Super Fly
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"Super Fly" is a landmark 1972 soul and funk soundtrack album by Curtis Mayfield, acclaimed for its socially conscious lyrics and influential role in shaping the sound of 1970s blaxploitation cinema.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Super Fly canonical | 5 |
| Super Fly (Curtis Mayfield album cover) | 1 |
| Super Fly (soundtrack) | 1 |
| Superfly | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
soundtrack album
ⓘ
studio album ⓘ |
| artist | Curtis Mayfield ⓘ |
| associatedFilm | Super Fly (1972 film) ⓘ |
| chartSuccess |
US Billboard 200 top 10 album
ⓘ
US R&B albums chart number-one album ⓘ |
| composer | Curtis Mayfield ⓘ |
| containsSingle |
Freddie’s Dead
ⓘ
Pusherman ⓘ Super Fly self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Superfly
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| culturalImpact | helped define the sound of 1970s blaxploitation cinema ⓘ |
| followedBy | Back to the World ⓘ |
| genre |
blaxploitation film soundtrack
ⓘ
funk ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| hasCoverArt |
Super Fly
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Super Fly (Curtis Mayfield album cover)
|
| hasTheme |
critique of drug dealing
ⓘ
social commentary on African-American life ⓘ |
| hasTrack |
Eddie You Should Know Better
ⓘ
Freddie’s Dead ⓘ Give Me Your Love (Love Song) ⓘ Junkie Chase ⓘ Little Child Runnin’ Wild ⓘ No Thing on Me (Cocaine Song) ⓘ Pusherman ⓘ Super Fly (1972 film) ⓘ
surface form:
Superfly
Think ⓘ |
| includedInList |
lists of greatest albums of the 1970s
ⓘ
lists of greatest soul albums ⓘ |
| influenced |
1970s funk music
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1970s soul music ⓘ sound of blaxploitation soundtracks ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Curtis Mayfield ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audio album
ⓘ
vinyl record ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of urban poverty and drug culture
ⓘ
socially conscious lyrics ⓘ |
| partOf | blaxploitation cinema ⓘ |
| performer | Curtis Mayfield ⓘ |
| precededBy | Curtis/Live! ⓘ |
| producer | Curtis Mayfield ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1972 ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1972 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Curtom Records ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Curtis Mayfield
this entity surface form:
Superfly
this entity surface form:
Super Fly (Curtis Mayfield album cover)
this entity surface form:
Super Fly (soundtrack)