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

    Numero
    • 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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