Tweet
The soundtrack to the cult classic film Dolemite is being reissued by Relapse Records for the first time on CD.
Representatives for Relapse told AllHipHop.com that the reissue will contain rare and exclusive bonus tracks, radio ads from the film and the sequel, a 28-page-booklet written by Moore's biographer Mark Jason, and never before seen photos.
Rudy May Moore conceived the smooth street character Dolemite in the mid-1960's after hearing a panhandler tell a story about "Dolemite," a mythical black hero with super strength who could kill women with the power of his love-making.
Moore released several albums under the moniker Dolemite, but the albums were so raunchy that they were regularly banned from record stores. Moore issued his self-financed debut Eat Out More Often in 1970 under his own name.
In 1975, he shot the low-budget spoof Dolemite in Los Angeles and followed with the films The Human Tornado (1976) and The Devil's Son-In-Law (1977).
Images from the movie have since been incorporated into various Hip-Hop videos, and the character has had an influence on scores of rappers, including Ice-T, Ol' Dirty Bastard and Snoop Dogg, who featured Moore as Dolemite in his 1994 video for "Doggy Dogg World," from Snoop's breakthrough album Doggystyle.
"Without Rudy Ray Moore, there would be no Snoop Dogg, and that's for real," Snoop Dogg said of the pioneer, while fellow West coaster Ice T added: "Dolemite is really the flyest man of all time in film history. People just don't know. He shaped a lot of Black men including myself with his strength and his ability just to show us how we are."
In 2001, it was announced that rapper LL Cool J would star in a remake of Dolemite for Dimension Films.
The soundtrack to Dolemite hits stores June 27 in the United States and July 3 internationally.
Source: allhiphop.com
Representatives for Relapse told AllHipHop.com that the reissue will contain rare and exclusive bonus tracks, radio ads from the film and the sequel, a 28-page-booklet written by Moore's biographer Mark Jason, and never before seen photos.
Rudy May Moore conceived the smooth street character Dolemite in the mid-1960's after hearing a panhandler tell a story about "Dolemite," a mythical black hero with super strength who could kill women with the power of his love-making.
Moore released several albums under the moniker Dolemite, but the albums were so raunchy that they were regularly banned from record stores. Moore issued his self-financed debut Eat Out More Often in 1970 under his own name.
In 1975, he shot the low-budget spoof Dolemite in Los Angeles and followed with the films The Human Tornado (1976) and The Devil's Son-In-Law (1977).
Images from the movie have since been incorporated into various Hip-Hop videos, and the character has had an influence on scores of rappers, including Ice-T, Ol' Dirty Bastard and Snoop Dogg, who featured Moore as Dolemite in his 1994 video for "Doggy Dogg World," from Snoop's breakthrough album Doggystyle.
"Without Rudy Ray Moore, there would be no Snoop Dogg, and that's for real," Snoop Dogg said of the pioneer, while fellow West coaster Ice T added: "Dolemite is really the flyest man of all time in film history. People just don't know. He shaped a lot of Black men including myself with his strength and his ability just to show us how we are."
In 2001, it was announced that rapper LL Cool J would star in a remake of Dolemite for Dimension Films.
The soundtrack to Dolemite hits stores June 27 in the United States and July 3 internationally.
Source: allhiphop.com