LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

Camille Yarbrough is perhaps best known for 'Take Yo' Praise', which Fatboy Slim remixed as 'Praise You' in 1998.'Take Yo Praise' was originally recorded in 1975 for Camille Yarbrough's first and only album "The Iron Pot Cooker". The album was based on the very successful 1971 stage dramatization of Yarbrough's one-woman/spoken word show: Tales and Tunes of an African American Griot (which she toured nationally during the 70s and 80s).When it was first released in 1975, "The Iron Pot Cooker" received high reviews from local and national media, including this one from Billboard Magazine: "...Yarbrough has stylish traces of Nina Simone and Gil Scott-Heron but her own style of singing and recitation ...are outstanding. Her songs are all thought provoking..."With its re-release, the praise continued with Spin Magazine claiming Yarbrough as a "hip-hop foremother". Journalist and hip-hop/social critic Kevin Powell adds: "Indeed, there would be no Lauryn Hill, no Erykah Badu, no Me'Shell NdegeOcello if it were not for the presence and model of Camille Yarbrough".We are releasing this CD in its original form, without the Fatboy Slim remix, and with its original sleeve.
Track listing:1. BET IT COMES OUT MAD2. DREAM / PANIC / SONNY BOY THE RIP OFF MAN / LITTLE SALLY THE SUPER STAR (TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS)3. AIN'T IT A LONELY FEELING4. TAKE YO' PRAISE5. CAN I GET A WITNESS6. ALL HID