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Sly & The Family Stone

SLY LIVES! (Aka The Burden Of Black Genius) - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

'SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)' examines the life and legacy of Sly & The Family Stone, the groundbreaking band led by the charismatic and enigmatic Sly Stone. The film captures the band’s rise, reign and subsequent fadeout while shedding light on the unseen burden that comes with success for Black artists in America.

The film features notable guests such as Andre 3000, D’Angelo, Chaka Khan, Q-Tip, Nile Rogers, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, George Clinton, Ruth Copeland, and Clive Davis. Additional guests include those closet to Sly, including his band members Jerry Martini, Greg Errico, Larry Graham and Cynthia Robinson and family Sylvette Phunne Robinson, Novena Carmel, and Sylvester Stewart Jr., who offer the best insights into Sly’s life by sharing anecdotes from their time together.

TRACK LISTING

1. Sing A Simple Song (Alternate Mix)
2. Underdog
3. Trip To Your Heart (Alternate Mix) 
4. Dance To The Music (J.PERIOD Edit)
5. M'Lady 
6. Everyday People (J.PERIOD Edit) 
7. Hot Fun In The Summertime (Interlude) 
8. Hot Fun In The Summertime 
9. Everybody Is A Star (Mono Single Master) 
10. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) 
11. Thank You For Talkin' To Me, Africa (Alternate Mix)
12. Family Affair (Questlove Rhythm King Edit)
13. Runnin' Away (Alternate Mix)
14. Just Like A Baby
15. Babies Makin' Babies (Interlude)
16. If You Want Me To Stay (Alternate Version)
17. Thankful N' Thoughtful (Alternate Version)
18. Family Affair (Wedding Band Interlude)
19. Can't Strain My Brain
20. Stand! (Take 1)
21. Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)

Recorded in 1969, the fourth album from Sly And The Family Stone, "Stand!" was the crowning musical statement by this unisex, multi-racial rock and soul combo from the Bay Area of San Francisco, and it remains a masterpiece of anthemic 60s pop with its urgent rallying calls for togetherness and its exuberant egalitarian ethos. Featuring four chart hits, including the number one smash "Everyday People", "Stand!" virtually invented the 'progressive' funk of the 1970s and 80s, jettisoning the trappings of 60s soul and paving the way for a new sound that would influence other artists to this day.

All things wonderful about Sly & The Family Stone in the first years of their existence came together on their 1969 album 'Stand!'. The enthusiasm, the blurring of lines, the testing of boundaries; it all blends together in the funk of the Family Stone…

"Stand!" is one of those records that came to define the flower power generation; the activism in "Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey", the psychedelic pulsating dance rhythms in "I Want To Take You Higher", the spirit of belonging in "Everyday People". "Stand!" isone of the most sampled records in hip hop and R&B. This is the pinnacle of Sly The Family Stone's career, and it has a rightful place in music history.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Stand!
A2. Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey
A3. I Want To Take You Higher
A4. Somebody's Watching You
A5. Sing A Simple Song

B1. Everyday People
B2. Sex Machine
B3. You Can Make It If You Try

Sly And The Family Stone

Dance To The Music

After Sly And The Family Stone's groundbreaking 1967 debut album, the funk avatar and his skilled cohorts came up with a universally relatable premise and a gigantic hook for their next effort. the seminal single "Dance To The Music" entered the top 10 during the first week of 1968. The following album, given the same title, served as a showcase for the bi-racial, co-ed sextet, revealing the players' ultra-tight interaction, improvisational skills and pile-driving grooves.


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