But Isaac Hayes wanted more for himself ... that was missing in African American society.” It was the soundtrack to the film Shaft — featuring “the black private dick that’s a sex machine ...

Isaac Hayes was one of the central figures of ... And that is exactly what a listener gets in this production, the soundtrack to the film, complete with still photos of Hayes and two purple vinyls as ...

Isaac Hayes’s “Theme from Shaft”—and its rat-a-tat ... Latino and LGBTQ communities to the center of American popular music. The mainstream record industry had grown hip to the new ...