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. Main Title Truck Turner
2. House Of Beauty
3. Blues Crib
4. Driving In The Sun
5. Breakthrough
6. Now Were One
7. The Duke
8. Dorindas Party
9. Pursuit Of The Pimpmobile
10. We Need Each Other Girl
11. A House Full Of Girls
12. Hospital Shoutout
13. Youre In My Arms Again
14. Give It To Me
15. Drinking
16. The Insurance Company
17. End Theme
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Once again Isaac Hayes produces a fine funk soundtrack. Surprisingly difficult to obtain on vinyl, this album contains the full nine-plus minutes of "Pursuit Of The Pimpmobile", as fine a funk instrumental as you'll find on any soundtrack album. The vocal tracks are strong, and there's an overdriven funk-rock instrumental "Breakthrough" that's worth the price of the album.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Isaac Hayes - Truck Turner (1974)
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2 comments:
thank u.
Another fantastic (and historically important) post on a fantastic (and historically important) site!
Thanks for puttin' it up there!
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