• Sly and the Family Stone, ‘There’s a Riot Goin’ On’ (1971)

    To hear just this first track, “Luv n’ Haight,” off Sly and the Family Stone’s 1971 album There’s a Riot Goin’ On is to remember that funk music is feel-good music. But to recognize such affect is to go against the (white) critical consensus of the album as a tragic masterpiece, both because of the putatively …

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