Tagged: albell

I just can't get over losin' you And so if I seem, broken and blue Walk on by, walk on by Foolish pride, that's all that I have left Thanks to a wonderful teacher in high school, I was fortunate enough to be exposed to the entire Stax singles catalog almost immediately upon becoming interested in 60's R+B. I went from one cd, Otis Redding's Greatest Hits, Volume 2 to The Complete Stax Singles 1959-1968. I think a lot of folks can hand something this comprehensive to a [...]

• Otis Redding - The Happy Song (Dum Dum) » thehappysong.mp3

1972 Stax 3002 The Staple Singers recorded this tune at Muscle Shoals with the studio's humble session band who backed the greats. Famed producer Al Bell fostered gospel's finest to crossover with their message pure and strong - lyrics rooted in the fundamentals of the good book, and production arrangements funky enough to be played on the ho-stroll - platform walkin,' jive talkers be damned - "If you're walking 'round think'n that the world owes you something, cause you're here..." Faith without works is dead. Respect Yourself [...]

• Respect Yourself

Hip-hop is clearly the most impactful and important musical genre that has emerged in the past thirty years. And much of it has been built on the rhythmic foundations of soul. Stax has just released The Soul Of Hip Hop , a compilation of Stax songs that were used for tracks and beats in famous hip hop songs, including De La Soul, Rakim, DJ HiTek, Cypress Hill, DJ Muggs, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, DJ Quik, Ice Cube, Notorious B.I.G., Wu-Tang Clan, RZA and more [...]

• David Porter - I'm Afraid The Masquerade Is Over