Whether you call Camille Yarborough a street poetess, proto-rapper, or urban politico, there is no doubt that this woman contributed an enormous amount of fire, passion, and strength in all those guises. Neither is there any doubt that her 1975 album, Iron Pot Cooker, reissued on Universe/Vanguard with bonus tracks, is a landmark work of great importance. Rapping in the style of the early-era street poets, Yarborough certainly set the bar for almost every woman in that vein who followed, and in...   [ read more ]

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Whether you call Camille Yarborough a street poetess, proto-rapper, or urban politico, there is no doubt that this woman contributed an enormous amount of fire, passion, and strength in all those guises. Neither is there any doubt that her 1975 album, Iron Pot Cooker, is a landmark work of great importance. Rapping in the style of the early era street poets, Yarborough certainly set the bar for almost every woman in that vein who followed, and in that context, this album can be interpreted as feminis...   [ read more ]

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