Blaxploitation Soundtracks

Blaxploitation soundtracks delivers a multitude of grooves that satisfies any music enthusiast. Thanks to these soundtracks they served as precursors for futures hip-hop classics that sampled blaxploitation. BP has compiled a comprehensive list of blaxploitation soundtracks discovered by diggers around the world. This list continues to expand as new and lost gem are uncovered from a musical abyss. Several resources were used to help compile these soundtracks. This list is not definite and will continue to be updated accordingly.

A

• A Hero Ain't Nothin' But A Sandwich (1978) - Hubert Laws
• A Piece of the Action (1977) - Mavis Staples & Curtis Mayfield
• Aaron Loves Angela (1975) - Jose Feliciano
• Across 110th Street (1972) - Bobby Womack & J.J. Johnson
• Across 110th Street (Deluxe Edition) (1972) - Bobby Womack & J.J. Johnson
• Adios Amigo (1976) - Infernal Blues Machine

B

• Baadasssss! (2003) - Various Artist
• Bad Bad Jimmy Ruckus (2009) - Big Pimp Jones
• Bad Bunch, The (1973) - Ed Cobb Featuring Sheldon Lee
• Bare Knuckles (1977) - Vic Caesar
• Big Time (1977) - Smokey Robinson
• Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings, The (1976) - William Goldstein
• Black Belt Jones (1974) - Dennis Coffey
• Black Belt Jones II [A.K.A. Tattoo Connection] (1978) - Various Artist
• Black Caesar (1973)- James Brown
• Black Connection, The (1974) - The Checkmates LTD
• Black Fist (1977) - Various Artist
• Black Force (1975) - Life, U.S.A.
• Black Gestapo, The (1975) - Allan Alper
• Black Girl (1972) - Ed Bogas
• Black Lolita (1975) - Various Artist
• Black Mama, White Mama (1972) - Harry Betts
• Black Motion Picture Experience, The (1973) - The Cecil Holmes Soulful Sounds
• Black Samson (1974) - Allen Toussaint
• Black Samurai (1978) - Various Artist
• Black Shampoo (1976) - Gerald Lee
• Blackjack (1978) - Jack Ashford
• Blacula (1972) - Gene Page
• Book Of Numbers (1972) - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
• Brother On The Run (1973) - Johnny Pate
• Brotherhood of Death (1976) - Revelation
• Brotherman (1975) - The Final Solution
• Brothers (1977) - Taj Mahal
• Buck & The Preacher Theme (1972) - Benny Carter
• Bucktown (1975) - Johnny Pate
• Bustin' Loose (1981) - Roberta Flack

C

• Candy Tangerine Man (1976) - Smoke
• Car Wash (1976) - Norman Whitfield
• Catch My Soul (1973) - Various Artist
• Chasin' Blax - Various Artist
• Claudine (1974) - Gladys Knight & The Pips
• Cleopatra Jones (1973) - J.J. Johnson
• Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975) - Dominic Frontiere
• Coffy (1973) - Roy Ayers
• Come Back Charleston Blue (1972) - Donny Hathaway & Quincy Jones
• Cool Breeze (1972) - Solomon Burke
• Cooley High (1975) - Various Artist
• Cornbread, Earl, and Me (1975) - The Blackbyrds
• Cotton Comes To Harlem (1970) - Gault McDarmot
• Countdown at Kusini (1975) - Manu Dibango

D

• Darktown Strutters (1975) - Various Artist
• Deliver Us From Evil (1975) - Michael Stokes Featuring The Enchantment
• Detroit 9000 (1973) - Luchi De Jesus
• Disco 9000 (1977) - Johnnie Taylor
• Disco Godfather (1979) - Juice People Unlimited
• Dolemite (1975) - Rudy Ray Moore
• Don't Play Us Cheap (1972) - Melvin Van Peebles
• Dynamite Brothers, The (1972) - Charles Earland

E

• Education of Sonny Carson, The (1974) - Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
• Embassy, The (1972) - Carl Douglas
• Every Nigger Is A Star (1973) - The Boris Gardiner Experience

F

• Fast Break (1979) - Billy Preston & Syreeta
• Fat Albert Rotunda (1974) - Herbie Hancock
• Final Comedown, The (1972) - Grant Green
• Fish That Saved Pittsburgh , The(1979) - Various Artist
• Five On The Black Hand Side (1973) - H.B. Barnum
• Foxy Brown (1975) - Willie Hutch
• Friday Foster (1975) - Luchi DeJesus
• Fritz The Cat & Heavy Traffic - Ed Bogas & Ray Shanklin
• Fritz The Cat (1972) - Ed Bogas

G

• Ganja & Hess (1973) - Sam Waymon [Official]
• Ganja & Hess (1973) - Sam Waymon [Unofficial]
• Golden Needles (1974) - Lalo Schifrin 
• Gordon's War (1973) - Badder Than Evil
• Greatest, The (1977) - Michael Masser
• Guy From Harlem, The (1977) - Dr. Cecil Graham [featuring The Brand New Review]

H

• H.B. Barnum - Hit Man (1972)
• Hammer (1972) - Solomon Burke and Jerry Styner
• Harder They Come, The (1972) - Jimmy Cliff
• Hell Up In Harlem (1974) - Edwin Starr
• Hit 'Em Hard (1972) - Bobby Davis Orchestra
• Hitter, The (1978) - Garfeel Ruff
• Honey Baby, Honey Baby (1975) - Various Artist
• Human Tornado, The (1976) - Rudy Ray Moore

I

• If He Hollers, Let Him Go! (1968) - Barbara McNair
• I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) - Various Artist
• In The Heat Of The Night (1967) - Quincy Jones
• Inside The Glass House (1971) - The Glass House

J

• Jack Conrad - The Monkey Hustle / Harry Betts - Black Mama White Mama (Two in one)

K

L 

• La Permission (1968) - Melvin Van Peebles & Mickey Baker
• Lady Sings the Blues (1972) - Diana Ross, Michel Legrand & Gil Askey
• Landlord, The (1970) - Al Kooper
• Last Fight, The (1982) - Willie Colon & Ruben Blades
• Leadbelly (1976) - Fred Karlin
• Learning Tree, The (1970) - Gordon Parks
• Legend Of Nigger Charley, The (1972) - Lloyd Price
• Les Stances A Sophie (1970) - Art Ensemble of Chicago
• Let's Do It Again (1975) - Curtis Mayfield & The Staple Singers
• Lialeh (1974) - Bernard Purdie
• Liberation Of LB Jones, The (1969) - Elmer Bernstein
• Lord Shango (1975) - Howard Roberts
• Lost Man, The (1969) - Quincy Jones

M

• Mack & His Pack, The (1982) - Alan Silvestri
• Mack, The (1973) - Willie Hutch
• Mahogany (1975) - Diana Ross
• Man & Boy (1971) - J.J. Johnson
• Mean Johnny Barrows (1970) - Gordon Staples & The String Thing
• Melinda (1972) - Jerry Peters and Jerry Butler
• Monkey Hustle (1976) - Jack Conrad
• Mr. Mean (1977) - The Ohio Players

N

• Nine Lives Of Fritz The Cat, The (Single) - Tom Scott & The L.A. Express
• No Way Back (1976) - The Dells

O

P 

• Petey Wheatstraw (1977) - Nat Dove
• Pimps, Players, & Private Eyes (1991) - Various Artist
• Pipe Dreams (1976) - Gladys Knight & The Pips
• Putney Swope(1969) - Charlie Chuva

Q

R 

• Return Of Superfly, The (1990) - Various Artist
• Right On! (1970) - The Last Poets
• Rockers (1979) - Various Artist

S

• Savage! (1973) - Don Juilan
• Save The Children (1973) - Various Artists
• Scrolls, The Book Of Life (1980) - Heaven Sent & Ecstasy
• Shaft (1971) - Isaac Hayes
• Shaft (1971) - Soul Mann & The Brothers
• Shaft (TV Series - The Kidnapping) OST - Johnny Pate
• Shaft Anthology: His Big Score and More! (1971-1974) - Isaac Hayes/Gordon Parks/Johnny Pate
• Shaft In Africa (1973) - Johnny Pate
• Shaft [TV Series - Hit-Run] (1973) - Johnny Pate
• Shaft [TV Series - The Executioners] (1974) - Johnny Pate
• Shaft [TV Series - The Killing] (1973) - Johnny Pate
• Shaft's Big Score (1972) - Gordon Parks
• Sheba Baby (1975) & Cool Breeze (1972) - Monk Higgin and Solomon Burke
• Sheba Baby (1975) - Monk Higgins
• Short Eyes (1977) - Curtis Mayfield
• Shorty The Pimp (1973) - Don Julian
• Six Thousand Dollar Nigger (1978) - Saxton Kari & His Orchestra
• Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973) - James Brown
• Slaves (1969) - Grady Tate
• Solomon King (1974) - J. Steiger & Jimmy Lewis
• Somebody Stop This Madness [From The Embassy] (1972) - Carl Douglas
• Soul Ecstasy (1972) - Ricardo Tubbs & The Inner Thumb
• Soul Of Nigger Charley, The (1973) - Don Costa
• Sounder (1972) - Taj Mahal
• Space Is The Place (1974) - Sun Ra
• Split, The (1968) - Quincy Jones
• Spook Who Sat By The Door, The (1973) - Herbie Hancock
• Stargard Featuring Theme From Which Way Is Up (1972)
• Sugar Hill (1974) - The Originals
• Sugar Hill OST [Supernatural Voodoo Woman 7''] (Soul) ‘1974 - The Originals
• Super Bad, Super Black: Can Yall Dig It?
• Super Spook (1972) - Rheet Taylor and Sonny Smith
• Superfly (1972) - Curtis Mayfield
• Superfly T.N.T (1973) - Osibisa
• Sweet Sweetback's Badasssss Song (1971) - Melvin Van Peebles

T

• T.N.T. Jackson (1975) - Vicente 'Tito' Sotto
• Take A Hard Ride (1975) - Jerry Goldsmith
• Thank God It's Friday (1978) - Various Artist
• That Man Bolt (1973) - Charles Bernstien
• That's The Way Of The World (1975) - Earth, Wind & Fire
• They Call Me Mister Tibbs (1970) - Quincy Jones
• Three The Hard Way (1974) - The Impressions
• Three Tough Guys (1974) - Isaac Hayes
• Tick..Tick...Tick... (1970) - Tompall & Glaser Brothers
• Together Brothers (1974) - Barry White
• Tongue (1975) - Roger Hamilton Spotts
• Top of the Heap (1972) - J.J. Johnson
• Train Ride To Hollywood (1975) - Bloodstone
• Trouble Man (1972) - Marvin Gaye
• Truck Turner (1974) - Isaac Hayes

U

• Uptight (1968) - Booker T. & The MGs
• Uptown Saturday Night OST [7''] (Warner Bros. Records) ‘1974 - Bill Harris

V

W 

• Watermelon Man, The (1970) - Melvin Van Peebles
• Wattstax (1973) - Various Artist
• Willie Dynamite (1974) - J.J. Johnson

X

• X Rated Blaxploitation - Soul Sisters

Y

• Youngblood (1978) - War

Z