In the annals of blaxploitation, there are a number of
certified classics that basically make the genre what it is remembered for to
this day. We’ve even covered a few on here like Super Fly and Shaft, but
there’s also Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (and yes, it is the inspiration
for the title of that Simpsons episode where Willie chases a dog through some
ventilation shafts), Coffy, Foxy Brown, and even more recent efforts like Black
Dynamite. But for my money, especially given my own understanding of the genre as a
major cornerstone of hip-hop culture, you’d be hard-pressed to find a film more
influential than Rudy Ray Moore’s ode to the bad motherfucker that fucks up
motherfuckers: Dolemite.
