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Thursday, 5 May 2011

Before Darth, Before Drones, Before Dreams From My Father, Before Death And Birth Certificates

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Labels: Comedy, Funk, Irving Wallace, James Brown, James Earl Jones, Johnnie Taylor, Racial Politics, Richard Pryor, Soul

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