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Future – “No Shame” (Feat. PartyNextDoor)

2205 days ago

Stereogum — Director X, the guy who made Drake's "Hotline Bling" music video, is remaking the classic 1972 blaxploitation film Super Fly. The original Super Fly, of course, has one of the most iconic movie soundtracks of all time, written and recorded by the leg... more info

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Future To Produce Soundtrack For Super Fly Reboot

2311 days ago

Stereogum — Deadline has new details on Sony Pictures’ planned remake of the 1972 blaxploitation classic Super Fly. Future, who signed on as a producer, has been tasked with crafting a soundtrack that stands up to Curtis Mayfield’s original. Fellow rapper 21... more info

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Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show 2018-01-13 with Leroy Hutson

2314 days ago

Core News — “Craig’s guest this week is the American singer, songwriter and producer Leroy Hutson. In the early 1970’s Leroy’s career had the dream start, when he replaced Curtis Mayfield in the Impressions. DJ Snatch will be on hand to provide this week... more info

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Iggy Pop 2017-09-22 Iggy Confidential

2426 days ago

Core News — “Iggy Pop serves you up a sonic cocktail to kick-start the weekend. This week he’s spinning tracks by Ty Segall, Pan Amsterdam, Protomartyr and Curtis Mayfield. Iggy’s musical legacy has inspired and energised rock and roll’s alternative spir... more info

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40 From 40: 1990

2536 days ago

Sweeping The Nation — 1990, time for the Guru. (That's not here.) It was the year of rave in many ways, the evolvement of travelling sound systems and free open air festivals exploting loopholes in the law and bringing the emergent house and trance scenes out of the s... more info

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Robin Pecknold Rewards Most Active Instagram Commenters With Fleet Foxes Test Pressings

2573 days ago

Stereogum — Robin Pecknold is extremely active on Instagram. Throughout the whole process of writing and recording their upcoming album Crack-Up , the Fleet Foxes frontman has been using his Instagram to interact with fans, tease new material and information, c... more info

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40 From 40: 1970

2589 days ago

Sweeping The Nation — 40 From 40 refers, as you've likely forgotten, to forty tracks from each of forty years, and this extended weekend we're going to tick off the alpha and omega of our chosen timeframe. 1970 first, a year when the 1960s hadn't quite finishe... more info

The Beatles Jimi Hendrix Janis Joplin Simon & Garfunkel The Monkees The Temptations Jackson 5 Stevie Wonder The Supremes Freda Payne Toots & The Maytals John Lennon James Brown Curtis Mayfield

40 From 40: 1972

2609 days ago

Sweeping The Nation — Compared to the two years either side of it, 1972 is a fascinating transitional year. Paul McCartney got banned by the Beeb for Give Ireland Back To The Irish, Led Zeppelin got banned from Singapore for their long hair, John Lennon was nearly banned ... more info

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Hear Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold Cover Curtis Mayfield

2675 days ago

Stereogum — We've yet to hear any official music from Fleet Foxes LP3 (the album maybe-officially known as Ylajali ), but frontman Robin Pecknold kept up his steady stream of social media interactions today by posting a Curtis Mayfield cover to Instagram. As Pi... more info

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OVER AT BEATTIPS…

2710 days ago

Soul Sides — Forgot to mention to folks that I’m now doing a test run on columns for BeatTips.com as part of their “Marquee Names” series, looking at key artists and recordings. The first one I wrote was about Curtis Mayfield and I have a shorter piece,... more info

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