Maybe it's because I like Blaxploitation movies in general, maybe because they're musical time-capsules. Maybe I just like the stealth attitude of the songs. I don't know, I'm not going to over-analyze it, I just really dig Blaxploitation soundtracks.
I wanted to include Melvin Van Peebles' film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song because it was a big deal, something about being the first independently produced Blacksloitation film, or something like that. Look it up. Unfortunately the link I had for his movie was removed, but I did find one for a film called Bucktown that I've never heard of. Within the first few seconds, wah-wah. Credits roll. Fred Williamson...Pam Grier. Stop. Wah-wah and Pam Grier? In a movie I never heard of? I'm cutting out to watch it.
Melvin Van Peebles - Sweetback's Theme mp3 at Oz Good
Curtis Mayfield - Freddie's Dead mp3 at Internet Archive
Funkadelic - Freak of the Week mp3 at Internet Archive
Maceo & All The King's Men - Funky Women mp3 at Internet Archive
Johnny Pate - Shaft In Africa mp3 at Internet Archive
Bar-Kays - Son of Shaft mp3 at Internet Archive
Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman mp3 at Internet Archive
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