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    Ultimate Isaac Hayes: Can You Dig It?

    Isaac Hayes cannot be summed up in two CDs. This Tennessee-born trailblazer has generated five decades of grooves, as the pianist for the legendary Stax label's house band; co-writer and co-producer of cherished R&B hits such as Sam and Dave's "Soul Man"; composer of 1971's groundbreaking Shaft...

    2005 RS: 3.5of 5 Stars

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Shades, dashiki, gleaming bald pate: Isaac Hayes cut an imposing figure during his early '70s heyday. The hulking auteur behind the ultra funky "Theme From Shaft" was actually a Barry White prototype, given to steamy bedroom raps and lush orchestrations. Or maybe he wasn't: The remainder of the Shaft soundtrack is rather mundane action-movie music, spiced by the occasional burst of streetwise...

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