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Remember Soundtrack Sunday? It was a HHIR feature that kicked off just around the time that Blaxploitation Pride was popping off. As Self-Science’s site continued to pick up steam in the blogosphere, I decided to back off from the Soundtrack Sunday feature since it was Self-Science himself who shared the gigs upon gigs of soundtracks I downloaded off of Boxden (and shared here on HHIR). So… You want some Blaxploitation OSTs? You know where to find ‘em!
After some thought, I’m gonna (hopefully) try to stay consistent with a new feature called Soul Sample Sunday to substitute for Soundtrack Sunday. Soul Sample Sunday will highlight a soul album which was sampled heavily in hip hop. No download links (unless you request them/can’t find them elsewhere)! ;-D
The first installment in the new Soul Sample Sunday feature will take a quick look at The 24-Carat Black’s 1973 release Ghetto: Misfortune’s Wealth. This Cincinnati soul group was originally known as The Ditalians, but changed their name upon the request of Dale Warren who helped them with their sole album – Ghetto: Misfortune’s Wealth. A dark concept record which focused on urban poverty, Ghetto’s brilliance was overlooked in its own time. As fate would have it, the album witnessed its own resurrection in the 90s, sampled thoroughly on classic hip hop beats. The album was finally released on CD format in 1995.
After some thought, I’m gonna (hopefully) try to stay consistent with a new feature called Soul Sample Sunday to substitute for Soundtrack Sunday. Soul Sample Sunday will highlight a soul album which was sampled heavily in hip hop. No download links (unless you request them/can’t find them elsewhere)! ;-D
The first installment in the new Soul Sample Sunday feature will take a quick look at The 24-Carat Black’s 1973 release Ghetto: Misfortune’s Wealth. This Cincinnati soul group was originally known as The Ditalians, but changed their name upon the request of Dale Warren who helped them with their sole album – Ghetto: Misfortune’s Wealth. A dark concept record which focused on urban poverty, Ghetto’s brilliance was overlooked in its own time. As fate would have it, the album witnessed its own resurrection in the 90s, sampled thoroughly on classic hip hop beats. The album was finally released on CD format in 1995.
