Johnny Pate - Shaft in Africa OST

Johnny Pate - Shaft in Africa OST
Label - ABC Records
Released - 1973
Style - Funk, Soul, Blaxploitation, Soundtrack, r&b, 70s

A1 You Can’t Even Walk In The Park (Opening Theme) (2:30)
A2 Are You Man Enough? (Main Title) (2:10)
*Vocals - Four Tops
A3 Aleme Finds Shaft (1:33)
A4 Shaft In Africa (Addis) (3:04)
A5 Headman (2:14)
A6 El Jardia (3:02)
B1 Are You Man Enough? (3:27)
*Vocals - Four Tops
B2 Jazar’s Theme (1:33)
B3 Truck Stop (2:15)
B4 Aleme’s Theme (2:17)
B5 El Jardia (Reprise) (1:43)
B6 Are You Man Enough? (End Title) (0:43)

(from blaxploitation.com)
One of the undisputed classics of the blaxploitation soundtrack. The weak tracks, of which there are few, are massively outweighed by the sheer exuberance of the great funk material on the album. A guaranteed dancefloor monster, featuring a superb vocal number by The Four Tops at their peak, and simply magnificent keyboard-driven big band funk from Johnny Pate. An essential album.



(from moviegrooves.com)
It was only a matter of time before this beauty got a reissue - it's the classic Shaft in Africa soundtrack by Johnny Pate with a title song by The Four Tops.

Pate does a brilliant job with the Shaft in Africa soundtrack by combining explosive percussion-heavy funk and tender soul songs to give us one of the best blaxploitation soundtracks ever!



(from B1llb0ard)
The "ubiquitous hip-hop sample of the moment" award goes to the horn loop from Johnny Pate's "Shaft in Africa."

The track, from the 1973 soundtrack of the same name, is prominently featured in "Show Me What You Got," the lead single from Jay-Z's new "Kingdom Come" (Roc-a-Fella/Def Jam), and "We Gon' Make It," the opening song from Diddy's recently released "Press Play" (Bad Boy).

* not to mention the horn and bongo breakdown in the middle of the track. Heavily sampled break in early hip hop records; the main record that comes to mind is Cookie Crew's 'Born This Way (Let's Dance)' from 1988. - xmp



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