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Isaac Hayes
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The cover of his sophomore album, [i]Hot Buttered Soul[/i], said it all: Isaac Hayes was an entirely new breed of soul man who wasn’t about to rehash the three-minute soul-pop singles that owned the charts during the ’60s. Armed with a buttery baritone that was more vibration than voice, and a clean-shaven head of boundless imagination, Ike reinvented soul music as mini-symphonies stuffed with orchestral strings and arrangements. A bold, forward-thinking artist, a cultural icon, a bad mother, Ike was the embodiment of black pride and power — a superstar and superhero all rolled into one. And now that he’s left us, we’re left to consider all that he left us . . .