While the ubiquitous songs of Detroit's Motown get anthologized and commercialized ad infinitum, and the critics salivate over the gritty southern soul of Memphis' Stax, the third great movement/label of '60s and '70s soul has always gotten short shrift. Until now, that is, with the release of the box set Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia (PIR/Legacy).
Spearheaded by producers/songwriters (and recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees) Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff's Philadelphia Internation
It's Black History Month, when America commemorates Africa-American culture with Fresh Prince of Bel-Air reruns on TBS and wholly unpredictable jokes about Februrary being the shortest month of the year. Here at Hair Balls, we know that the 1970s marked the first point when the black community made significant inroads in film. Here, then, are five memorable examples of so-called "blaxploitation" cinema.5. Blacula (1972) Let this be a lesson to all you interior decorators: when participating in e
Rocks Off can't argue with the fact that Beyonce Knowles is a stone-cold fox when she gets on the microphone and belts out a song, dripping in glitter and wearing a barely-there outfit. Her voice is at once menacing and thundering, but also femininely fragile. Plus she has to be super-cool behind the scenes for Jay-Z to call her his girl, because we are pretty sure he doesn't dig on crazy women as much as we do.
But sweet baby Jesus, she can't read lines or emote into a camera unless she's filmi
