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* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: There simply had never ''been'' an interracial[=/=]mixed-gender group that had been able to cross over the way they did before them.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "M'Lady", from ''Life'', is this to "Dance to the Music". Of course, they're both by Sly Stone, but they're still ''very'' similar.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "M'Lady", from ''Life'', is this to "Dance to the Music". Of course, they're both by Sly Stone, but there's still ''very'' similar.

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "M'Lady", from ''Life'', is this to "Dance to the Music". Of course, they're both by Sly Stone, but there's they're still ''very'' similar.

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-->''You can't leave 'cause your heart is there\\

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-->''You --->''You can't leave 'cause your heart is there\\


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** Cynthia Robinson's death. "All the squares, go home!"

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* [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Crowning Music of Awesome]]: Quite a bit. "Everyday People," "I Want To Take You Higher," "Hot Fun in the Summertime," "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)", "Family Affair." Most of ''Stand!'' and ''There's A Riot Goin' On'' counts as this.

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* [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Crowning Music of Awesome]]: Quite a bit. "Everyday People," "I Want To Take You Higher," "Hot Fun in the Summertime," "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)", "Family Affair." Most of ''Stand!'' ''Music/{{Stand}}'' and ''There's A Riot Goin' On'' counts as this.



* TearJerker: "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" is a kick-ass funk song, but the words are heartbreaking: Sly knows that it's all going to be downhill from here and he sounds so coked-up and fatalistic that he's barely singing his own song, just muttering it.

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"Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" is a kick-ass funk song, but the words are heartbreaking: Sly knows that it's all going to be downhill from here and he sounds so coked-up and fatalistic that he's barely singing his own song, just muttering it.



* VindicatedByHistory: ''There's A Riot Goin' On'' received mixed reviews at the time, for its awesomely downbeat mood; now it's viewed (with ''Stand!'') as their best work, and one of the greatest albums of all time.

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* VindicatedByHistory: ''There's A Riot Goin' On'' received mixed reviews at the time, for its awesomely downbeat mood; now it's viewed (with ''Stand!'') as their best work, and one of the greatest albums of all time.time.
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** Doubling down in "Family Affair":
-->''You can't leave 'cause your heart is there\\
But, sure, you can't stay 'cause you been somewhere else\\
You can't cry 'cause you'll look broke down\\
But you're cryin' anyway 'cause you're all broke down, it's a family affair.''
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* TearJerker: "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" is a kick-ass funk song, but the words are heartbreaking: Sly knows that it's all going to be downhill from here and he sounds so coked-up and fatalistic that he's barely singing his own song, just muttering it.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "M'Lady", from ''Life'', is this to "Dance to the Music". Of course, they're both by Sly Stone, but there's still ''very'' similar.
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* VindicatedByHistory: ''There's A Riot Goin' On'' received mixed reviews at the time, now it's viewed as their best work and one of the greatest album of all time.

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* VindicatedByHistory: ''There's A Riot Goin' On'' received mixed reviews at the time, for its awesomely downbeat mood; now it's viewed (with ''Stand!'') as their best work work, and one of the greatest album albums of all time.
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** Likewise, "Shadrach" by the Music/BeastieBoys is built on a sample from "Loose Booty", from one of the Family Stone's unloved early 70s albums.
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* VindicatedByHistory: ''There's A Riot Goin' On'' received mixed reviews at the time but is viewed more positively today.

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* VindicatedByHistory: ''There's A Riot Goin' On'' received mixed reviews at the time but is time, now it's viewed more positively today.as their best work and one of the greatest album of all time.
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* [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Crowning Music of Awesome]]: Quite a bit. "Everyday People," "I Want To Take You Higher," "Hot Fun in the Summertime," "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)", "Family Affair"

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* [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Crowning Music of Awesome]]: Quite a bit. "Everyday People," "I Want To Take You Higher," "Hot Fun in the Summertime," "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)", "Family Affair"Affair." Most of ''Stand!'' and ''There's A Riot Goin' On'' counts as this.
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* SampledUp: How many people recognized "Trip to Your Heart" in Music/{{LL Cool J}}'s "Mama Said Knock You Out?"
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* [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Crowning Music of Awesome]]: Quite a bit. "Everyday People," "I Want To Take You Higher," "Hot Fun in the Summertime," "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)", "Family Affair"
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* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: There simply had never ''been'' an interracial[=/=]mixed-gender group that had been able to cross over the way they did before them.
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* VindicatedByHistory: ''There's A Riot Goin' On'' received mixed reviews at the time but is viewed more positively today.

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