Music1958–1999

Curtis Mayfield

Chicago singer, songwriter, and producer who created some of soul music's most politically conscious work — the Super Fly soundtrack stands as one of the most complete musical statements of the 1970s.

Origin

Chicago, Illinois

Genre

R&BSoul

The Cultural Record

Discography

Give, Get, Take and Have1976

Roots1971

We Come in Peace With a Message of Love1985

Got to Find a Way1974

Curtis1970

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D'Angelo

R&B / Soul — Richmond, Virginia · 1994–

Richmond neo-soul pioneer whose Voodoo created a new template for layered, rhythmically complex Black music — and whose 14-year wait between albums only deepened his legend.