 Scott-Heron then trained Malik Al Nasir over a period spanning more than 20 years as a poet and also in the politics of the civil rights era. Jalal Mansur Nuriddin (of The Last Poets) wrote the foreword to the book ''Ordinary Guy'',〔''Ordinary Guy'' by Mark T. Watson, Fore-Word Press (2004), Liverpool, UK. ISBN 9780954886707〕 which was a 〔Jonah Weiner, ("Tribute - Gil Scott Heron 1949-2011". )''Rolling Stone (USA)" 23 June 2011, Iss. 1133, pg. 30〕 tribute to Scott-Heron. In 2006 Malik recorded ''(Rhythms of the Diaspora Vol 1 & 2 )'', his debut album, with Gil and Jalal under his band name Malik & the O.G's. The double album was (released in August 2015 ) on MentiS RecordS Malik & the O.G's also featured in a documentary,〔Aaron Frank, ("Great way to learn about black history". )''The Leicester Mercury'', 01 October 2011.〕 ''Word up – From Ghetto to Mecca'', with political black poets Gil Scott-Heron, Jalal Mansur Nuriddin of The Last Poets and UK Dub poet Benjamin Zephaniah, as well as Rod Youngs (drummer from The Amnesia Express). The film (premiered ) at the Phoenix Cinema in Leicester, UK, in 2011 as part of the "Black History Season" dedicated to the late Gil Scott-Heron. It is shown as part of a double bill with the XL Recordings film '(Who is Gil Scott-Heron )?' at FACT Cinema Liverpool 22 August 2015. In 2011 Malik & the O.G's were invited to perform at Judith E. Wilson's Drama Studio at 〔University of Cambridge, ("Events 2011/12-Ordinary Guy performance poetry by Malik Al Nasir (Drama Studio)". )''9 West Road-A Newsletter of the Faculty of English'', 20th October 2011〕Cambridge University. The band at that time included Malik Al Nasir lead vocal, Rod Youngs (Gil Scott-Heron's Amnesia Express), Cambridge-based bass player Tiago Coimbra, Senegalese percussionist Makhou and engineer Tom Parker. In 2013 Malik & the O.G's were invited by Liverpool City Council to perform their poetry at the inauguration of (Liverpool International Music Festival ), where the band was placed on the "It's Liverpool – Legends" stage. After the festival Malik was asked to perform some anti-war poetry for online TV station (Bay TV ) where he delivered the politically charged poem "Shock & Awe", performed at the Liverpool International Music Festival, which is based on Gil Scott-Heron's anti-war protest song "Re-Ron". In 〔Mike Edwards, ("Malik & The O.G’s 2014". )''UK Vibe Magazine" Feb 2014.〕 Feb' 2014 Malik & the O.G's supported Jalal of The Last Poets at the 〔Sunny Sharma D, ("Interview With Malik And The O.G’s" ), ''I Am Hip Hop Magazine" Feb 2014.〕 live performance of "Hustlers Convention" at the Jazz Café in London.〔(Graeme Thomson, "Hustlers Convention: rap's great lost album" ), ''The Guardian'', 30 January 2014.〕 with Jazz Warriors – Cleveland Watkiss, Hawi Gondwe (Amy Winehouse Band) and Orphy Robinson (Don Cherry Band) (The sold out performance ) was filmed for a documentary on (Hustlers Convention ) commissioned by Chuck D of Public Enemy . Malik & The O.G's produced a series of tribute events 〔Tom Short, ("No Re-Run, Brother: Gil Scott-Heron celebrated at Liverpool International Music Festival" ) ''The Skinny'', 06 August 2015.〕 to Gil Scott-Heron in 2015 including "(Poets Against Apartheid -The Legacy of Gil Scott-Heron )" as part of UNESCO International Slavery Remembrance Day commemorations in partnership with Liverpool International Slavery Museum. The event featured spoken word performances from Malik Al Nasir, Tayo Aluko and Jean Binta Breeze (MBE), also "(The Revolution Will Be Live )!" with business partner Richard McGinnis, this event was commissioned as part of Liverpool International Music Festival 2015 and featured Talib Kweli, The Christians, Craig Charles, Malik & the O.G's, Cleveland Watkiss and others. The show was filmed at St Georges Hall on 27th Aug 2015. ==Bibliography== *''Ordinary Guy'' by Mark T. Watson a.k.a. Malik Al Nasir, Fore-Word Press, 2004 (ISBN 978-0954886707) *"Gil Scott-Heron Saved My Life" (Abdul Malik Al Nasir (as told to Simon Hattenstone) ), ''The Guardian'', 19 June 2011. *"Malik & The O.G's 2014" (by Mike 'The Dood' Edwards ), UK Vibe Magazine March 2014. *"Interview with Malik & the O.G's" (by Sunny Sharma D ), I Am Hip-Hop Magazine 7 February 2014 *"Gil Scott-Heron: the revolution lives on" (Paul Lester ), ''The Guardian'', 26 August 2015. *"How Gil Scott-Heron changed my life" (Emily Jupp ), ''The Independent'', 21 August 2015. *"Gil Scott-Heron Tribute Night" (Chris Tang ), ''Jocks & Nerds'', 18 August 2015. *"No Re-Run, Brother: Gil Scott-Heron celebrated at Liverpool International Music Festival" (Tom Short ), ''The Skinny'', 6 August 2015. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Malik & the O.G's」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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