* [[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 ''Music/{{Stand}}'' and ''There's A Riot Goin' On'' counts as this.
* SampledUp: How many people recognized "Trip to Your Heart" in Music/{{LL Cool J}}'s "Mama Said Knock You Out?"
** 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.
* 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.
** 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.''
** Cynthia Robinson's death. "All the squares, go home!"
* 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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