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February 1, 2018

Rick James’s Long Lost Annotations to His 1981 Hit Song “Superfreak” Reveal What He Really Wanted to Record Was an Anthem of Female Empowerment

GARY M. ALMETER

 


  • Rick James
  • Pop Music
  • Feminism
  • 1980s
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