http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGaRtqrlGy8
He was an enormously talented man, a genius, in my opinion. I never saw him in person, but The New Yorker did a profile on him not long ago.
Some of his music is the most intense, rich, amazing stuff you'll ever hear. I don't think it is easy to categorize. It is part jazz, part spoken-word, part soul, part almost rap, part poetry.
I recommend exploring his work on YouTube and anywhere else you can find it. Especially, I recommend "New York Is Killing Me":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiuorrXsngM
May he rest in peace. RIP, brother.
-- Roger
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