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!!!
Blaxploitation soundtracks delivers a multitude of grooves that satisfies any music enthusiast. Thanks to these soundtracks they served as precursors for futures hip-hop classics that sampled blaxploitation. BP has compiled a comprehensive list of blaxploitation soundtracks discovered by diggers around the world. This list continues to expand as new and lost gem are uncovered from a musical abyss. Several resources were used to help compile these soundtracks. This list is not definite and will continue to be updated accordingly.
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- A Hero Ain't Nothin' But A Sandwich (1978) - Hubert Laws
- A Piece of the Action (1977) - Mavis Staples & Curtis Mayfield
- Aaron Loves Angela (1975) - Jose Feliciano
- Across 110th Street (1972) - Bobby Womack & J.J. Johnson
- Across 110th Street (Deluxe Edition) (1972) - Bobby Womack & J.J. Johnson
- Adios Amigo (1976) - Infernal Blues Machine
- Baadasssss! (2004) - Various Artist
- Bad Bad Jimmy Ruckus (2009) - Big Pimp Jones
- Bare Knuckles (1977) - Vic Caesar
- Berry Gordy's Lady Sings the Blues (1972) - Diana Ross, Michel Legrand & Gil Askey
- Big Time (1977) - Smokey Robinson
- Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings, The (1976) - William Goldstein
- Black Belt Jones (1974) - Dennis Coffey
- Black Caesar (1973)- James Brown
- Black Connection, The (1974) - The Checkmates LTD
- Black Fist (1977) - Various Artist
- Black Gestapo, The (1975) - Allan Alper
- Black Girl (1972) - Ed Bogas
- Black Mama, White Mama (1972) - Harry Betts
- Black Motion Picture Experience, The (1973) - The Cecil Holmes Soulful Sounds
- Black Samurai (1978) - Various Artist
- Black Shampoo (1976) - Gerald Lee
- Blackjack (1978) - Jack Ashford
- Blacula (1972) - Gene Page
- Book Of Numbers (1972) - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Brother On The Run (1973) - Johnny Pate
- Brotherman (1975) - The Final Solution
- Brothers (1977) - Taj Mahal
- Bucktown (1975) - Johnny Pate
- Bustin' Loose (1981) - Roberta Flack
- Car Wash (1976) - Norman Whitfield
- Claudine (1974) - Gladys Knight & The Pips
- Cleopatra Jones (1973) - J.J. Johnson
- Coffy (1973) - Roy Ayers
- Come Back Charleston Blue (1972) - Donny Hathaway & Quincy Jones
- Cool Breeze (1972) - Solomon Burke
- Cooley High (1975) - Various Artist
- Cornbread, Earl, and Me (1975) - The Blackbyrds
- Cotton Comes To Harlem (1970) - Gault McDarmot
- Countdown at Kusini (1975) - Manu Dibango
- Disco 9000 (1977) - Johnnie Taylor
- Disco Godfather (1979) - Juice People Unlimited
- Dolemite (1975) - Rudy Ray Moore
- Dollar (1971) - Quincy Jones
- Don't Play Us Cheap (1972) - Melvin Van Peebles
- Dynamite Brothers, The (1972) - Charles Earland
- Education of Sonny Carson, The (1974) - Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
- Every Nigger Is A Star (1973) - The Boris Gardiner Experience.
- Fast Break (1979) - Billy Preston & Syreeta
- Fat Albert Rotunda (1974) - Herbie Hancock
- Final Comedown, The (1972) - Grant Green
- Fish That Saved Pittsburgh , The(1979) - Various Artist
- Five On The Black Hand Side (1973) - H.B. Barnum
- Foxy Brown (1975) - Willie Hutch
- Friday Foster (1975) - Luchi DeJesus
- Fritz The Cat & Heavy Traffic - Ed Bogas & Ray Shanklin
- Fritz The Cat (1972) - Ed Bogas
- Glass House, The - Inside The Glass House (1971)
- Gordon's War (1973) - Badder Than Evil
- Greatest, The (1977) - Michael Masser
- Hair (1979) - Galt McDermot
- Harder They Come, The (1972) - Jimmy Cliff
- Hell Up In Harlem (1974) - Edwin Starr
- Hit 'Em Hard (1972) - Bobby Davis Orchestra
- Honey Baby, Honey Baby (1975) - Various Artist
- Human Tornado, The (1976) - Rudy Ray Moore
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- La Permission (1968) - Melvin Van Peebles & Mickey Baker
- Landlord, The (1970) - Al Kooper
- Last Dragon, The (1985) - Various Artist
- Leadbelly (1976) - Fred Karlin
- Learning Tree, The (1970) - Gordon Parks
- Lengend Of Nigger Charley, The (1972) - Lloyd Price
- Les Stances A Sophie (1970) - Art Ensemble of Chicago
- Let's Do It Again (1975) - Curtis Mayfield & The Staple Singers
- Lialeh (1974) - Bernard Purdie
- Liberation Of LB Jones, The (1969) - Elmer Bernstein
- Lord Shango (1975) - Howard Roberts
- Lost Man, The (1970) - Quincy Jones
- Mack & His Pack, The (1982) - Alan Silvestri
- Mack, The (1973) - Willie Hutch
- Mahogany (1975) - Diana Ross
- Man & Boy (1971) - J.J. Johnson
- Mean Johnny Barrows (1970) - Gordon Staples & The String Thing
- Melinda (1972) - Jerry Peters and Jerry Butler
- Monkey Hustle (1976) - Jack Conrad
- Mr. Mean (1977) - The Ohio Players
- Nine Lives Of Fritz The Cat, The (Single) - Tom Scott & The L.A. Express
- No Way Back (1976) - The Dells
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- Petey Wheatstraw (1977) - Nat Dove
- Pimps, Players, & Private Eyes (1991) - Various Artist
- Pipe Dreams (1976) - Gladys Knight & The Pips
- Pound (1970) - Charley Cuva
- Puck & The Preacher Theme (1972) - Benny Carter
- Putney Swope(1969) - Charlie Chuva
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- Return Of Superfly, The (1990) - Various Artist
- Right On! (1970) - The Last Poets
- Rockers (1979) - Various Artist
- Savage! (1973) - Don Juilan
- Save The Children (1973) - Various Artists
- Scrolls, The Book Of Life (1980) - Heaven Sent & Ecstasy
- Shaft (1971) - Isaac Hayes
- Shaft (1971) - Soul Mann & The Brothers
- Shaft [TV Series - Hit-Run] (1973) - Johnny Pate
- Shaft [TV Series - The Executioners] (1974) - Johnny Pate
- Shaft [TV Series - The Killing] (1973) - Johnny Pate
- Shaft Anthology: His Big Score and More! (1971-1974) - Isaac Hayes/Gordon Parks/Johnny Pate
- Shaft In Africa (1973) - Johnny Pate
- Shaft's Big Score (1972) - Gordon Parks
- Sheba Baby (1975) - Monk Higgins
- Short Eyes (1977) - Curtis Mayfield
- Shorty The Pimp (1973) - Don Julian
- Six Thousand Dollar Nigger (1978) - Saxton Kari & His Orchestra
- Slaughter (1972) - Billy Preston
- Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973) - James Brown
- Smoke (1976) - Candy Tangerine Man
- Solomon King (1974) - J. Steiger & Jimmy Lewis
- Somebody Stop This Madness [From The Embassy] (1972) - Carl Douglas
- Soul Ecstasy (1972) - Ricardo Tubbs & The Inner Thumb
- Soul Of Nigger Charley, The (1973)
- Space Is The Place (1974) - Sun Ra
- Sparkle (1976) - Aretha Franklin
- Split, The (1968) - Quincy Jones
- Spook Who Sat By The Door, The (1973) - Herbie Hancock
- Stargard Featuring Theme From Which Way Is Up (1972)
- Super Bad, Super Black: Can Yall Dig It?
- Superfly (1972) - Curtis Mayfield
- Superfly T.N.T (1973) - Osibisa
- Sweet Sweetback's Badasssss Song (1971) - Melvin Van Peebles
- Thank God It's Friday (1978) - Various Artist
- The Hitter (1978) - Garfeel Ruff
- They Call Me Mister Tibbs (1970) - Quincy Jones
- Three The Hard Way (1974) - The Impressions
- Three Tough Guys (1974) - Isaac Hayes
- Together Brothers (1974) - Barry White
- Train Ride To Hollywood (1975) - Bloodstone
- Trouble Man (1972) - Marvin Gaye
- Truck Turner (1974) - Isaac Hayes
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- Watermelon Man, The (1970) - Melvin Van Peebles
- Wattstax (1973) - Various Artist
- Willie Dynamite (1974) - J.J. Johnson
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