Growing up, Sundays were spent praising and cleaning. And unlike most households, our household always had a soul soundtrack on Sundays. Each week, I will extend a piece of soul (or funk/old-school/r&b/Motown golden era/quiet storm classics) to you. Enjoy these sweet, smooth sounds as you clean up or host brunch at your place.
With me being back home in California, this Sunday Soul is dedicated to none other than Sly & The Family Stone. Hailing from San Francisco, CA. many consider Sly & The Family Stone to be the first to have a racial + gender integrated line-up. Collectively, they were undoubtedly musical geniuses. But like most bands springing up in the height of the hippie-era, they indulged in some pretty heavy drugs which would ultimately cut their genius short. The band was only active between 1967-1975 but they managed to release at least a solid 5 pioneering funk/rock albums. You'll find some albums post 1975 credited as Sly & The Family Stone but in actuality, that's just Sly.There's A Riot Goin' On is a really great album in the same vein like Fleetwood Mac's Rumors. The band itself was going through a bunch of inner turmoil and disagreements and though that sounds terrible, on wax, the results were amazing. This album debuted at number one on the Billboard charts as did the lead single "Family Affair". This album eventually went platinum.
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