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1971: Isaac Hayes redefines what a movie theme can be with the worldwide sensation Shaft, single-handedly making wah-wah rhythm guitar and racing hi-hats a prime ingredient for the decade of music to come.

The huge success of Shaft meant Hayes was in demand to bring his vision of cinematic funk to other films, and in 1974 he scored (and starred in) the Blaxploitation B-movie Truck Turner. It's from this soundtrack that Pursuit Of The Pimpmobile is drawn.

The progression Hayes made as a composer is clear: Pimpmobile uses complex layered guitar lines with brass and string sections that build and cascade over each other and takes the Shaft formula to an entirely new level.



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