Certifiably one of the greatest to ever do it

When I’m in the mood, I can just plug in my headphones, play Stand! and TARGO and be transported into a more hopeful time like a lucid dream. I’m only just starting to appreciate this pioneering group more of late after reading a wonderful essay by the late great Mark Fisher for his unfinished Acid Communism book.

Felt like they deserve their own thread. Shoutout to the homie @Sir_Swagalot for already making a thread on this amazing album:

If you like this era and have a particular interest in the countercultural Sixties and early Seventies, they are goated.

This song melted my brain in the last 4 minutes:

IN

My unc put me onto this back in the day

Unc real af

REAL

love this song

iconic

They f***ing killed that s***

great band

Ur name like big baby scumbag?
Skinny scumbag?

Or just scumbag in general

BUMP

Theyre great

Like their Stand! album a lot i listen to it still from time to time

Sly LIVES! A Documentary by Questlove. Out February 13 on Hulu.

Guests featured in the documentary are Nile Rogers, Ruth Copeland, George Clinton, André 3000, D’Angelo and Chaka Khan; Sly and the Family Stone bandmates Jerry Martini, Greg Errico, Larry Graham and the late Cynthia Robinson; and some of Sly Stone's relatives.

INNN. In af for the first Ruth Copeland interview

Best group of all time.

High on you album is underrated as hell man

…but i’ve been listening to Riot a lot lately. The sound on that album is crazy

a must watch fs. one of my fav groups and icons in music…it’s such a damn shame thinking about what could’ve been

i love that muddy sound so much it’s just so unique there’s no way you can recreate that in a daw

A gem from my fav Sly & the Family Stone album, yesss.

Can’t believe no one’s mentioned they invented the slap bass

Yes, on "Everyday People!" Shout out to Larry Graham.