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Life – Sly & the Family StoneSeptember 1st, 1968  or  iTunes Price: $9.99 Genre: R&B/Soul Released: Sep 1968 Customer Ratings (5 Ratings)
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View More By Sly & the Family Stone Our ReviewOverlooked at the time of its release in late 1968 by the success of their previous album, Dance to the Music and its hit single title track, and then by the explosion of “Everyday People” from the group’s next album, their 1969 breakthrough Stand!, Life is the Sly Stone album most primed for rediscovery. It’s the first Stone album to perfectly meld the group’s R&B and soul roots into the democratic funk that became the their trademark and a major influence on every soul music and hip-hop player then and in future generations. From the opening groove of ‘Dynamite!” through Larry Graham’s fuzz bass that cuts through “M’Lady” and Sly’s own surreal growls that permeate “I’m An Animal,” through Freddy Stone’s funk guitar licks that form the basis for future guitarslingers, Life is an album years beyond its time. “Jane Is A Groupee” inspired the Philly Soul and Curtis Mayfield Superfly era, while Parliament-Funkadelic would be unthinkable without tracks such as “Plastic Jim” and “Fun.” The reissue contains three previously unreleased tracks that would have fit comfortably on the original album if not for the vinyl era’s physical limitations: Freddy Stone’s hard rock guitar on “Pressure” meshing perfectly with the Family’s horn section for an energized track that sounds inspired in part by Otis Redding’s “Respect.”. Customer Reviewsin my opinion (5 stars)a whole new thing was sly's clever entry in the world. dance to the music had a chip on its shoulder that it had something to prove to the world. stand! is the album that made them mega stars so that was jackpot there's a riot goin on is the most beautiful painful car accident you'll ever witness in black music: awesome to watch, horrible to live in. fresh in a way is sad in the eyes of sly fans for they pretty much say this is the last perf Plastic Fantastic! (5 stars) Picture this baby...it's autumn of 1968 and America is tripping; everyone is grooving to their own thing at last. Now, Sly and his Family put out this record---it's funky and it rocks and it's a stone soul groove! Get this one and dance/think/trip all at the same time. By CoolFreeHardBop - educating the squares since 1896! BiographyFormed: 1967 in San Francisco, CAGenre: R&B/Soul Years Active: '60s, '70s, '80s Sly & the Family Stone harnessed all of the disparate musical and social trends of the late '60s, creating a wild, brilliant fusion of soul, rock, R&B, psychedelia, and funk that broke boundaries down without a second thought. Led by Sly Stone, the Family Stone was comprised of men and women, and blacks and whites, making the band the first fully integrated group in rock's history. That integration shone through the music, as well as the group's message. Before Stone, very few soul and R&B...
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