Holy Terror is a 1993 album by rap/spoken word pioneers The Last Poets

The Last Poets

The Last Poets is a group of poets and musicians who arose from the late 1960s African American civil rights movement's black nationalist thread...

. The album was released by Polystar Records in Japan

Japan

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 and then by Rykodisc Records in the U.S. and UK later that same year, with a release in 2004 by Innerhythmic. The U.S. and UK releases featured one bonus track entitled "Black And Strong (Homesick)". The lead figures in the Last Poets at this time were Umar Bin Hassan

Umar Bin Hassan

Umar Bin Hassan is an African-American poet associated with The Last Poets. He sold his younger sister's record player to purchase a bus ticket to New York City, where he joined the Last Poets...

 and Abiodun Oyewole

Abiodun Oyewole

Abiodun Oyewole , is a poet, teacher and founding member of the American music and spoken-word group The Last Poets that developed into what is considered the first ever hip hop group....

. The album was part of the Black Arc Series, launched by producer Bill Laswell

Bill Laswell

Bill Laswell is an American bassist, producer and record label owner....

 in 1992.

Track listing

1. Invocation
2. Homesick
3. Black Rage
4. Men-tality
5. Pelourino
6. Funk
7. If We Only Knew
8. Illusion Of Self
9. Talk Show
10. Black And Strong (Homesick)
11. Last Rites

Personnel

• Voices - Umar Bin Hassan
  Umar Bin Hassan
  Umar Bin Hassan is an African-American poet associated with The Last Poets. He sold his younger sister's record player to purchase a bus ticket to New York City, where he joined the Last Poets...
  
  , Abiodun Oyewole
  Abiodun Oyewole
  Abiodun Oyewole , is a poet, teacher and founding member of the American music and spoken-word group The Last Poets that developed into what is considered the first ever hip hop group....
  
  , Grandmaster Melle Mel
• Bootsy Collins
  Bootsy Collins
  William Earl "Bootsy" Collins is an American funk bassist, singer, and songwriter.Rising to prominence with James Brown in the late 1960s, and with Parliament-Funkadelic in the '70s, Collins's driving bass guitar and humorous vocals established him as one of the leading names in funk...
  
  -Guitars, Bass
• Bernie Worrell
  Bernie Worrell
  George Bernard "Bernie" Worrell, Jr. is an American keyboardist and composer best known as a founding member of Parliament-Funkadelic and for his work with Talking Heads. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic...
  
   - Organ, Piano, Clavinet, Synthesizer
• Bill Laswell
  Bill Laswell
  Bill Laswell is an American bassist, producer and record label owner....
  
   - Bass beats, Samples, Loops
• Aïyb Dieng
  Aïyb Dieng
  Aïyb Dieng is a Senegalese drummer and percussionist specializing in hand drums. He has recorded one solo album , and has worked with a wide range of musicians but is perhaps best known for his long-term association with prolific bassist/producer Bill Laswell.-Biography:He was born and raised in...
  
   - Congas, Chatan, Bells, Talking Drum, Doff, Tambourine, Gongs, Percussion
• George Clinton
  George Clinton (funk musician)
  George Clinton is an American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and music producer and the principal architect of P-Funk. He was the mastermind of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic during the 1970s and early 1980s, and launched a solo career in 1981. He has been cited as one of the foremost...
  
  - guest vocals on "Black And Strong (Homesick)"