Recording sessions took place at Impact Sound Studio with production by East Wind Associates, managers of The Last Poets at the time of recording.

It spawned a single, "On the Subway", which was sampled by Digable Planets for their 1992 song "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)".

[1] The songs from The Last Poets were used by various hip hop musicians, including N.W.A, Notorious B.I.G.

[1] The track "Wake Up, Niggers" is featured on the soundtrack album to the film Performance, also released in 1970.

Robert Christgau wrote of the group and the album in his 1970 column for The Village Voice: "A few weeks ago I saw an incredible performance at the Apollo by a group comprising two shouting poets and an Afro-percussionist, the first time I'd ever really dug on the 'jazz poetry' idea.