The key thing to know is that the movie is based on the life and times of Jerry Stahl, a screenwriter who lived the drug and party fueled 1980’s to his near demise all while being one of the most in demand TV show writers in the business. I think it’s fair to say 98% of you reading it have never seen it given it wasn’t even widely released in theatres – it had a limited run and went to DVD after that. The movie theme stays in tact on “Permanent Midnight,” although the film which inspired it is far more obscure than the Liam Neeson feature that opens this EP. Instead of hope and a future, enemies lives are at stakeīurn them down with Salem witches, violent is hate” Outside of a spot for family, my heart is where the Grinch slept I’m lost in the need to save the princess Retraced steps from airports to private auctionĮmasculating Lotharios and security teams often “Somewhere between a grin and a grimace is my paybackĬan I get an amen, my daughter the needle in this haystack This isn’t the soundtrack to the film – it’s the story the film tells – and Sankofa tells it well. It actually goes a step further than being inspired by the movie though – Sankofa actually raps as though he IS former CIA agent Bryan Mills. The album definitely starts out like you’re sitting in a movie theater, sampling snippets of Liam Neeson’s famous dialogue from the movie Taken, which not surprisingly is the title of the song.

“Charles Oakley at The Movies” is the result. “Hey Sankofa, I thought you retired after the last album – am I wrong?” His answer made perfect sense though: “ was recorded at the same time as my last album.” So even though Sankofa’s still officially retired from the game (not a retirement anybody wanted, but one we all have to respect) there was just a little bit more material leftover that hadn’t been released. I had to double check when Stephen Bryden sent me “Charles Oakley at The Movies” and I didn’t mince words about it.

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