Understandably a certain controversy swirled around the film, as to whether the lifestyle of the dealer in Harlem was being glorified.

But all one has to do is to listen to Curtis Mayfield's words: "If you want to be a junkie.., remember Freddie's dead."

Compassion, humanity, artistry, there are few figures in contemporary music today that have the gifts of Curtis Mayfield.


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