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The movie-business magazine Variety reported the films Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971) and Shaft as the mainstream blaxploitation films that followed the assimilation of blaxploitation into mainstream cinema, by way of the film Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970). [5] Blaxploitation films were the first to feature soundtracks of funk and ...
Can You Dig It? (subtitled: The Music and Politics of Black Action Films 1968-75) is a 2009 compilation album of film music released by Soul Jazz Records.The album consists primarily of funk and soul music that is taken from 1970s blaxploitation films of the 1970s ranging from the films theme songs to instrumental passages.
Trouble Man is a soundtrack and the twelfth studio album by American soul singer Marvin Gaye, released on December 8, 1972, on Motown-subsidiary label Tamla Records.As the soundtrack to the 1972 Blaxploitation film of the same name, the Trouble Man soundtrack was a more contemporary move for Gaye, following his politically charged album What's Going On.
Shaft is a double album by Isaac Hayes, recorded for Stax Records' Enterprise label as the soundtrack LP for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 1971 blaxploitation film Shaft. The album mostly consists of instrumentals composed by Hayes as score for the film. Three vocal selections are included: "Soulsville", "Do Your Thing", and "Theme from Shaft".
Ron Wynn from AllMusic gave the album 4.5 out of 5 stars stating, When an act called Sisters Love were offered a cameo in the blaxploitation film The Mack, their manager suggested that Willie Hutch do the soundtrack. It came to be one of the great 1970s film scores, including a pair of classic funk tunes, "Brother's Gonna Work It Out" and the ...
This is an alphabetical list of films belonging to the blaxploitation genre. A. Aaron ...
Hip-hop fans will appreciate this film's timeless soundtrack. Watch on Starz. 6. Queen & Slim (2019) ... In this smart tribute to the Blaxploitation genre, White stars as former CIA agent Black ...
Coffy is a soundtrack produced, composed, and arranged by Roy Ayers for the blaxploitation film Coffy. It was released in 1973 on Polydor Records and peaked at number 31 on the jazz albums chart. Track listing