An era of its own. A time when American was in a transition from separatism to civil rights. The 70's was a Golden Age on so many levels and the influence echoes around the world in present day. Blaxploitation is considered in my opinion to be the coolest of cool. Touching on the most sensitive material in America at its time and exploiting them on the big screen or the vinyls in your record player produced for a glorified genre that nobody will ever be able to duplicate. Our mission at Blax-Pride is to educate those who are unfamiliar with this era and combine knowledge with those who are familiar.
Also you will notice Kung Fu movies on this site as well. What does this have to do with Blaxploitation? Well, the more action packed Blaxploitation films did not just street fight. Oh no.....they thought they were Kung Fu Masters. Chinese martial art movies gave a sense of invincibility to these actors. Seeing how cool it was to be a masterful fighter, why not just integrate this with Pimpin', Hustlin', Jive Talkin' and Pam Grier? Blax-Pride!!!
1. Dolemite (Ben Taylor)
2. The Queen
3. Do You
4. The Rumble
5. Mayor¹s Get-Away
6. Power of Your Love (Mary Love)
7. Willie Green
8. When We Start
9. The Hitman
10. Ghetto Expressions
11. Time is on our Side (Revelation Funk)
12. Creeper
13. The Jive Jungle
14. Flatland
15. Dolemite (Ben Taylor w/ Moore narration, film version)
16. Flatland (film version)
17. Human Tornado (from Human Tornado)
18. Miss Wonderful (from Human Tornado)
19. Dolemite Radio Spot version 1
20. Dolemite Radio Spot version 2
21. Human Tornado Radio Spot
Blaxploitation.com
Rudy Ray Moore's first Dolemite movie featured a great, raw funk soundtrack with many strong wah guitar funk instrumentals and good vocal tracks. "Mayor's Get-Away" is one of the better funk moments - a real funk bomb.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Rudy Ray Moore - Dolemite (1975)
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Thankin' you for tha FUNK!
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