Baadasssss Cinema

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 6, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Tvt
• ASIN: B000069RNW
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #206,660 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Baadasssss is right, September 4, 2002

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S CORBETT (Los Angeles

Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Baadasssss Cinema (Audio CD)

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!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What's Old Is New Again., March 18, 2003

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The Groove (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Baadasssss Cinema (Audio CD)

"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.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good sampling from a bygone era, May 2, 2008

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Mikhail L. Ponce - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Baadasssss Cinema (Audio CD)

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.