Editing Earth, Wind & Fire (section)

==== ''Sweet Sweetback's Baadassss Song'' ====
EWF then solely performed on the [[Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] of [[Melvin Van Peebles]] 1971 feature film ''[[Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song]]''. The soundtrack, entirely composed by Van Peebles, was released in June 1971 on [[Stax Records]].<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (Soundtrack)|author=Earth, Wind & Fire|type=album|date=June 1971|publisher=[[Stax Records]]}}</ref> Ian McCann of udiscovermusic.com found "Today, though, you couldn't find a record, soundtrack, or otherwise, as freewheelin' and funky as this." Jamie Atkins of [[Record Collector]] also proclaimed the soundtrack is "Well worth checking out...(where their) hippified psych soul...crossed over into relentless, harder-edged funk."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/blaxploitation-sweet-sweetbacks-baadasssss-song/|title='Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song': How Melvin Van Peebles Lit The Blaxploitation Fire|author=McCann, Ian|date=June 3, 2023|publisher=[[UDiscover Music]]|website=udiscovermusic.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/sweet-sweetbacks-baadasssss-song|title=Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song; Melvin Van Peebles|author=Atkins, Jamie|date=July 18, 2017|publisher=[[Record Collector]]|website=recordcollectormag.com}}</ref> The album reached No. 13 on the ''Billboard'' [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|Top R&B Albums]] chart.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/soundtrack/chart-history/blp/|title=Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: Soundtrack (Top Soul Albums)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>