ty, thus serving as a shining example of the lessons of his music. Brown's message of change by improving currently existing systems was conservative in comparison to some more radical artists. These artists, like the Last Poets, believed that change would only come around through a revolution. The Last Poets who use a combination of spoken word and music in their song "Niggers Are Scared of Revolution" exemplify this. The song addresses apathy in the black community about black revolution and the lack of participation in the movement (Last Poets). Gil Scott Heron is an artist with a similar message. His work The Revolution Will Not Be Televised discusses the media's purposeful ommitance of pertinent black issues, and the manner in which change will occur. The song "Power to the People" by the Chi-Lites was originally the slogan for the Black Panther Party. "Young, Gifted and Black" by Nina Simone, "People Get Ready" by the Impressions and Edwin Starr's "War" are just a few of the many songs which drew the black community together to raise social consciousness. Black music, specifically Soul music, will never disappear. Though the motivation for the music may change nominally, the spirit behind it will always stay the same. Passion, pain, despair, love and hope, will forever remain key elements of the human experience. This truth is the reason in which we have seen Soul music change to fit the times in which it exists. Some hip-hop artists such as De La Soul, Public Enemy and even Arrested Development carried a strong message of social change. Yet, their time too was limited as the black American climate slightly changed. Today artist such as the crowned king and queen of the newly dubbed category of "Neo-classic soul" bear the torch. D'Angelo and Erykah Badu talk about revolution and the state of the black community and relationships. Badu's "On and On" expresses her thoughts of how she feels that we are born into the middle of a world...
