Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Shaft - Isaac Hayes
2. Superfly - Curtis Mayfield
3. It Hurts So Good - Millie Jackson
4. Am I Black Enough For You - Billy Paul
5. Home Is Where The Hatred Is - Esther Phillips
6. Death Wish - Herbie Hancock
7. Be Thankful For What You've Got - William De Vaughn
8. (For God's Sake) Give More Power to The People - The Chi-Lites
9. Celestial Blues - Gary Bartz NYU Troop
10. Theme From Cleopatra Jones - Joe Simon Feat. The Main Streeters
11. The Bottle - Gil Scott-Heron
12. Night Crawler - Bob James
13. Haw-Right Now - Patrice Rushen

Disc 2:

1. Little Child Running Wild - Curtis Mayfield
2. Thank You - Joe Thomas
3. Woman To Woman - Shirley Brown
4. Superman Lover - Johnny Guitar Watson
5. Nubian Lady - Yusef Lateef
6. I'd Rather Be With You - Bootsy Collins
7. Wack Wack - Young Holt Trio
8. Burning Spear - S.O.U.L
9. Over Easy - Booker T & The MG's
10. We Got Latin Soul - Mango Santamaria
11. A Woman Needs To Be Loved - Pucho & The Latin Soul Brothers
12. This Is The Lost Generation - Lost Generation

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12666 in Music
• Released on: 2002-02-11
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: .26 pounds

Customer Reviews

An Old-School Trip Through Harlem World
"Harlem Sessions" sounds like your favorite mix tape you made many years ago; the one that you keep playing over and over because it has all your favorite, desert-island songs. It's a groovilicious compilation of killer soul cuts from the 1970s, with blaxploitation films as the main theme. Of course, you can't realistically include EVERY great soul joint from the 1970s on two CDs, but this compilation does a great job trying. A collection of this nature has some of the usual cast of characters like Curtis Mayfield ("Superfly" and "Little Child Running Wild" from his must-have soundtrack to "Superfly") and Isaac Hayes ("Shaft"), but we also get unexpected nuggets from Cuban jazz legend Mongo Santamaria ("We Got Latin Soul"), Gil Scott-Heron's "The Bottle," Shirley Brown's sassy "Woman to Woman," Bob James' "Night Crawler," and Bootsy Collins' hugely influential and oft-sampled "I'd Rather Be With You." This collection gets it right in so many ways that's impossible to pass this winner up. All that's missing are the bell-bottoms and an Afro wig.

excellent selection
i brought this for a break from the rap music i usually listen to and it is like a breathe of fresh air. good selection of easy listening tracks to chill out to on a sunday. think samual L jackson crusing down the road with his shades on...