Harlem Hustle V.A

Blaxploitation films appeared in the early '70s, in the wake of Melvin Van Peebles' groundbreaking independent film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. Van Peebles' angry masterpiece was a serious, even dangerous work that established that raw, independent African-American films would find audiences. It also happened to have a funk soundtrack -- appropriate, since funk was the cutting-edge music of the time. As it would turn out, Sweet Sweetback ushered in an era of filmmaking that wasn't nearly as serious as Van Peebles' movie. Quite quickly, his innovations were diluted and channeled into a genre called blaxploitation. Where Sweet Sweetback was serious as a heart attack, blaxploitation -- with a few exceptions -- was lightweight, telling tales of detectives, outlaws, pimps,and hustlers. It played to a broad audience, and it found it. And those films were given funk soundtracks, similar to Sweet Sweetback -- filled with wah-wah guitars, big bass, and funky beats -- but the newer soundtracks were richer and more diverse. Much of this music held up better than the films themselves, even in the case of Superfly, one of the better blaxploitation films of the time, where Curtis Mayfield's music was better than the film. As the movie genre died out in the late '70s, so did the music, but both the films and the soundtracks remained cult favorites well into the next century.

1 Law Of The Land - Temptations
2 Am I Black Enough For You - Billy Paul
3 Death Wish - Herbie Hancock
4 Don't Worryif There's A Hell Below We're All Going To Go - Curtis Mayfield
5 September 13th - Deodato
6 Gramdma's Hands - Heron GilScott
7 Who Is He And What Is He To You - Bill Withers
8 Truck Turner - Isaac Hayes
9 Son Of Shaft - Bar Kays
10 Mr Magic - Grover Jr.Washington
11 Cleopatra Jones - Joe & The Mainstreeters Simon
12 Flying Machine - War
13 Sweet Sweetback's Theme - Earth Wind & Fire
14 I Want You - Marvin Gaye
15 Savage - DonJulian
16 For The Love Of Money - O'Jays
17 Strawberry Letter 23 - Brothers Johnson
18 Natural High - Bloodstone
19 Inside My Love - Minnie Riperton
20 One Gun Salute - Donald Byrd
21 Always There - Ronnie Laws
22 God Made Me Funky - Headhunters
23 Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine - James Brown
24 Harlem Shuffle - Bob & Earl
25 Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time - Delfonics
26 Sweet Sweetback's Theme - Earth Wind & Fire
27 I Want You - Marvin Gaye
28 Savage - Don Julian
29 For The Love Of Money - O'Jays
30 Strawberry Letter 23 - Brothers Johnson
31 Natural High - Bloodstone
32 Inside My Love - Minnie Riperton
33 One Gun Salute - Donald Byrd
34 Always There - Ronnie Laws
35 God Made Me Funky - Headhunters
36 Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine - James Brown
37 Harlem Shuffle - Bob & Earl
38 Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time - Delfonics

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Barry White_Rhapsody In White_1974

Rhapsody in White was a huge success for The Love Unlimited Orchestra that rode along in the charts with Barry White's single at the time of "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little Bit More". Also on the album is "Love´s Theme", the #1 signature song of the Love Unlimited Orchestra.

The Love Unlimited Orchestra, formed by American R&B/soul musician, Barry White, was a 40-piece string-laden orchestra that served as a backing unit for White and female vocal trio Love Unlimited. From the mid 1970s on, they also recorded several albums under their own name.
Their biggest hit single was 1973's instrumental disc, "Love's Theme". The track, written by White, went to No. 1 for one week in the U.S. and No. 10 in the UK Singles Chart. The R.I.A.A. awarded a gold disc on 7 February 1974.
1 Barry's Theme
2 Rhapsody in White
3 Midnight and You
4 I Feel Love Coming On
5 Baby Blues
6 Don't Take It Away From Me
7 What A Groove
8 Love's Theme

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The Warriors _O.S.T_1979

The Warriors is a 1979 American cult action/thriller film directed by Walter Hill and based on Sol Yurick's 1965 novel of the same name. Like the novel, the film borrows elements from the Anabasis by Xenophon. In 2010, Tony Scott announced a remake of The Warriors


1 Barry de Vorzon - Theme From The Warriors
2 Arnold McCuller - Nowhere to Run
3 Kenny Vance & Ismael Miranda - In Havana
4 Mandrill - Echoes in my Mind
5 Barry de Vorzon - The Fight
6 Joe Walsh - In The City
7 Genya Ravan - Love is a Fire
8 Barry de Vorzon - Baseball Furies Chase
9 Johnny Vastano - You're Moving Too Slow
10 Desmond Child - Last of an Ancient Breed

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Rufus & Chaka Khan - Rags To Rufus - 1974

Rags To Rufus is the gold-selling second studio album by funk band Rufus, released on the ABC Records label in 1974. It reached #4 on both the Pop and Black Albums charts. It is notable for the hit singles "Tell Me Something Good" (US Pop #3, US R&B #3), written by Stevie Wonder, and "You Got the Love" (US Pop #11, US R&B #1), written by lead vocalist Chaka Khan and Ray Parker, Jr.. In 1975 "Tell Me Something Good" earned the band its first Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.

1. You Got The Love
2. I Got The Right Street
3. Walkin' In The Sun
4. Rags To Rufus
5. Swing Down Chariot
6. Sideways
7. Ain't Nothin' But A Maybe
8. Tell Me Something Good
9. Look Through My Eyes
10. In Love We Grow
11. Smokin' Room

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Wattstax_The living word_1973

Wattstax is a 1973 documentary film by Mel Stuart that focused on the 1972 Wattstax music festival and the African American community of Watts in Los Angeles, California. The film was nominated for a Golden Globe award for Best Documentary Film in 1974. It was also screened at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, but was not entered into the main competition. The concert was held at the Los Angeles Coliseum on August 20, 1972, and organized by Memphis's Stax Records to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the Watts riots. Wattstax was seen by some as "the Afro-American answer to Woodstock". To enable as many members of the black community in L.A. to attend as possible, tickets were sold for only $1.00 each. The Reverend Jesse Jackson gave the invocation, which included his "I Am - Somebody" poem, which was recited in a call and response with the assembled stadium crowd. In the film, interspersed between songs are interviews with Richard Pryor, Ted Lange and others who discuss the black experience in America.

1. Oh La De Da - The Staple Singers
2. I Like the Things About You - The Staple Singers
3. Respect Yourself - The Staple Singers
4. I'll Take You There - The Staple Singers
5. Knock on Wood - Eddie Floyd
6. Lay Your Loving on Me - Eddie Floyd
7. I Like What You're Doing (To Me) - Carla Thomas
8. Gee Whiz! (Look at His Eyes) - Carla Thomas
9. I Have a God Who Loves - Carla
10. Breakdown - Rufus Thomas

1. Son of Shaft/Feel It - The Bar-Kays
2. I Can't Turn You Loose - The Bar-Kays
3. Killing Floor - Albert King
4. I'll Play the Blues for You - Albert King
5. Angel of Mercy - Albert King
6. I Don't Know What This World Is Coming To - The Soul Children
7. Hearsay - The Soul Children
8. Ain't No Sunshine - Isaac Hayes

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James Brown_Live at the Apollo_ 1963

One of the most important and influential figures in all of popular music, James Brown left a legacy that has shaped music in more ways than are imaginable. Though often nicknamed "The Godfather of Soul" (among many other nicknames), it is for his invention of funk that he is most revered.
Live At The Apollo is a live album by James Brown and The Famous Flames, recorded at the Apollo Theater in Harlem and released in 1963. In 2003, the album was ranked number 24 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. In 2004, it was one of 50 recordings chosen that year by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry.

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What Is Funk ! _ 12 Funky Classics_V.A.

1 What is funk Rare Gems Odyssey
2 Get the funk out ma face The Brothers Johnson
3 Take your time (do it right) Sos Band
4 Don't stop the music Yarborough & Peoples
5 Spirit of the Boogie Kool & The Gang
6 Do it ('til you're satisfied) B.T. Express
7 Express B.T. Express
8 Funky Nassau The End Of The Beginning
9 Love injection Trussel
10 You + Me = Love The Undisputed Truth
11 Yum Yum (gimme some) The Fatback Band
12 Finders keepers Chairmen Of The Board
13 You + Me = Love EP The Undisputed Truth

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George Benson - Weekend in L.A._ 1977

WEEKEND IN L.A. is definitely one of Benson's pop albums,he pretty much sticks to vocals on "Down Here on the Ground," for example, not touching his guitar until the final 30 seconds of the tune. Where he does play, he plays well, reprising "Ode to a Kudu" from Beyond The Blue Horizon, for example, and tossing in a quote from the Gershwins' "I Got Rhythm" during the title cut. The liner notes imply that the live tapes, recorded over two nights at the Roxy, were later enhanced in the studio.
Recorded live at the Roxy, Hollywood, California on September 30 and October 1-2, 1977.

1. Weekend in L.A.
2. On Broadway
3. Down Here on the Ground
4. California P.M.
5. Greatest Love of All
6. It's All in the Game
7. Windsong
8. Ode to a Kudu
9. Lady Blue
10. We All Remember Wes
11. We as Love

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Hamilton Bohannon - Insides Out - 1975

Hamilton Bohannon (born Hamilton Frederick Bohannon, March 7, 1942, Newnan, Georgia) is an American percussionist, band leader and record producer, who was one of the leading figures in 1970s disco music.

1 Foot-Stompin Music
2 East Coast Groove
3 Disco Stomp
4 Love Is Fading
5 Thoughts And Wishes
6 Keep On Being My Girl
7 Happy Feeling

Rock! An' if you feel like clapping your hands
Go 'head!
An' if you feel like clicking your heels
Click your heels!
Were gonna rock you'll
We're gonna have a good time.
We're gonna rock you'll
We're gonna have a good time.
Rock! We're gonna
And gonna
Then gonna:
Rock! Rock! Rock! - Rock! Rock! Rock!
Foot
Foot stomping music. Foot
Foot stomping music.
Foot
Foot stomping music. Foot
Foot stomping music.
Rock! Rock! Rock! Rock!
Foot
Foot stomping music.
Foot
Foot stomping music.
B-B-B 0-0-0 H-H-H A-A-A
N-N-N N-N-N 0-0-0 N-N-N
Bohannon
Hannon
Hannon
Bohannon

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Instant Funk - Get Down With The Philly Down - 1976

Instant Funk came out of New Jersey consisting of Raymond Earl, Scotty Miller and guitarist Kim Miller. The group was then called The Music Machine and they were very successful as a back-up band for The Manhattans, Bunny Sigler and also the TNJs. Throughout their careers, Instant Funk would be the back-up band for many stars, including Lou Rawls, Loleatta Holloway, The O'Jays, MFSB, Curtis Mayfield and Evelyn Champagne King (they are the backing band on the hit single, "Shame").

The group relocated to Philadelphia in 1976 to release its first album, Get Down With the Philly Jump, as they started to formulate their own sound. The group followed this album up with a release for former MFSB guitarist Norman Harris' new record label Gold Mind, with front man Bunny Sigler entitled "Let Me Party With You".
1 It Ain't Reaggae (But It's Funky)
2 The Mack Is Back
3 Philly Jump
4 Give Me Your Love
5 I Know Where You're Coming From
6 Hup Two, Hup Two (Get In Line, Say Get In Line)
7 So Glad I'm The One
8 Funky Africa
9 We Can Work It Out
10 Go For Yourself

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