Black Is Beautiful, Volume 1: Black and Proud

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1War
performer:
Edwin Starr
cover recording of:
War (on 1970-05-15)
writer:
Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield
publisher:
Jobete Music (UK) Ltd. and Jobete Music Co., Inc.
Edwin Starr4.253:19
2Respect Yourself
edit of:
Respect Yourself by The Staple Singers
recording of:
Respect Yourself
lyricist and composer:
Luther Ingram and Sir Mack Rice
publisher:
Irving Music (BMI) (in 1988) and Klondike Enterprises (publisher) (in 1988)
The Staple Singers53:31
3What's Going OnMarvin Gaye3:52
4A Change Is Gonna Come
Bobby Womack3:11
5Stand!
Sly & the Family Stone3:03
6R.E.S.P.E.C.T. (live)Otis Redding2:32
7Am I Black Enough for You?
recording of:
Am I Black Enough for You
writer:
Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff (Philly soul producer, of Gamble & Huff)
publisher:
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Billy Paul5:17
8For Once in My LifeStevie Wonder2:49
9Mississippi Goddam
recording of:
Mississippi Goddam
lyricist and composer:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
publisher:
Sam Fox Publishing Co. (LDN) Ltd. and Sam Fox Publishing Company (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Nina Simone4:45
10Strange Fruit
recording of:
Strange Fruit
lyricist and composer:
Lewis Allan
publisher:
Basart Editions, Carlin Music Corporation, Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919) and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
version of:
Bitter Fruit
Billie Holiday3:27
11This Land Is Your Land
recording engineer and mixer:
Gabriel Roth
executive producer:
Sugarman & Roth
assistant mixer:
Tomás Biosh
recorded at and mixed at:
Daptone’s House of Soul in Bushwick, New York, New York, United States
cover recording of:
This Land Is Your Land
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1940)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16378)
is based on:
When the World's on Fire
Sharon Jones and the Dap‐Kings3.74:29
12Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)The Temptations4:02
13Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud)
recording of:
Say It Loud (I'm Black, I'm Proud) (Parts 1 & 2)
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”) and Pee Wee Ellis
James Brown4:48
14The Bottle
recording of:
The Bottle
lyricist and composer:
Gil Scott‐Heron
publisher:
Brouhaha Music Inc.
Gil Scott‐Heron5:07
15Fight the Power
engineer:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
associate producer:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
producer:
Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, O’Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley (a.k.a. Mr. Biggs), Rudolph Isley and Chris Jasper
arranger:
Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, O’Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley (a.k.a. Mr. Biggs), Rudolph Isley and Chris Jasper
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1975)
recorded at:
Kendun Recorders in Burbank, California, United States
mixed at:
Westlake Audio (former name of Westlake Recording Studios) in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Fight the Power
writer:
Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, O’Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley (a.k.a. Mr. Biggs), Rudolph Isley and Chris Jasper
The Isley Brothers35:20
16The Message
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five3:12
17People in tha Middle
Spearhead5:04
18People Everyday
producer:
Speech (US rapper & musician)
recording of:
People Everyday
lyricist:
Speech (US rapper & musician)
composer:
Arrested Development
Arrested Development3.54:06
19Black Steel in the Hour of ChaosPublic Enemy3:44
20U.N.I.T.Y.
producer:
Kay Gee (Keir Lamont Gist, Naughty by Nature’s DJ) and Mufi
mixer:
Ron Allaire and Patrick Dillett
lead vocals:
Queen Latifah
samples:
A Message From the Inner City by The Crusaders
recording of:
U.N.I.T.Y.
writer:
Queen Latifah and Joe Sample
publisher:
Four Knights Music, Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI-affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?) and Queen Latifah Music, Inc
Queen Latifah54:13

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part of:Black Is Beautiful (Belgium) (number: 1) (order: 1)