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This Curtis Mayfield Song DOESN'T ACTUALLY EXIST
🕑 Added 2024-02-23 17:15:01 +0000 UTCEverybody knows the song "Diamond in the Back" by Curtis Mayfield. You know the one that goes "Diamond in the back, sun roof top, diggin' the scene with the gangsta lean..."?
Well, I'm here to tell you that this song DOES NOT EXIST and Curtis Mayfield NEVER recorded it.
Today, we're going down a rabbit hole. How did this happen? If this isn't Curtis Mayfield, who is it and why does everyone think it's him? And as we find answers, we just might find more questions.
NOTE: This video is longer than the YouTube Edit and features more from this song and album.
Here's a link to the video I point to at the end.
Comments
Ben Newson
I remember when Massive Attack did their version and I looked for the original and got lost. I was 18 then ,no Internet, but finding music in great record shoos,was how I found great stuff ,accidentally and by getting what I wanted.
Steve McNamee
I love the stylized videos. It reminds me of how Anthony Bourdain would find creative ways to differentiate his episodes.
Cameron Mead
common digging the greats w
Brandon Shaw
Yes, I read in an interview him talking about the irony of that - people misunderstanding the meaning of the song. Another layer to the misunderstanding ๐ glad to have you here!
Charles Wynn
Love this! Appreciate you being a "Truth Teller" about the music, lol! A little bit more about William: he was a Jehovah's Witness and wrote "Be Thankful" as a spiritual uplift to himself and his religious community against commercialism. Back in the early 70's no less! Kinda ironic that the theme of the song many seem to resonate with in taking samples from it is less "spiritual" and more about flaunting wealth. Love your channel, happy to have become a Patreon supporter.
