This is some old-school soul for you. A friend of once said that you ought to walk like you’ve got someplace you’ve gotta be. Bobby Womack’s classic Across 110th Street is the song for that occasion.

(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s something about Bobby Womack’s voice that hits you in the soul before you even realize what he’s saying. Maybe it’s the grit, maybe it’s the honesty—but whatever it is, it ...

The year 1971 taught Hollywood that (1) Harlem could win hearts and (2) the grittiest New York cop movies could win Oscars (see Shaft and The French Connection, respectively). In the next half-decade, ...