What The... You Mean I Can't Sing?

Melvin VanPeebles | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 16, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 1974
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Water
• ASIN: B0000A0WKI
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #417,339 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. A Birth Certificate Ain't Nothing But A Death Warrant Anyway

2. So Many Bars

3. Save The Watergate 500

4. Superstition

5. There

6. Come On Write Me

7. Eyes On The Rabbit

8. My Love Belongs To You

Editorial Reviews

Full title - What The...You Mean I Can't Sing?! Film producer/director Melvin Van Peebles invented the blaxploitation film genre with his groundbreaking 1970 'Sweet Sweetback Bad Ass Song'. He's also known for writing several novels & screenplays throughout the 70's (including 'Greased Lightning') & acting in films such as 'Lost Action Hero', 'Terminal Velocity' & 'Boomerang.' As a major influence on Spike Lee & Quentin Tarantino, Van Peebles remains a legend of African American cinema. On this rare 1974 album for Atlantic Records Van Peebles sings passionate reflections on the state of 70's black culture over some very funky grooves with strings & orchestration (think of the soundtrack to any Pam Grier flick). Harold Wheeler arranged the music with the same touch of class he brought to his work with Nina Simone, the soundtrack to The Wiz, & Bernard 'Pretty' Purdie. Fans of underground 70's

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars funnier than chris rock; cooler than Miles Davis, December 9, 2007

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Jack F. Chavoor (Fresno, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What The... You Mean I Can't Sing? (Audio CD)

How many albums are wicked funny and massively cool at the same time. This is it, music fans. Skip lunch for a week and get it. Oh and it's funky, too. Greasy enough to close some arteries. Answers the musical question, "What if Frank Zappa was black?"Funny, funky, cool, toe-tapping, intelligent. What more can you ask for?