Shaft Song

Isaac hayes was undoubtedly one of the era s most accomplished soul artists having helped elevate stax to its esteemed status.

Shaft song. Issac hayes theme from shaft 1971. Shaft ya damn right. Theme from shaft written and recorded by isaac hayes in 1971 is the soul and funk styled theme song to the metro goldwyn mayer film shaft. Who is the man that would risk his neck for his brother man.

The theme was released as a single shortened and edited from the longer album version two months after the movie s soundtrack by stax records enterprise label. All 32 songs from the shaft 2019 movie soundtrack with scene descriptions. They say this cat shaft is a bad mother shut your mouth but i m talkin bout shaft then we can dig it. Therefore his being chosen to score such a high profile major studio film shouldn t seem like a surprise.

Theme from shaft went to number two on the billboard soul singles chart behind inner. Who s the cat that won t cop out when there s danger all about. Shaft can you dig it. Shaft can you dig it.

Verse 3 who s the cat that won t cop out when there s danger all about. Of the many wonderful blaxpoitation soundtracks to emerge during the early 70s shaft certainly deserves mention as not only one of the most lasting but also one of the most successful. The shaft reboot is almost 20 years in the making and will be released on the 14th june 2019 alongside a killer soundtrack.