Artist: Chicago Gangsters
Title: Gangster Love
Year: 1976
Label: Gold Plate
Format: Vinyl LP (Original)
Flwrpt Rating of this Record: 3.0/5.0
Review
Honsetly, this is just an average album with a few bright spots sprinkled throughout…but it’s not consistent enough, or original enough for me to call it a banger. It’s pretty formulaic. Nice versatility and overall sound is cool, but this is not the type of record that knocks you off of your feet. Like you’ll read below, I truly bought this for the album cover. I didn’t even sample it in the record shop, lol…I listened to it maybe a couple months after I bought it. Check out this cover people!!! and uhhhh…music samples below.
Check out the sound!
Music For The People (pt.2)
Michigan Avenue
Feel Like Making Love
Gangster Love
Design
This cover is in my top 10 without a doubt, I actually only bought this album for the cover. Who wouldn’t? With its straight forward use of Helvetica (tightly kerned to perfection), the strong black woman in the nude…with the gun and the “don’t mess with me” face…lol! All of these elements just work so well together. The image depicted is very fitting for the title of the LP as well, the warm tone of the image is nice also. This is a perfect album cover…PERFECT.
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Additional info on Chicago Gangsters
Soul Train Line: Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s.
One of my favorite things to do is watch old soul train videos, vhs, on the internet, wherever I can get my hands on them. This video is one of many hot Soul Train vids that I’ll be posting from time to time. These folks can dance their @ss off…get into it! Not to mention, the fashion sense is right on as well! Enjoy…