This Is Madness

This Is Madness is the second studio album by spoken word recording artists The Last Poets. It was released in 1971 through Douglas Records. Recording sessions took place at Mediasound Studios with production by Alan Douglas and Stefan Bright. The album peaked at #104 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and at #14 on the Top R&B Albums chart in the United States.

It spawned two singles, "O.D." and "True Blues". The songs from This Is Madness were used by various hip hop musicians.

Personnel

 * Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin – poet, lead vocals, backing vocals
 * Umar Bin Hassan – poet, lead vocals, backing vocals
 * Raymond "Nilaja" Hurrey – percussion
 * Technical
 * Alan Douglas – producer
 * Stefan Bright – producer
 * Anthony C. Bongiovi – engineering
 * Bilal Farid – photography
 * Abdul Mati (Abdul Mati Klarwein) – painting
 * Bob Vermosa – lettering