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.'
-www.rollingstone.com
An astonishing album.
-Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
A testament to the powers of a musician at the top of his game.
-Entertainment Weekly's 100 Best Soundtracks of All Time
Probably the most important record for shaping the future of black music.
-Pitchfork, 9.8/10
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
Track Listing:
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
Format: LP Vinyl
Label: Rhino (Pure)
Catalog No: 524044
Barcode: 0081227980436
Genre: Soul
No of Discs: 1
Release Date: 9/28/2010