Shaft (180g 2-LP) StaxPride 2 on the Billboard Hot

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Shaft (180g 2-LP) StaxPride 2 on the Billboard HotA landmark album released by Isaac Hayes and the Bar Kays at the height of their powers in 1971, Shaft not only resulted in an Oscar win for Hayes, but launched the wah wah workout and #1 smash hit, "Theme from Shaft" into cultural ubiquity. Its legacy transcends time as not only one of the most lasting and most successful Blaxploitation albums of all time, but one of the most essential, career defining moments of Isaac Hayes' accomplished career.