Monte Smith

MONTE IS AVAILABLE FOR PERFORMANCES, JUDGING, LECTURING AND PANELS - FOR MORE INFO EMAIL: monte@33third.com



“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



‘Faith of our Fathers’ Africa World Press: 2003

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-Creator 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



See Monte in action below in the Red Bull Word Clash documentary, winner of the audience award at the 2006 New York City Independent Film Festival.



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