Black Ben the Blacksmith [Explicit Lyrics]

Richard Pryor | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 8, 1994)
• Original Release Date: 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B000001ECD
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #314,244 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Black Ben the Blacksmith

2. I Feel

3. Fighting

4. Dark Person

5. Nigroes

6. Black Nationalist

7. Unemployment Line

8. Cops and Fathers

9. Folsom Prison

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars His WORST!!!!, January 23, 2005

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D. Reichel (KY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Black Ben the Blacksmith (Audio CD)

The editing is as sloppy as the comedy. Some bits don't even have a decent ending. They just end. For a great example of his early work check out "The Wizard Of Comedy."

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best..., September 1, 2003

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Anthony (CT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Black Ben the Blacksmith (Audio CD)

I have every album. This is the best. From a true Pryor fan since age 8, this is the best. Back when he was still free-basing cocaine, this comendy has an edge like no other.

5.0 out of 5 stars Pryor at his peak, October 8, 2009

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Bmonster "exile103" (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Black Ben the Blacksmith (Audio CD)

This truly is an example of Pryor at the peak of his powers. The best routines here, namely the title piece, show Pryor as a master of characters. He portrays several characters in one skit with incredible adeptness and still manages to be hilarious. Using real but often inane stereotypes (inane in the sense that people actually thought that way), Pryor draws great humor out of pain, ignorance and pleasure.