People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul - Bobbit, Charles
Expansions - Smith, Lonnie Listo
Coffy Is the Color - Ayers, Roy
Pusherman - Mayfield, Curtis [1
We Be's Gettin' Down - Graham, L.
Truck Turner (Main Title) - Hayes, Isaac
Big Papa - Perren, F.
Happy Head (Theme from "Ghetto Man") - War
Be Thankful for What You Got - DeVaughn, William
Express - BT Express
Cornbread - Byrd, Donald
The Bottle - Scott-Heron, Gil
Sweetback's Theme - VanPeebles, Melvin
Subtitled The Sounds Of Blaxploitation. Features tracks from legendary artists such as WAR, Lonnie Liston Smith, Earth, Wind & Fire, Isaac Hayes & Roy Ayers. Slipcase. 2002.
Subtitled The Sounds Of Blaxploitation. Features tracks from legendary artists such as WAR, Lonnie Liston Smith, Earth, Wind & Fire, Isaac Hayes & Roy Ayers. Slipcase. 2002.
""Baadasssss Cinema" compiles soundtrack hits from the blaxploitation movies of the 1970s, and it literally transplants you to the era where Pam Grier and Fred Williamson ruled the silver screen in all their glory. I'd hate to pick a favorite song off a collection this stellar, but for me, the winner is the groovilicious "Coffy Is the Color" taken from the 1973 revenge fantasy "Coffy." Other main attractions are James Brown's "People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul," Curtis Mayfield's "Pusherman" from "Superfly," and the closer Earth Wind and Fire's "Sweetback's Theme" from Melvin Van Peebles debut film. Frankly, the mere fact that the tracklisting has EWF, James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes, WAR, and BT Express should be enough reason for you to get this disc. What's more, these songs have apparently been digitally remastered, so the sound quality is better than what we've heard previously. An absolute must-have for any music collector or admirer of the old school."
Baadasssss is right
S CORBETT | Los AngelesLos Angeles | 09/04/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)
"You really shouldn't be reading this review, you should be in your car right now on your way to buy this CD. This isn't just a sampling of some of the best music from 70s black cinema, it's a collection of songs that transcends its time and genre. It has not aged, it is not dated, it is simply great music. Period. And some of the coolest, funkiest, socially aware music you could possibly ever own on one CD. You have only to listen to this to realize just how sterile and one-dimensional today's soul and R&B music has become. Oh, and dig the cover artwork--it just doesn't get any more baadasssss than that!"
Very good sampling from a bygone era
Mikhail L. Ponce | 05/02/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Great, great compilation. It has "Sweetback's Theme" by Earth, Wind, and Fire! What else do you need? One of James Brown's most underappreciated songs? Got it! William DeVaughn's one-hit wonder? It's there! Arguably Curtis Mayfield's definitive masterpiece? There too! Stop looking and just buy it."
A Good Introduction...
B. Bowman | Jersey, United States | 02/02/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"If you are a fan of the blaxploitation movies of the 70's this is a great compilation to own. As noted by other reviewers, not every one of these songs was featured in a movie from this period, but the compilers did a great job of collecting some of the best music from the biggest names of the period and putting it all on one disc. While this disc is not as comprehensive as the collections offered by the "Sessions" series, it has enough classics to make it worth getting for the casual listener. With James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Roy Ayers, Isaac Hayes, War, and Gil Scott-Heron all on one disc how can you go wrong? I had also forgotten about Earth Wind & Fire's "Sweetback's Theme", which is a great song which I hadn't heard probably since I saw the movie. This is a great disc to have in the car to crank with the windows down. If you are a fan of the music from this period, the "Harlem Sessions" and "Superfly Soul" collections are two disc sets that contain many of these songs but also go further into the vaults and feature more obscure (but just as solid) funk from this period. However, this disc serves as a good introduction to blaxploitation era soul and funk and is definitely worth getting."
What a great time to have been alive!
Kenny Covington | Spartanburg, SC USA | 12/30/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Being a white teenager going to an inner city school was one of the greatest things that ever happened to me! My friends were the coolest, the B-A-A-A-DEST and the BEST. Seeing "Shaft, Cleopatra Jones, or Coffey was liberating and awesome.. The funky rhythms, the "don't mess w/me message" and the ultimate "survival" message that permeated these songs and movies, was a gift and a life saver for me. When I listen to this CD I groove, and cry just a little for the