Blaxploitation soundtracks produced some of the best work from many musical giants of the era, including James Brown, Marvin Gaye, and Isaac Hayes. Still, Mayfield’s Super Fly stands alone. The songs ...

In 1972, in the heyday of soul and funk, director Gordon Parks Jr. set out to find the perfect artist to encapsulate the energy of New York City for his first film, the blaxploitation classic “Super ...

Paying homage to one of the most influential and important artists in the past century, the Jazz Soul Seven collective tips its hat to Curtis Mayfield on Impressions of Curtis Mayfield, an ...

The introductory notes for this reissue of Curtis Mayfield's seminal 1972 blaxploitation soundtrack states that, "In a way, Superfly is the black Sgt. Pepper's." While that's at once a bold and tired ...

Today marks the 68th anniversary of the birth of one of black music’s greatest songwriters, Curtis Mayfield. His work with his group The Impressions, as well as his solo work continues to live on in ...

In December 1971, Curtis Mayfield was movin’ on up. After 10 years of writing and recording hits for the Impressions, such as “Keep on Pushing,” “People Get Ready” and “We’re a Winner,” the lead ...

In late 1971, when Curtis Mayfield began writing Super Fly — the 1972 film soundtrack that would turn out to be his magnum opus — he should have been burned out. He had spent a decade with the ...