Isaac Hayes is off kicking it with Xenu now, but back when he was in his prime, Hayes did some incredible things. He wrote some of the greatest Southern soul songs ever committed to wax, he helped to establish the latter-day Stax Records sound, he wrote epic seventeen-minute disco suites about threesomes, he played the hero of Truck Turner and the (sort of) villain of Escape From New York, and he appeared regularly in public wearing an open-shirted vest made out of chains. And he was Chef, but y...
Pitchfork — Isaac Hayes is off kicking it with Xenu now, but back when he was in his prime, Hayes did some incredible things. He wrote some of the greatest Southern soul songs ever c... more info