Shaft Soundtrack CD

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Producers: Kawan "KP" Prather, Bill Stephney, Antonio "LA" Reid.
Producers: Kawan "KP" Prather, Bill Stephney, Antonio "LA" Reid.
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.
Personnel: Isaac Hayes (piano, electric piano, organ, vibraphone); Michael Toles, Charles Pitts (guitar); Lester Snell, Sidney Kirk (piano); James Alexander, Ronald Hudson (bass); Willie Hall (drums, tambourine); Gary Jones (bongos, congos); The Memphis Strings; The Memphis Horns.
Recorded at Stax Recording Studios, Memphis, Tenessee. Originally released on Enterprise (2-5002).
Personnel: Pimp C, Sleepy Brown, Backbone, Big Boi, Big Rube, Bun B (vocals); Sheldon Goode (guitar, strings); Daris Adkins, Billy Odum, Donnie Lyle, Randy Bowland (guitar); Karen Karlsrud, Maura Giannini, Winterton Garvey, Ann Labin, Pamela Posk, Anthony Posk, Masako Yanagita, Martha Caplin, Ron Oakland, Sheila Reinhold, Richard Auldon Clark, Richard Henrickson (violin); Kenneth Burward-Hoy, Olivia Koppell, Maxine Roach, Harold Coletta (viola); Jesse Levy, Kermit Moore (cello); Jimmy Brown, Lew DelGatto (flute); Joe Torano (saxophone); Bob Milikan, Johnny Britt, Dave Trigg (trumpet); Marshall Sealy, John Clark (French horn); Keith O'Quinn, Douglas Purviance, Birch Johnson (trombone); Alicia Keys (piano, keyboards, background vocals); Isaac Hayes (Fender Rhodes piano, organ); Alfreda Gerald (organ); Organized Noize (keyboards, drums); Marvin "Chanz" Parkman, Gerald Jackson, McKinley Horton, Earthtone III, Lester Snell (keyboards); Ian Mereness (programming); Clifton Lighty, Fred Sawyers, Gerry DeVeaux, Patrick "Sleepy" Brown, Joi Gilliam, Myra Walker, Angie Stone (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: John Frye; Andre Debourg; David Gamson; Michael Romanowski; Gerry DeVeaux; Charles "Prince Charles" Alexander ; Rob Chirelli; Gerry Brown ; Josh Butler; Peter Mokran; The Legendary Traxster; Tony Maserati; Tony Prendatt; Tony Smalios; Windose International; Sheldon Goode.
Recording information: Backyard Beats, Atlanta, GA; Battery Studios, New York, NY; Blue Basement Recording, Atlanta, GA; Chicago Trax, Chicago, IL; Daddy's House Recording Studios, New York, NY; Darp Recording Studios, Atlanta, GA; Doppler Recording Studios, Atlanta, GA; Legendary Traxster Inc. Studios, Chicago, IL; Marcus Studios, London, England; National Recording Studio, New York, NY; Patchwerk Recording Studio, Atlanta, GA; Playground Minimansion Stuido, NJ; Powerhouse Studios, Yonkers, NY; Room Digital, NJ; Sony Studios, New York, NY; Sound On Sound Recording Studios, New York, NY; Stankonia Recording, Atlanta, GA; Studio 353, New York, NY; The Dungeon Recording Studio, Atlanta, GA; The Studio, Philadelphia, PA; Tree Sound, Atlanta, GA.
Editors: Abel Garibaldi; Ian Mereness.
Arrangers: David Gamson; Earthtone III; Alicia Keys; R. Kelly.
Of the many wonderful blaxpoitation soundtracks to emerge during the early '70s, Shaft certainly deserves mention as not only one of the most lasting but also one of the most successful. Isaac Hayes was undoubtedly one of the era's most accomplished soul artists, having helped elevate Stax to its esteemed status; therefore, his being chosen to score such a high-profile major-studio film shouldn't seem like a surprise. And with "Theme from Shaft," he delivered an anthem just as ambitious and revered as the film itself, a song that has only grown more treasured over the years, after having been an enormously popular hit at the time of its release. Besides this song, though, there aren't too many more radio-targeted moments here. "Soulsville" operates effectively as the sort of downtempo ballad Hayes was most known for, just as the almost 20-minute "Do Your Thing" showcased just how impressive the Bar-Kays had become, stretching the song to unseen limits with their inventive, funky jamming. For the most part, though, this double-LP features nothing but cinematicEntertainment Weekly (6/23/00, pp.102-3) - "...This is an arsenal of blaxploitation-funk homages from some of today's most affecting rap...and R&B acts..." - Rating: B+
CMJ (8/00, p.66) - "...It might not be the 1971 all-Hayes classic, but Samuel L. Jackson on the cover bodes well for any soundtrack."
Vibe (8/00, p.165) - "...A reasonably hot summer soundtrack....Alicia Key's 'Rock Wit You' lives up to the original album: With Hayes himself providing string arrangements and getting ill on the Rhodes....it's ruggedly sexy..."
Mojo (Publisher) (10/00, p.100) - "...The melodramatic strings, sleazy horns and wacca-wacca guitars are all present, but it still feels as ersatz as an old Top Of The Pops compilation album..."