RIBS TPTD: At The Movies - Blaxploitation Style: The Pimpmobile

November 22, 2007 by tgrundy
Filed under: Triple Play Thurs-Day, jazz, music, podcasts/mixes, soul 

Got another big bucket of buttered popcorn, a mouth full of Raisenettes, and a couple of boxes of Goobers in my pockets (damn, they were all out of Milk Duds) That must mean we’re still at the movies…

Having a blast continuing to go through all of the music from the “Blaxploitation” era films. For our third and final installment this month (at least for now, there’s still a ton of movie music to cook up for you in the future {smile}) we turn up the tempo and feature mostly fast songs and instrumentals. Of course, that means lots of bass, fiery drums and pulsating horns!

After starting everything off with a short piece, 6 O’Clock DJ (Let’s Rock) by Rose Royce (Car Wash), we jump in the ride, hit the gas pedal and take off down the road in Pursuit Of The Pimpmobile from the Truck Turner soundtrack. Doing this one especially for my man EJ down in the ATL baby. He likes his pimpmobile {smile}.

Once we park the ride we step off into Superfly from the other ‘heavyweight’ of blaxploitation films, Curtis Mayfield (Isaac, of course being the top dog with Shaft). From there we flow ever so smoothly into Hapnin’ by Bernard “Pretty” Purdie off of the Lialah soundtrack. This one is the jewel of the mix, IMHO. Just check out the drum solo that opens the cut followed by that bass backbeat, not to mention the horn rifts about 2 minutes into the set. This one has soulful funk just dripping from every note!

Next, Willie Hutch gets us Vampin’ (The Mack), James (now you just know you can’t have a series of blaxploitation soundtrack mixes without James Brown {smile}) educates us about Slaughter with Slaughter’s Theme (Slaughter’s Big Rip-Off), and we jump back in the ride and take off on a Junkie Chase with Curtis at the wheel.

Of course, it’s no good to be a superfly with a fast ride if you don’t have a Foxy Lady (Foxy Brown) by your side. Some White Lightning (I Mean Moonshine) as mixed up by JB (Black Caesar) always goes down smooth also. However, sometimes even a superfly knows he can get Hung Up On My Baby (Tough Guys) when all he’s trying to be is a Good Lovin’ Daddy (A Piece Of The Action). However, good loving is too few and far between because it’s a constant stuggle out there as we are told by WAR with Youngblood (Livin’ In The Streets), and Mandrill with the Theme From The Warriors/Nowhere To Run (The Warriors).

Mavis, this time along with the rest of her family, The Staples Singers, lays down one of my all time favorite tracks with Let’s Do It Again from the Sidney Poitier/Bill Cosby movie of the same name. Willie Hutch (well represented in these mixes, BTW) gives us the classic track from The Mack, Brother’s Gonna Work It Out. Badder Than Evil is the band that performed most of the cuts on Gordon’s War. Their Hot Wheels (The Chase) is a funky chase scene instrumental that ranks right up there with the best of them.

Almost forgot about The Blackbyrds and Cornbread, Earl and Me. The theme Cornbread is a nice bouncy tune that fits in well here. And that flows nicely into the instrumental Claudine’s Theme from the Curtis Mayfield produced Claudine soundtrack.

And we wrap it all up with a soundtrack, Short Eyes (Curtis Mayfield), that has some strong 70s era funk tracks on it even though it didn’t sell well at the time. Taking you on out with Do Do Wop Is Strong In Here.

RIBS TPTD: At The Movies - Blaxploitation Style: The Pimpmobile
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Playlist:

  1. Rose Royce - 6 O’Clock DJ (Let’s Rock) [Car Wash]
  2. Isaac Hayes  - Pursuit Of The Pimpmobile [Truck Turner]
  3. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly [Superfly]
  4. Bernard “Pretty” Purdie - Hapnin’ [Lialah]
  5. Willie Hutch - Vampin [The Mack]
  6. James Brown - Slaughter’s Theme [Slaughter's Big Rip-Off]
  7. Curtis Mayfield - Junkie Chase [Superfly]
  8. Willie Hutch - Foxy Lady [Foxy Brown]
  9. James Brown - White Lightning (I Mean Moonshine) [Black Caesar]
  10. Isaac Hayes - Hung Up On My Baby [Tough Guys]
  11. Mavis Staples - Good Lovin’ Daddy [A Piece Of The Action]
  12. WAR - Youngblood (Livin’ In The Streets) [Youngblood]
  13. Mandrill - Theme From The Warriors/Nowhere To Run [The Warriors]
  14. The Staples Singers - Let’s Do It Again [Let's Do It Again]
  15. Willie Hutch - Brother’s Gonna Work It Out [The Mack]
  16. Badder Than Evil - Hot Wheels (The Chase) [Gordon's War]
  17. The Blackbyrds - Cornbread [Cornbread, Earl and Me]
  18. Gladys Knight & The Pips - Claudine’s Theme [Claudine]
  19. Curtis Mayfield - Do Do Wop Is Strong In Here [Short Eyes]

Again as I have mentioned before, if you are interested in the best resource on the ‘Net for information about these movies and the music they inspired, I urge you to visit Blaxploitation.com. It is a fantastic site site full of information that you can’t find anywhere else.

Enjoy!

BTW… don’t forget to check out the new RIBS Music Store!

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