Take It to the Streets (Curtis Mayfield album)

Take It to the Streets
Take It to the Streets
Studio album by Curtis Mayfield
Released	1990
Recorded	December 1989-April 1990
Genre	Funk, soul
Length	37:39
Label	Curtom
Producer	Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Mayfield chronology

Take It to the Streets is an album by the American musician Curtis Mayfield, released in 1990 on Curtom Records.^[1]^[2] "He's a Fly Guy" first appeared on the soundtrack to I'm Gonna Git You Sucka.^[3] The album peaked at No. 59 on Billboard's Top R&B Albums chart.^[4]

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[5]
Chicago Tribune	^[6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[7]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[8]

The Chicago Tribune deemed the album "a solid return from one of Chicago's most distinguished musical sons."^[6]

All tracks are written by Curtis Mayfield, except "Got to Be Real" and "Don't Push" by Michael Brown and Tony Brown

Curtis Mayfield - guitar, keyboards, arrangements, orchestration, final mix, vocals
Gary Thompson, Tony Brown - guitar
Lebron Scott - bass guitar
Michael Brown - keyboards
Carlos Glover - drum programming
Luis Stefanell - percussion
The True Saints - backing vocals
Angela King - backing vocals

^ Mills, David (23 Sep 1990). "Curtis Mayfield, Back With a 'Superfly' Sound". The Washington Post. p. G8.
^ Seigal, Buddy (October 17, 1989). "Mayfield's hit influence in black music continues". The San Diego Union-Tribune. p. D5.
^ Hoekstra, Dave (March 15, 1990). "Mayfield News". Features. Chicago Sun-Times. p. 45.
^ "Curtis Mayfield". Billboard. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
^ "Take It to the Streets Review by Alex Henderson". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
^ ^a ^b Kening, Dan (12 Apr 1990). "Curtis Mayfield Take It to the Streets". Chicago Tribune. p. 19D.
^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 588.
^ (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. pp. 523, 525.