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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

by Gary M. Almeter

 


  • Rick James
  • Pop Music
  • Feminism
  • 1980s
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