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. The Greatest Love Of All - George Benson
2. I Always Knew I Had It In Me
3. Ali's Theme - Michael Masser
4. Ali Bombaye I - Mandrill & Michael Masser
5. Ali Bombaye II - Mandril & Michael Masser
6. The Greatest Love Of All - George Benson (Alt.)
7. Variations On Theme - Michael Masser
8. I Always Knew I Had It In Me - George Benson (Alt.)
Anonymous
"The Greatest Love of All" and "I Always Knew I Had It In Me" are powerful examples of inspirational songs at their best. These songs match perfectly with the life of Muhammed Ali, the subject of the movie that this soundrack was created for. These songs are timeless. You could store them in your "classics" collection.
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Great, this soundtrack has a couple of George Benson instrumentals availible only on this lp.
Many thanks for keeping the music and the links cool, and all your hard work!
Weekend Hippie
Wow!!! I've been waiting a long long time for this! A real good movie too, starring the man himself in great shape. George sings and plays like he's never done before. It preshadow's his decent into schmalz tho' with the theme song tho'.
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