**Was reading Mark Anthony Neal's What The Music Said: Black Popular Music and Black Public Culture and he wrote a brilliant section on Donny Hathaway and this live recording of "The Ghetto." With that said, I wanted to revisit this live audio in part from reading about it via Neal's book. **
Ain't nothing like a talented vocalist unplugged and crooning away on a live album in my opinion and Donny Hathaway is one of the greatest to ever release a live album. While the mainstream vocal talent in the industry appears to lack a certain vocality that legends such as Hathaway possessed, it's refreshing to revisit some of his live audio work and his take on "The Ghetto," which is lifted from his 1972 live album is no exception. With that said, take a listen to his sublime live take on "The Ghetto" after the jump and Enjoy!
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