27. The Bar-Kays- "Coldblooded" (1974)

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Photos courtesy of Discogs
Recorded: 1974
Released: 1974
Label: Volt Records

Side 1
1. Coldblooded
2. Harmony
3. In the Scheme of Things
4. Waiting and Hating
5. Smiling, Styling & Profiling

Side 2
1. Frame of Mind
2. (I've Got To) Use My Imagination
3. Fightin' Fire with Fire*
4. Would I If I Could
5. Be Yourself

*- Questlove: "Lots of us tease the Bar-Kays for being so blatantly derivative, though that was part of their plan--better for them to record their own versions of songs than have to cover originals.  This song has a magical eight-bar breakdown at the 3:03 mark.  Chi-Ali used it--the Beatnuts sampled it for him--and I put it in the first remix I ever did, King Britt's "Gettin' Into It."

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