Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blaxploitation soundtracks produced some of the best work from many musical giants of the era, including James Brown, Marvin Gaye, ...

Remaking “Super Fly” was never going to be without its perils. The 1972 film, directed by Gordon Parks Jr., was one of the essential building blocks of the decade’s Blaxploitation movement, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While there are countless legendary soundtracks in cinema history, it is a rare feat for one to outperform the film it is featured ...

Even if you weren't born when Super Fly was released in 1972, there's a good chance you've heard at least part of Curtis Mayfield's Grammy-nominated soundtrack. Because the original score is so iconic ...

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 ...

It’s Easter, so once again it’s time to ponder painted eggs, popcorn bunny rabbits and the 1970s Blaxploitation classic Super Fly. If you and your Peeps don’t celebrate the season by watching one of ...

The first single from Curtis Mayfield’s Super Fly soundtrack was a hit that helped define the sound of the early 1970s. Its distinctive bass line and wah-wah-infused guitar lament the death of a key ...