What They're Saying about Monte Smith
"I like Monte Smith's shit. If I didn't I wouldn't say it,
you know I don't embellish"
SAM GREENLEE - Author of The Spook Who Sat By The Door
“Monte brings you fire and ice; the burning of his heart is his passion; the coolness, is his reason and insight. His poetry is a welcome ingredient in the mix of Hip Hop.”
MUMIA ABU-JAMAL - Author, Journalist, Unjustly incarcerated political prisoner
“Smith blew everybody away, including AMIRI BARAKA, who was noticeably moved by Smith’s genuinely touching command of words and images that was so reminiscent of his friend ALLEN GINSBERG’S brand of being intentionally off the beaten path.”
DR. WILLIAM H. TURNER Freelance Writer - Excerpt from the Winston-Salem Journal
“Wildly imaginative stuff, well-written. Reading Monte’s work I’m seeing movies. And they ain’t rated PG-13.”
WILLIAM UPSKI Author of ‘Bomb the Suburbs’ and ‘The Future 500’
“Monte Smith’s poetry book is hot! I thoroughly enjoyed it.”
T LA ROCK ‘It’s Yours’, ‘Big Beat in London’ Hip Hop legend, pioneer in the art of rapping
“Monte’s poems read like testimonies of a person going through detox! You feel the extreme pain crawling inside, like worms trying to eat through your rib cage.”
INSOMNIAC MAGAZINE
“Poetry abounds in Hip Hop, but rarely does an individual’s work transcend the elements and conventions with a such a gripping emotional and political style.”
ELEMENTAL MAGAZINE
“The Tar Heel state isn’t exactly famous for its spoken word scene, but if vanguard street poet Monte Smith has his way, all that’s about to change.”
RIME MAGAZINE
“In Coup-like Fashion, Monte’s writing is a Molotov Cocktail headed straight for the government. His words are on fire.”
BRUCE GEORGE Co producer of HBO’S “Def Poetry Jam’
“If you drew a line from The Watts Prophets through Gill Scott Heron and Public Enemy to Dead Prez, uncompromising wordsmith Monte Smith would be the latest addition to the club. Listen up!”
US 3
“Audience’s are blown away by his anger and conviction with which he delivers an ages-old message of rich versus poor.”
JAMIE KRITZER Greensboro News and Record
“Nobody, can get the people’s attention the way Monte Smith can!”
GM GRIMM MC, Producer, Owner of Day by Day Entertainment
“Other standout tracks are ‘Bathe In Bleach’, which seems to almost melt before your ears…”
RESIDENT ADVISOR (RA) (Regarding Monte’s song ‘Bathe in Bleach’ released on DJ Vadim’s latest album, ‘Sound Catchers’) Online independent magazine www.residentadvisor.net
“Hands down, Monte Smith is one of the realest spoken word ‘actionist’ I know!”
WARRIOR GRIOT Author/Street Poet
“I really admire the work Monte Smith is doing, I feel it 100%!”
WENDY DAY Rap Coalition
"Monte Smith’s poetry comes like a punch in the head to the sleeping, a call to action that is both painful and raw. With a face forward, unflinching stance, he delivers a message to the streets: “Wake Up! Even though it’s probably
too late."
ERICK GORDON Founding Director, Student Press Initiative Columbia University, Teachers College
