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Who described Gil as "one of the most important progenitors of rap music"?

  • Rolling Stone

  • MTV

  • BillBoard

  • AllMusic's John Bush

Answer

John Bush, a music critic for AllMusic, described Gil Scott-Heron as "one of the most important progenitors of rap music". Bush also noted that Gil's work was "widely considered to be the first spoken word album to incorporate elements of funk, jazz, and blues."
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