reelblack I love your channel!!!!!

reelblack is he doing ok

I agree!

REAL TALK

Absolutely,my friend. You can give Jay z , baby, Yung thug. Respect.

Agreed. Interviewer is a ass

Yeah, I don't like this smarmy, smart ass.

That's because Brian was hid out in Malibu and a psychologist living with him, who hijacked his life. Sly always liked mobile homes. Some of There's A Riot Going was recorded on Sunset Bl. Like Brian and many others, Sly is a tortured being. I wish him well; he led my favorite group.

@Trevor Ravencroft Nice try, bully Trevor Ravencroft, why don't you pick on someone your own size? We all knew "pretend tough guys" like you in grade school. Leave Zu alone and pick on me, a white guy, just like you, got it? White racists like you, give we enlightened white men a bad name. EVERYTHING Zu wrote is spot on correct. Weak and wimpy bully, Trevor, attacked Zu personally, for her true comment, accusing her of just blaming all white people whenever she gets the chance. Weak wimp, Trevor, then made the idiotic comment that ALL reporters are are stupid and ask stupid questions. WRONG, dumb shit! NOT "just the way it is." Just because you lack brains and empathy, and are incapable of seeing Zu's viewpoint thru her eyes, it doesn't mean you must baselessly attack her for being racist toward white people. Whenever a white person, like you or me, tries to "Whitesplain" the black mind, black experience, or black intentions, in our society . . . you make yourself the perfect example of why systemic racism is still alive and well in America. You can become an ally of the black community, but you can never speak for them or completely understand THEIR experience (even if your wife and all your best friends are black). "You get that," Trevor?" I know this will make your head explode, Trevor, but Zu's comment was smarter and more thoughtful than yours. No worries, I can help you, Trevor. There are 100's of brilliant black historians that may help you break out of your tendencies. Here is a list of 20 Black Scholars that may assist you in your education, Trevor. Good luck! thebestschools.org/features/black-scholars-you-should-know/

Sly respected/s ALL human beings. This interviewer is not nice: aka: another blogger ass !

Prince was looking like a cheap copy of Little Richard

@@jeansunn4643 he was STILL a Musical Genius!!

uhhh, george clinton? maybe even bootsy? it appears ur the youngster

SwankMank please explain

Jean Sunn r u freaking KIDDING ME. prince was a genius.. a literal musical genius

Do you know where he is today? How to get in contact with him?

He was called sly as in short for Sylvester. Always someone out there trying to reach.

@@ownerowner5580 you have no idea what you are talking about. The people close to him call him Syl, not Sly.

Is he off crack?

@@waynesilverman3048 I haven’t spoken to him for quite a while since I moved out of California. I couldn’t say either way, but I hope he is done with that stuff.

I had the same thought. This is cruel.

the guy is a rite idiot! unprepared and NOT a Journalist! he only got the job cuz he Negro... guess one is due to give him a thumbs up for that? I'd rather see him in front of Ceaușescu's firing squad... this black guy's life don't matter! learn ya craft git!

sadly this man sly has also disrespected himself.... he did the slide

@@MrEDCTV good scott

Yes. Yes.... Oh yes

Sheeva Matimbas - the other two being James Brown, and any one member of Funkadelic, namely George Clinton.

I agree

@@KurtSlotkowski-hj8jd JB created Funk! Bootsy brung it over to Funkadelic. Sly perfected it...

@@Bembeleke It went from JB (as he was a mainstay from late 50's all through the 60's and into the early 70's) to Sly (as Sly was a mainstay of the 60's into the 70's) to Bootsy Collins (as Bootsy with Funkadelic/Parliament was a mainstay of late 60's all through most of the 70's). That is the actual timeline. I ought to know, as I grew up in and around motown, though I was only a child of the 70's and 80's. But, Motown/Westbound founder, Barry Gordon set it all into motion! To him much is credited where credit is due!

@@KurtSlotkowski-hj8jd Wait a minute mr. Motown you didn't say Bootsy when you spoke you said Clinton namely Clinton that's what you said but whatever the timeline Bootsy was right there 18 years old playing bass for James Brown. Berry Gordy was a fucking bloodhound ripping off artists and you know it. Sly perfected the sound and influenced the world but it all goes back to Grits and Soul Smash Records.

I agree

"All things work to the good..." But you right. If it was his business, he'd be broke and out if business. He's definitely got no business interviewing Sly, but I'm glad he did. Glad Sly was here to be interviewed, and glad we were here to view it. It's all good. :)

Why

Exactly 💯

I could care less about Suge, nor do I care whom Sly likes in the Super Bowl. The chances for a Sly interview are rare, why waste time on Suge and the Super Bowl? I genuinely want to know HOW Sly is doing. I want him to know just how influential his music and even more so his vision has had on the music industry. Probably can't tell with the sad state of the industry and the bubble gum product that it continues to push, but Sly's vision of a multicultural and multi-gender based band is still in effect today. If you never release anything else, it changes nothing on what you managed to do in a relatively short time. Thank you, Mr. Stewart!

I know - me too - But ya have to "get it" - to understand WHO THE MAN IS! - I still adore him and his/they're music:-) It was/is so hip Funk'

He is

He is

He is

Right and it seemed to me that after around five minutes he wanted to be left alone.

A good interviewer can sense that. It's fascinating that you not only took every minute graciously given to you, you grabbed more and more, and even when the guy said 2 more minutes you just had to take 3.

Agreed Rhythmista,,,surely this interviewer could come up with more music related questions for Sly ,who gives a rats ass about Suge Knight or football ,,,thats all over the place,,,people want to hear particular questions about Sly and his music ,,,,and of course we all hope Sly can get back in the studio and start working again

Amen to that.

Dave Doyle d

Exactly! None of his business!

Not just a jerk . . . but a dumb, East Coast racist, opportunist, smarmy jerk, who took advantage of a kind old man, a musical legend of musical legends, and squandered the "once in a lifetime" opportunity to interview him with thoughtful questions. He didn't ask a SINGLE THING that I gave a shit about. I'm a white man and I was deeply offended . . . and it was VERY clear to me, that the interviewers goal, his intention, was to get a "youtube scoop on Sly" about drugs and money, with ZERO interest in his humanity and his important historical musical legacy. Shame on you, asshole! How did YOU spend YOUR measly paycheck, shit head?

Drugs start out as a choice but winds up becoming a disease. No secret Sly hasn't been well for a long time, but to low key clown him is disrespectful.

@@lennylenz Well said, Lenny.

@@five-clawdragon You said it very well.

Agreed!!!

I remember Sly, saw him when I was 13 (Los Angeles Coliseum 1972), stunning and I mean stunning performance. Stevie Wonder and Chuck Berry killed the show.....100,000 people........we convinced my darling mother to drive us in a 1972 Ford Pinto 100 miles (7 of us)....white crowd on one side and a equally large crowd of blacks on the other, white section was full, so this tall and very pretty lady (my mom) had us sit with the blacks.....the blacks were mostly in their 20's-30's....just watching the black crowd when Sly and Stevie came on was the best part of the whole concert!.....we were so skinny blued and white, and were generously accepted by the hundreds of black faces that would look at us and smile..we felt very safe! We adored Sly and the Family Stone......this was a year before his song "if you want me to stay"....unmatched in funk and rythm, especially for the day (12-14 year olds pick up on that kinda stuff)...interracial band and the black young musicians in the band were handsome, exotic and utterly mesmerizing ...I'm not virtue signalling..the black presence in music in was 50% of the 60's/70's, if not more.......all the big bands loved them.......2 concerts in my life stand out, "California Jam 1972", and 6 years later "Jesus Northwest", in Salem Oregon.....and yes Naomi, I am crying and praying for Sly because of both concerts!

You're fukin crying?? GROW TF UPPP!!

REALLY DISPROPOTIONALITY THE VAST MAJORITY OF FOLK ARE YOU THE STaggardment

...and don't have a pot to piss in..while his white peers are living off the hog and then some in their retirement...Yall better wake the fuk up!

Prince , mj thank u

lijke who w they all got screwed why do u gotta bring up race its people like you that keeps hate alive

lewis lane I know I’m late to the debate but isn’t that the truth. Always has to end with how the white man stole something. Im black But I’m not a victim quit cryin nigga!

you got that right Chris

Amen

Thank you Kim, see my comment above. Those guys were schmucks with no personality and Sly was so gracious to suffer the fools. Peace

Exactly💯

Miss you Sly.

Ridiculous questions kid has no clue what he’s standing in front of

Well said! "AMEN"

45 minutes isnt that bad

Well said! He was trying to bring everybody together-black, white, man, woman - and wrote some fantastic songs celebrating our common humanity. Just wonderful stuff!

I got to know Sly back in the 60s and you said it perfectly he was a trail blazer and I’ve always felt as you expressed he will always have a special love and memory in my heart ❤️ god bless him I was honored to know he’s a living ledgen

muy cierto!

Warren Lightning Interviewer thinks he is the story.

Exactly. No respect whatsoever.

Dick Cavett did the same thing - Sly weighs his thoughts and less thoughful people cannot wait for replies. . .

He's more interested in the money part. Very devious.

@@HS22181 Worst, corniest, most disrespectful interviewer ever. "Lemme ask you a question...". Seriously? Before EVERY question? He's that annoying fan you try to avoid after the show

You are right, but we cannot forget the reality that drugs that were once considered purely casual and recreational . . . we now know have the ability to physiologically alter the pleasure centers in the brain that can hook you into a lifetime of addiction struggles. Sly has at least survived a lifetime of these struggles (he's in his mid-70's now, many others die young (especially in the music business that overflowed with recreational drugs). I feel fortunate my experimentation in college did not result in a life of addiction. Scarily, it could happen to anyone. Do you know how many white collar types have lost their lives to cocaine, pain killers, meth, and opiates in recent years? It's STAGGERING.

I love Sly and yes, the whole band....beautiful/talented and joyous people!

When you been around,..you know how to get around.

Amen

He really is, im only in my early 20's but he's kind of a genius no joke.

Yeah, but God don't like ugly and Sly has been ugly to people ever since he became famous.

I never heard anyone say he was ugly and treated them bad, never heard that. Now if you said he always was missing shows or he'd show up two or three hours late then yeah, I've heard that plenty.

The coolest cat in this sweet swingin sphere🧡

It wasn't a comment on her talent. Of course she's very talented. I was commenting on the fact that Sly probably doesn't follow Suge Knight's career any more than he follows Dolly Parton's because their respective genres aren't close to his. Really sad of you to resort to name-calling over something that most people would have understood.

Solid Terry I want to fuck him up for that no respect having ass⭐

absolutely spot on Solid Terry. The 'interviewer" obviously couldn't give a shit about Sly's well being.

And pull the damn camera back. Give the man some breathing room...

A bit patronizing, like talking to a still not rehabilitated idiot you still need to get a story from. It's almost like he thinks Sly can't finish his own sentences. Young people, pay attention, this is how NOT to interview. there are WORSE styles than this, and he perhaps MEANS well, but let the man talk, that is respect. Edit later if you'd need to.

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Ahead of his time? The man is his time "that's what legends are" I don't mean this to be rude but, you must be a young'n wishing you lived in his exceptionally, legendary, best time of all DETROIT'S singers and song writers of soul. Today's music can't touch theses people's hey days! Example...you will never today see a farmer loaning out his land for a rock and roll, soul, R&B concert that is spoken of till this day "Woodstock" where kids that attended came from all across the US. Older folks who lived in the little town said all the kids were well behaved and respectful. "Something that most today's kids do not have" They loved and lived in ☮️ and harmony! "Just saying"

Barry Oneal yes he was. We danced the night away at my prom mainly to his music.

@@cs4500 Nope grew up with SLy.

Mine, also.

😍

He wanted to tie a connection to him , fulL of sh**T

Kate's Free his RV cost 200k new.

He choose to live in it. I saw his family interviewed. They have a house and he is welcome there. But he chooses to live in the RV.

Nothing wrong with living in an RV.

Sly Screwed himself. In his prime he didn't show up for concerts. As great as he was people stopped buying tickets.

Is that a suprises

Kreg Martin His ex-wife Kathy Silva said he was abusive and he tortured her. She divorced him after his dog mauled their son.

I hate it when people invoke karma because karma dictates that Sly Stone deserved to get screwed by his managers because of the bad things that he did in his previous life. Karma isn't revenge of the righteous.

​@@luciverdad4834 tomato, tomahto

@@luciverdad4834 So what's the point

No such thing as karma, either there is a God in heaven who made everything and you make the choice to receive Him as savior or the other choice is damnation and what ever this short hard life with all theses drugs and abuses will destroy you and separate you fromGods love, heaven or hell? It’s mans choice😇👹

Very cool he’s still kicking keep being Sly

Santino Williams Back then that was great entertainment. Grown folks music. I miss talent like this.

What a class, genuine , humble human being . Sly wishing you all the positive things in this Life ! 😉

Me too santino

You caught me smileing again...

Black people should interview It's Own Kind, Sky ain't puttin nuttin n2 down here, like many of us Peculiar People he's just passing through! Sticky a victim of Circumstances!!! Case closed 💯☮️😎

Sticky a Victim of Circumstances and n passing through a SUV is more appropriate than any other means of transportation, Sly also said Everybody is a 🌟

Chicago Capone I agree peace be still, look, listen, and learn from real wisdom.

+rocky52a I honestly thought he'd be in worse shape than that, he actually looks pretty good. He doesn't completely look like he's in his right mind.

yes but at least he is for the time being still around, soo many the drugs did in at a very early age, he is a true ledgend of funk and pop music of the last 50 years, voice might be gone, but he still has the knowlege to share and create.

He's also 73.

he looked great, clear-eyed, and adorable. He has always been a nonlinear thinker---look at some of his interviews from the late 60s and early 70s. He has his own points of reference, and his own speed, and can't be reduced to answering glib soundbtyes. He still probably is brilliant.

who can really know for sure, but ideas dont disapper overnight, many as you would say are a great mind trapped in their body and its limitations.

I get your point but 71 is not that old for him to be in this state. Lets not be in denial about the fact that how we lived in our youth will tell on us later. Case and point, Farrakhan and Shirley Caesar who lived cleaner lives in their youth, are both in their eighties and they are as sharp as a whip and this man looks like he could be their barely standing elder.

Jed Shook but your original comment made his condition relative to his age and the truth is that it is not. He is in that state due to decades of heavy drug abuse and probably sexual abuse (sleeping around for years and years with multiple women) and now it's caught up with him. People need to not associate situations like this to age. Put it where it belongs, which is lifestyle choices for prolonged periods. That way, the youth and people approaching those years will understand the possible consequences of their actions today will show tomorrow .

"i meant was father time catches us relevant2age" Everyone ages differently but generally speaking, 71 year old black people who didn't abuse their bodies and take care of themselves don't end up looking like this man looks. I don't have to use any public figures to know this to be true because I have friends and family members in their seventies and older who are aging yes, but not like this. Father time does catch up with everybody sooner or later but lets not pretend that how we take care of ourselves or not, will play in how we end up when he does catch us.

Boobie Love, I didn't reapond to you, you're talkin at Vern Tex, Who I agree with, BTW. I guess I should be more clear on what's going on in my mind when I wrote that. In a 10 to 15 year period that man got more ass, made more money, did more drugs and hung out with more stars than all on this forum combined! So if he doesn't have a high quality of life at 71 it's because he traded it for a super, uber mega high quality of life in his prime. I would do the same. Damn right.

Thanks for your service brother. I put my 20 in the Corps. 3 tours Iraq 2 tours Afghan!

You are a beautiful soul

I don't disagree but as a person having moved past the "youthful ignorance" stage (but yes, Millennial) I don't see a Sly Stone that is being abused. I see a youth that doesn't know when his elder is regulating him. Sly's conduct is VERY indicative of an elder who, plainly speaking, just doesn't have a worry on his mind and is listening to a youth explain the cyclical Chicken Little "the sky is falling" sort of headline. That may be confusing but I talk to a lot of younger Millennials and Generation Z people who ask questions then start speaking immediately after they hear the sound of my voice. I love them, I want to help where I can, but I have seen too much and lived long enough to know that when I am interrupted, the true point of the question was for the person to tell me their opinion, not to seek information. In such a case, I simply say very little and let the person get their much needed therapy. In silent action I will always give the guidance I have and I hope that during that silence I can learn more from my elders.

Well said

Pickle Juavez perhaps it is because you're still relatively young. But continually interrupting and speaking in a condescending manner is disrespectful to my generation. I agree that he should have listened more.

Seriously Disrespectful , He Is Foul Sly Is Great.

yo hes probably just inexperienced sly is having this dude interview him. hes letting him interview him, why do you think you have to speak for him can the man not speak for himself?

One child growz up 2 be somebody that just luvs 2 learn and nother child grows up 2 be somebody u just luv 2 burn. My brother Paul Warnell. Memories. Gina T harris

Dance to the Music !!!!!!

I cloud nine when I want to, out of school 🎼 of course he is an eternal genius, he is not well right now but he seems happy so good for him

He had a good two five years, the last fifty have been spent as a crackhead.

5:04 "I was gon tell you bout the music but.."

Jessica Caprice Tovar I have a cousin who works for a major music magazine. He says this is a constant problem. Some singer, song writer or musician will give you an interview. Wow! You say, So and so hasn't given an interview in 20 years but you have to meet him at such and such a place and he can only spare you 10 minutes. Now you have a lot of questions most come from fans who want to know "What is new." Because you don't really have any time at all you can't let the "star" ramble on. You jump from one question to the next. The only relaxing interview is the one that is not given. Sly was in a rush - this was the problem. So yes, it was neccesary for the guy to frequently cut Sly off to move to the next question. The interviewer does not have the luxury of spending 5 minutes on every question.

An insult? Do you realize the reason why this guy is even interviewing him is because of his musical talent? Get off your high horse.

Jessica Caprice Tovar my dad was crying about my moms dad dying of a stroke cuz he couldn't imagine him that way and I got pissed and told him the grandpa I knew was always going seeing his friends in the nursing home wtf

Agree!

One of the last of the living musical genius legends 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

I agree,Iwont comment no more , Happy for you,I got my on nickname from me to you,TIMAX,Took a lickin,and kept on Tickin, very inspiring for. the world especially for these young buck who don't have patience for grown-up Wisdom to keep it Simple and learn how to be Humble and live as long as us in peace.

Keep going don't stop there wonder what Sly Stone , MichaelJackson, George Clinton , Prince , Rick James be like if there was no James Brown ? I wonder what James Brown would be like if the musical influences that inspired him were not around when he was young ? It's interesting that you mentioned Prince. Because Larry Graham is Sly's cousin and was in Sly's band Sly and the Family Stone. Larry Graham and Prince were close friends.

+Hilarita9 Than there would've been other great musicians there to learn from. I doubt much would change, things would probably be a little different though.

Hilarita9 There would be no Prince..

CRMunir1 Yes, there would have been a Prince. Greatness must be revealed. However, Prince maybe would shined a little different without Sly's part of the influence.

Hilarita9 The Revolution is a direct copy off of The Family Stone. They had black, white, men & women in their group as well!

Posted the same. Music Entrepreneur. Keep reading of folks stories from Woodstock of they're magical view/hearing the band that night.

Selah! (I'm in the process of providing some residual income for his pockets.)

My favorite as well! A musical genius!

Thanks for telling us you "prayed for him" now I i can sleep easy

No negativity, prayer is good energy, though some think it misguided, we are all one.

A VERY,VERY,VERY,BAD ANSWER..... SLY SHOULD KNOW BETTER AT HIS AGE.... PRETTY SOON HE WILL NEED SOMEONE TO TAKE CARE OF HIM.... HE WONT BE ABLE TO TRAVEL,AND,LIVE LIFE LIKE A 20 YEAR OLD AGAIN.....

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@ Chloe C... There IS no "bad answer". That's Sly's answer....no reason to second-guess it. He didn't say he wants to "live like a 20 yr. old".....he just wants to do it "his way" and be happy. I wish him well. Peace & Love ~~RED ☮♡♫

He knows humility and how to survive.

Chloe Charleston you only live once and when your this age i hope you stay and everyone else stay out of the cared facility's as long as possible I we never go I hope he bought that new RV you see that fucking smile when he said bigger rv..... live it up cant take it with ya.

Siy is great he can play beautiful music keep on jamin

If you or your friends are reading this Sly i just want to let you know that you are still very loved, respected and appreciated by this fan of your's for over the last 47 years since the late 1960's. i'm also praying for you too Sly!

HipHopcheerleader legend truly and that hair afro

Bill Bass Me too, but their days are numbered. (demons) Jesus Christ will be taking charge in that battle soon

Bill Bass Amen,my sentiments exactly!

Lori Saname Amen Jesus is coming real soon brothers and sister's

su Z tauzer I agree

it's a shame because you would have done so much better.

Aw, C'mon, Dude!!!! Like all things: coulda' been better.....coulda' been worse. No big deal: IT IS WHAT IT IS. Sly seemed happy to talk with him, and it was good to see him doing so much better. Love n' miss you, Sly....be happy...be well. Peace & Love ~~RED ☮♡♫

he wasn't that bad at all

SanVic

I WILL AGREE..... IT SEEMS LIKE THE INTERVIEWER IS QUESTIONING SLYS INTELLIGENCE...MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS ABOUT MONEY FOOL....