City Life - Plak

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City Life, arguably The Blackbyrds' best album, hit #1 on the Billboard Jazz Chart and #3 on the Billboard Soul Chart upon its original release in 1975. Produced by legendary jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd, the album showcases The Blackbyrds' unique jazz-funk crossover sound and includes the runaway hits 'Happy Music' and 'Rock Creek Park,' which stand even today as pinnacles of the '70s jazz-funk movement. A testament to its lasting appeal, 'Rock Creek Park' from the City Life album has been sampled numerous times by groups such as De La Soul, Eric B. & Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, N.W.A, Massive Attack, Ice Cube, Heavy D, Nas and Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, Tone Loc and, most recently, Wiz Khalifa. This often-sublime album is primed for rediscovery by fans of '70s funk, soul, jazz and fusion.