| Holy Terror | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | The Last Poets |
| Cover: | Holyterror.jpg |
| Released: | 1995; Black Arc 1993 |
| Genre: | Funk, spoken word |
| Length: | 62:19 |
| Label: | Rykodisc Black Arc Innerhythmic |
| Producer: | Bill Laswell[1] |
| Prev Title: | Scatterap / Home |
| Prev Year: | 1994 |
| Next Title: | Time Has Come |
| Next Year: | 1997 |
Holy Terror is an album by rap/spoken word pioneers The Last Poets, released in 1995.[2] The album was financed and released by P-Vine Records in Japan and then released by Rykodisc Records in the United States and the United Kingdom later that same year, with a rerelease in 2004 by Innerhythmic. The U.S. and UK releases contain a bonus track titled "Black and Strong (Homesick)."
The lead figures in the Last Poets at this time were Umar Bin Hassan and Abiodun Oyewole.[3] [4] The album was part of the Black Arc Series, launched by producer Bill Laswell in 1992.
AllMusic wrote: "Containing some of the Poets' most trenchant political and social lyrics, Holy Terror shows the Last Poets, Umar Bin Hassan and Abiodun Oyewole, still as fiery and sharp as ever." CMJ New Music Monthly called the album "the bomb," writing that "it's as good as anything they've recorded in their 25-plus year career."[5]