Isaac Lee Hayes (born Aug 20, 1942, in Covington, Tennessee - died Aug 10,… Read Full Bio ↴Isaac Lee Hayes (born Aug 20, 1942, in Covington, Tennessee - died Aug 10, 2008, in Memphis, Tennessee) was an influential soul singer, songwriter, musician, producer, arranger, and actor. One of the key creative forces behind Memphis' Stax Records, Hayes began his recording career in 1962, soon playing saxophone for The Bar-Kays. Hayes and writing partner David Porter would pen numerous hits for Stax artists such as Sam & Dave ("Hold On! I'm Comin'", "Soul Man") and Carla Thomas ("B-A-B-Y") during the mid-1960s.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Hayes became famous as a recording artist in his own right, scoring with critically and commercially successful albums such as Hot Buttered Soul and Black Moses. Hayes is best known today for composing the score to the 1971 blaxploitation film Shaft. That film's "Theme from Shaft" was one of the best-selling singles in Stax Records history, and Hayes became the first African-American to win an Oscar for a non-acting category when "Theme from Shaft" won the 1972 Academy Award for Best Song.
Isaac Hayes may be known to today's youngest generation as the voice of the character "Chef", the ladies' man/school cook, on the animated sitcom South Park from 1997 until his resignation from the show in March 2006. While Hayes' departure was tagged to a controversial South Park episode on Scientology that had supposedly offended him, Hayes rarely declared anything about the departure in first person.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Hayes became famous as a recording artist in his own right, scoring with critically and commercially successful albums such as Hot Buttered Soul and Black Moses. Hayes is best known today for composing the score to the 1971 blaxploitation film Shaft. That film's "Theme from Shaft" was one of the best-selling singles in Stax Records history, and Hayes became the first African-American to win an Oscar for a non-acting category when "Theme from Shaft" won the 1972 Academy Award for Best Song.
Isaac Hayes may be known to today's youngest generation as the voice of the character "Chef", the ladies' man/school cook, on the animated sitcom South Park from 1997 until his resignation from the show in March 2006. While Hayes' departure was tagged to a controversial South Park episode on Scientology that had supposedly offended him, Hayes rarely declared anything about the departure in first person.
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@Bird910
All those pretty memories
I know you can hear me now
For the record
I love you, I love you
In this day and time
We maintain the same frame of mind
Elevation, spark it up
Yo, start the circulation, 360 degrees in rotation
Stimulation, as the herb bless my physical creation
Slip into a hallucination
Situations, got me thinking about my life seriously
Keep it real continuously
Before I slip into blackness I prepare for combat
Protect my dome 'cause that's where my home's at
Crack my windows, inhale as the mist blows
Build up my mental, construct on my physical
Spreading love to my Brooklyn crew (Who be you?)]
Bad boys, Smif-n-Wessun, comin' through
Tek and Steele, travelin' through the battle and
Handlin' all that is challengin' to the very end
@jamesonjeffery4069
imagine making a song and have it be sampled over 100 times. Legend
@pk7ghalm23
Jameson Jeffery him and James Brown gotta be the most sampled artists of all time!!
@seang9450
And every one of those beats be 🔥🔥🔥
@fdoket
Paid for life
@justanadams9430
@@pk7ghalm23and don't forget about Joe Tex and Solomon Burke also.
@zaizainjamal
This isn't just music. It's a JOURNEY. Those who have a certain pain in life would maybe relate... Thankyou isaac.
@jenniferflores2505
Yes🖤
@bballforlife1231
I shed a tear for such a gangsta as you
@kivanihabhouse3467
every part of this song has been sampled
@TestTube45
Kivani Luton Comega Mary J Blige the list goes on