The Isaac Hayes RIP Top Ten Samples Tribute Video

Funk Legend Isaac Hayes 8/20/42 - 8/10/08

This stalwart of the Stax label which specialized in "Southern Soul" was a Memphis icon. His albums Hot Buttered Soul, Black Moses & of course the soundtrack to the blaxpoitation classics Shaft & Truck Turner were his best known works. His performance at the Academy Awards in 1972 still goes down as the greatest musical performance in Oscar history. Later that night he became the first African-American non-actor to win an Oscar. He won several grammys as well.

He was also an actor who was most memorable as The Duke of New York in the film Escape From New York! He recently appeared in the film Hustle & Flow about a struggling rapper from his hometown of Memphis. But no one could have foreseen the immediate impact on pop culture as the casting of Ike as Chef on the Comedy Central cartoon South Park. Rest in Peace.

• #1 Walk On By = Southern Fried Intro ~ LUDACRIS

and many more... (This phrase applies to all songs)

• #2 Joy = Money for Murder ~ SPICE 1

• #3 Hyperbolicsyllabicsequedalymistic = Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos ~ PUBLIC ENEMY

• #4 Hung Up On My Baby = Mind's Playin' Tricks On Me ~ GETO BOYS

• #5 Bumpy's Lament = Back At You ~ MOBB DEEP

• #6 Breakthrough = The Breakthrough ~ LL COOL J

• #7 The Look of Love = Can I Live ~ JAY-Z

• #8 Joe Bell = Crumblin' Erb ~ OUTKAST

• #9 Do Your Thing = Smooth Operator ~ BIG DADDY KANE

• #10 Ike's Mood / You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' = I Love You ~ MARY J. BLIGE

Also featured is the "Theme from Shaft"