Sunday, December 21, 2008

David Porter - Victim Of The Joke? An Opera (Stax 1971)


dusty groove says

During the 60's, David Porter was one half of the highly successful Stax writing team of Hayes/Porter (Isaac Hayes was the other half.) This album is one of three that he recorded for Stax as a performer after his split with Ike, and it's probably the best of the bunch -- even if it is a strangely baroque mixture of dialogue, sound effects, and straight out soul singing. The album includes Porter's legendary "I'm Afraid The Masquerade Is Over", which has been sampled many times, plus the tracks ""Human", "Pretty Inside", "Storm In the Summertime", "When You Have To Sneak", and "If I Give It Up, I Want It Back"
I'm Afraid the Masquerade is Over has been sampled by gza's 'duel of the iron mics' and biggies 'who shot ya?'

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