The Man's Name Is Dolemite

It's been a year since we lost a giant, Godfather of Rap, King of the Party Records, the badass: Dolemite, Rudy Ray Moore (1927-2008).

The comedy's just too epic to be contained in little ol' YouTube soundbites, so here's some film-related musical greatness. First up, the theme from Dolemite (1975)!



And the sequel's equally awesome theme song:
The Human Tornado (1976)!

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How you like "Ghetto Street, USA?" From Petey Wheatstraw, the Devil's Son-in-Law (1977)... [full instrumental version]




Here's the famous proto-rap "Shine and the Great Titanic," also from Dolemite:




One more - the Dolemite soundtrack is really terrific! Revelation Funk's "Time is On Our Side" (performed live in the film):



And finally, here's hoping It Came From Trafalgar (????) will finally get a release sometime soon. Cheers!