Curtis Mayfield
Description
Expect another hit soundtrack from one of the most anticipated movies of 2011. Performances include Thai wedding band Ska Rangers covering Just the Way You Are, Mike Tyson singing One Night in Bangkok, a spontaneous song from Ed Helms' character Stu, and a song from Mr. Chow! Songs from Wolfmother, Danzig, Billy Joel, Curtis Mayfield, and Deadmau5 round out the soundtrack.
4) Sparkle
Description
Set in Harlem in 1958, this musical tells the story of three sisters struggling to find stardom as a singing group. But they learn that wishing on a star is one thing, and that being the star can be a one-way ticket to self-destruction.
6) Super fly
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Priest is a cocaine dealer who is just smart enough to know that there's no real future in dealing coke, and makes a proposal to his partner Eddie that would leave them with a million dollar profit each. But Scatter, the dealer who set Priest up in the cocaine trade, is both unwilling and unable to sell them that much product. As Priest looks for a new source for his big score, one of his underlings, Fat Freddie, is picked up by the police. Freddie...
7) Claudine
Series
Criterion collection volume 1052
Description
"While struggling to support herself and her six children in Harlem by working as a maid for a wealthy family, Claudine (Carroll) meets a charming garbage man, Roop (James Earl Jones). But although Roop is smitten with the lovely single mother, his own life trials make him slow to respond to her invitation to a lifetime of love"--Container
12) Superfly
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Unique and socially aware lyrics about poverty and drug abuse fill the album's 11 tracks.