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Singer, guitarist, songwriter and producer, born 3 June 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, USA, died 26 December 1999 in Roswell, Georgia, USA.
Co-founder of R&B vocal group The Impressions in the late 1950's. He left The Impressions in 1970 to embark on a solo career and founded his record label Curtom.
Mayfield is truly one of the greats, a pioneer in funk and socially aware R&B. He received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995.
Inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1999 (Performer).
Inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2000.
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Genre: Music
Date of upload: Mar 25, 2010 ^^
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
“Got a woman I love desperately, wanna give her something better than me” that one cut deep!
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I'm a metalhead. I love it angry and fast and ear-bleedingly loud...
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...but when something is THIS funky, ain't a soul on Earth that can deny it, no sir
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This song is down right Diabolical!!
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Curtis in my opinion was light years ahead of the times.
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This song is more gangsta than anything any rapper ever recorded.
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Those drums are ridiculously badass in the beginning!!!!!!
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My husband just asked me to play this in memory of his dad my father in law that’s deceased and it’s 2024& we will keep the oldies alive 🔥🔥
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40yrs old just now realizing I had no business singing this song as a child
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"Ain't I clean? Bad machine, super cool , super mean"🔥🔥🔥🔥bars!
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Curtis Mayfield was one of the best iconic artists that ever came on the scene. He described the black community scene in such a poetic way with his melodic, rhthymic songs. Peace!
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RIP Curtis Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999), aged 57
You will be remembered as a legend.
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This song will NEVER go out of style!
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I hear this in my head every time those girl scouts try to sell me cookies.
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This is one of the smoothest jams of all time ever. This music is crucial, right here.
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The drums were next level the timing and pocket
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wayyyyy before rappers rapped about pushing...there was Curtis Mayfield!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Curtis Mayfield was a genius. Period.
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This is arguably one of the first pure RAP record ever
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One of coldest introductions to a song. What a song writer, and street poet. One of best song lyricist in his day RIP MR. Curtis Mayfield.
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@BlackBeardDelight187
5 years ago
You can tell artists like Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye and Al Green paved the way for hip-hop. Founding fathers
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