Syl Johnson Is It Because I’m Black (50th Anniversary Edition)

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Syl Johnson – Is It Because I'm Black
Syl Johnson – Come Together
Syl Johnson – Together Forever
Syl Johnson – Concrete Reservations
Syl Johnson – Black Balloons
Syl Johnson – Walk A Mile In My Shoes
Syl Johnson – I'm Talking
Syl Johnson – Right On

1. Is It Because I'm Black
2. Come Together
3. Together Forever
4. Concrete Reservations
5. Black Balloons
6. Walk A Mile In My Shoes
7. I'm Talking
8. Right On

Coming hot on the heels of his first full length, the self-proclaimed “most sampled artist of all time,” released the groundbreaking black concept LP Is It Because I’m Black (a full 13 months before Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On). Throwing away the notion of a 'second album' jinx, Syl delivered this politically charged document... Essential.

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