180g LP Cut from Original Analog Masters!
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 76/500!
The dopest blaxploitation movie soundtrack ever! Mayfield's silk-smooth, shiv-sharp ghetto masterpiece!
Super Fly was a film released in 1972 starring Ron O'Neal playing a black cocaine dealer trying to leave the underworld drug life. The outstanding soundtrack, which out-grossed the film, was written and produced by Curtis Mayfield.
Curtis Mayfield was an American soul, rhythm and blues and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is highly regarded as a pioneer of funk and of politically conscious African-American Music. He was also a multi-instrumentalist who played the guitar, bass, piano, saxophone, and drums.
Mayfield's soundtrack to Superfly is an astonishing album, marrying lush string parts to funky bass grooves and lots of wah-wah guitar. On top is Mayfield's knowing falsetto. Tracks such as 'Pusherman' and 'Freddie's Dead' are almost unremittingly bleak, commenting on the movie's glamorization of the drug-trade action and forecasting its inevitable results. 'I don't take credit for everything I write,' Mayfield said. 'I only look upon my writings as interpretations of how the majority of people around me feel.'
An astonishing album.
A testament to the powers of a musician at the top of his game.
Probably the most important record for shaping the future of black music.
Features
- 180g Vinyl
- Cut from the Original Analog Masters
- Mastered by Ron McMaster at Capitol
- Features Fold-Out Artwork Attached to Jacket
- Packages Replicated to the Finest Detail Manufactured with More Care Than Ever
Selections
- Little Child Runnin' Wild
- Pusherman
- Freddie's Dead
- Junkie Chase
- Give Me Your Love (Love Song)
- Eddie You Should Know Better
- No Thing on Me (Cocaine Song)
- Think (Instrumental)
- Superfly
