The Blaxploitation era not only gave us some really fun and exciting genre cinema it produced some of the greatest pop music to come out of the 1970s. These supercool, superbad, superfunky sounds are exactly what we mean when we use the term FURIOUS
With some help from our sister site GCDB, we’ve picked 20 of our favorite tracks from the films that gave us such legendary Black actors as Pam Grier, Fred Williamson, Jim Brown, Richard Roundtree, Rudy Ray Moore, Tamara Dobson, Jim Kelly, Trina Parks and many more. To get the full effect of these awesome tunes, we recommend turning up your stereo’s volume to 11! Stay Cool you Mad As Hell Movie Geeks!
Coffy (1973, Dir: Jack Hill)
Track: Aragon by Roy Ayers
Foxy Brown (1974, Dir: Jack Hill)
Track: Super Bad by Willie Hutch
Superfly (1972, Dir: Gordon Parks Jr)
Track: Freddie’s Dead by Curtis Mayfield
Dolemite (1975, Dir: D’urville Martin)
Track: Main Theme by The Soul Rebellion Orchestra
Willie Dynamite (1974, Dir: Gilbert Moses)
Track: Willie Chase by J.J. Johnson
Shaft’s Big Score (1972, Gordon Parks)
Track: Blowin’ Yo Mind by O.C. Smith
The Mack (1973, Dir: Michael Campus)
Track: Main Theme by Willie Hutch
Black Caesar (1973, Dir: Larry Cohen)
Track: Make It Good To Yourself by James Brown
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadassss Song (1971, Dir: Melvin Van Peebles)
Track: Cmon Feet by Earth Wind & Fire
Cleopatra Jones (1973, Dir: Jack Starrett)
Track: Main Theme by Joe Simon
Three The Hard Way (1974, Dir: Gordon Parks Jr.)
Track: Make A Resolution by The Impressions
Slaughter (1973, Dir: Jack Starrett)
Track: Main Theme by Billy Preston
Black Belt Jones (1974, Dir: Robert Clouse)
Track: Main Theme by Dennis Coffey
Truck Turner (1974, Dir: Jonathan Kaplan)
Track: Main Theme by Isaac Hayes
Shaft in Africa (1973, Dir: John Guillermin)
Track: Can’t Even Walk in The Park by Johnny Pate
Sugar Hill (1974, Dir: Paul Maslansky )
Track: Supernatural Voodoo Woman Pt II by The Originals
Blacula (1972, Dir: William Crain)
Track: There He Is Again by The Hues Corp.
Hell Up in Harlem (1973, Dir: Larry Cohen)
Track: Main Theme by Edwin Starr
Trouble Man (1972, Dir: Ivan Dixon)
Track: T Plays it Cool by Marvin Gaye
Darktown Strutters (1975, Dir: William Witney)
Track: What You See Is What You Get by The Dramatics
Three Tough Guys (1974, Dir: Duccio Tessari)
Track: Main Theme by Isaac Hayes
