Consumer Guide Album

Johnnie Taylor: One Step Beyond [Stax, 1971]
In which Taylor delivers a love sermon and works his two themes for two hits. "Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone" is a memorable addition to the mythology of infidelity, but "I Am Somebody" is at best a competent black pride riff in biracial drag--like the rest, nothing to be ashamed of rather than something to be proud of. B−