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Curtis Mayfield – Super Fly (Staff Pick!)
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Title: Curtis Mayfield – Super Fly
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1972, Soul, Funk, Chicago, IL
Condition: New
Cultural Facts:
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Political Science: Wrote it as a critique of the drug economy and the glamorization of hustling—using the film’s world to argue against it.
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Studio Lore: Mayfield ran his own operation (Curtom) and controlled the sessions, a rare level of Black artist ownership in early-’70s soundtrack culture.
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Media Narrative: The soundtrack often outshone the movie in public memory, becoming a reference point for how music can reframe a film’s meaning.
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