Hartford Courant (Sunday)

Aretha Franklin, ‘One Step Ahead’ (1965)

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It started as a relatively rare Columbia single in 1965 and was heard on the jukebox at Kevin’s diner in “Moonlight,” the 2016 best picture winner. In between, in 1999, producer Ayatollah repurposed multiple sections from Aretha Franklin’s gorgeous “One Step Ahead” to create the lead single from Mos Def’s “Black on Both Sides,” there the MC tells the story of his romantic pursuit of a woman whose backside he can see from the front.

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