Syl Johnson - Is It Because I'm Black 180g

“After Martin Luther King got killed, I wanted to write a song.”
     —Syl Johnson

Ten years into his role as poster boy for pop soul and peak-hour R&B, Syl Johnson did an unlikely about-face and cut his most inspiring and powerful album. Coming 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 asked "What's Goin' On". Rumbling past any motion of a sophomore jinx, Syl delivered a bracing, inspiring and politically charged R&B document. Fifty years later, it is still as relevant as the day of its release. No liner notes. No extra tracks. Just the greatest Black concept album of all time. 

     Track Listings:
It Is Because I’m Black
Come Together
Together, Forever
Concrete Reservation
Black Balloons
Walk A Mile In My Shoes
I’m Talkin’ ‘Bout Freedom
Right On