"Across 110th Street" (Bobby Womack)

Across 110th Street is a blaxploitation/action film starring Anthony Quinn and Yaphet Kotto from late 1972.  I've never seen it, but I've read that it's pretty violent.  (But what action films weren't during that era?)
The soundtrack combines tracks by the underrated Bobby Womack and trombonist/composer J.J. Johnson.  A lot of it sounds painfully dated and kind of like off-brand Super Fly (which was released earlier the same year).  But Womack's contributions stand out, particularly the title song.  
Revived and put to perfect use in the opening credits and final scene of my favorite Quentin Tarantino film, Jackie Brown (1997), "Across 110th Street" is a gritty portrait of inner-city life and struggling to survive.  Womack mixes semi-autobiographical info (he was actually the third brother of five in his family) with details that are more closely related to the film, specifically the references to Harlem (the unofficial boundary of which is Manhattan's 110th Street).  Nevertheless, Womack points out that pimps, prostitutes, pushers, and other social ills weren't just plaguing Harlem; they were a reality in cities all across America where people were trying to find a way out and a way up.   
In every city you find the same thing going down / Harlem is the capital of every ghetto town.
Along with the poignant social commentary, it's a helluva groove.  (My favorite elements are that pattern on the hi-hat paired with the moving bassline and that subtle Moog synth line that opens and closes the song.)