24-Carat Black | |
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| Origin | Cincinnati, Ohio, United States |
| Genres | R&B, funk |
| Years active | Early 1970s |
| Labels | Stax |
| Past members | Larry Austin Tyrone Steels Jerome Derrickson Ricky Foster James Talbert William Talbert Princess Hearn Kathleen Dent Valerie Malone Bruce Thompson Niambi Steele Robert Dunson Hedda Sudduth Tommy Edwards Gregory Ingram Shakir Suleiman Ernest Lattimore Rayford Smith John Walls |
24-Carat Black (sometimes styled as The 24-Carat Black) was an American soul and funk band who recorded in the early 1970s. Although they only released one album at the time, the late 1973 concept album Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth produced and arranged by Dale Warren, their music has been sampled numerous times. A second album compiled of unreleased recordings, Gone: The Promises of Yesterday, was released in 2009.