Hayes, who died Sunday, was introduced at the legendary Wattstax musical festival at the Los Angeles Coliseum in August of 1972 as The Black Moses. Though Hayes' performance at Wattstax was memorable, if any offering by the late soul singer seems worthy of that title it's probably his sage-like appearance in the Wu Tang Clan's "Can't Go To Sleep." Below is the video, in which Hayes can be seen in his classic black shades telling the world-weary Rza and Ghost to stop crying about the sad state of things and "get the jelly out yo spine."
3 comments:
That picture is actually Richard Roundtree, not Isaac Hayes. :)
Good call. I suppose Hayes sort of is Shaft in my mind. Here's a more appropriate image, the album responsible for the Black Moses title.
Thanks for posting this--I had never seen that video. Man, that voice...
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