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Apr 26, 2019 · A history of Blaxploitation film soundtracks that helped define the genre, and the musicians who asserted their street cred by writing their scores. Published on. April 26, 2019. By. Jason Draper.
Sep 11, 2014 · From Shaft to Superfly, Amar Ediriwira unearths the best blaxploitation soundtracks ever recorded. Dovetailing the civil rights movement, 1970s blaxploitation film was the birth of a new code of black representation.
Feb 10, 2015 · Variety credited Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, released in 1971, with the invention of the blaxploitation as well as the less radical Hollywood-financed film Shaft, also released in 1971 ...
20 songs from the best 1970's Blaxploitation soundtracks. The Vinyl Factory. 18 videos 236,242 views Last updated on Nov 20, 2020. Play all.
Jan 7, 2017 · Take a look back at the 20 best songs from some of blaxploitation’s biggest soundtracks. Even if the track names don’t ring a bell, give ’em a listen – nearly every song here has been sampled by current music stars.
Blaxploitation is an ethnic subgenre of the exploitation film that emerged in the United States during the early 1970s, when the combined momentum of the civil rights movement, the Black power movement, and the Black Panthers spurred black artists to reclaim power over their image, and institutions like UCLA to provide financial assistance for s...
The genre's inception coincides with the rethinking of race relations in the 1970s. Blaxploitation films were the first to feature soundtracks of funk and soul music and primarily black casts. I present you the best blaxploitation soundtrack albums of that era.
