Soul Strut 100: # 49 - Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul

[kala]

diggin' 101,a gateway drug, symphonic funk defined,the template no one else could even come close to.


elegant yet gritty


what a juxtaposition it is


no one will ever make a record like this ever again,not even the dapkings


i was very upset when the man passed,


yet his legacy is assured if he produced only this lp.

 

[Dante]

oh yes, topping the 'albums not to be fucked with' category. kala summed it up pretty good in the post above me. one of the perfect blunthead albums, too.

 

[djwaxon]

Can't think of anyone who does cover versions of songs like Isaac Hayes. Awesome orchestration. The Oboe on Time I Get To Phoenix is the icing on the cake.

 

[Theodore_Rucks]

Incredible album. I always thought the connection to MLK made it even more special. Apparently Hayes used HBS as his emotional response to the assasination of King, who he was scheduled to meet with on April 4th. It definitely gives a song like Walk On By even more depth.





Also interesting to see Wu Tang sample and collab with him and explicitly talk about the assasinations of King, JFK, Malcolm, etc on the same record. In RZA's interview with rap genius he says he has unreleased versions of I Can't Go To Sleep where Hayes and some other musicians completely replay and flip all the parts...





it's somewhere in this podcast - http://rapgenius.com/posts/New-podcast-f-rza

 

[LoopDreams]

One of maybe 30 records that has been in my collection the long longest: a true gateway drug.

 

[Dusty Crates]

Love it to death. One of the first records I got when I started collecting.

 

[Big_Stacks]

crabmongerfunk said:i have a tendency to take this record for granted because it is pretty common and i ahve had it for ages.


that said, the rare occasion i put it on, i am always blown away..




Hey,





I love this record, and Crabmongerfunk pretty much summed up my sentiments. I played "Hyper (sp?)" and "Walk on By" joints the other day and ended up starting the record from the beginning and vibin' to it. Isaac's music had such lush, beautiful arrangements which is my 'sweet spot' musically. Still, the man kept the rhythms funky along with the silky smooth accents. His sound is one that will never be duplicated, and I'm glad to see that "Hot Buttered Soul" was recognized here on the Soul Strut 100.





Peace,





Big Stacks from Kakalak

 

[finelikewine]

I've got a weird pressing of this on "prince records". The cover is more pale than the original stax cover and I wonder if this is some kind of a bootleg from back in the day. Does anyone know more?

 

[IFB]

No matter how hard I try to purge I always seem to end-up with multiple copies of this