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Black America Web
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Black America Web
Sly Stone's Music Formed The Backdrop To Several Hip-Hop Classics
Sly Stone, a legendary musician who helped propel funk to its elevated heights in the realm of Black music, has died. Hip-Hop artists of various eras have sampled Sly Stone's work over the years, and we've got a playlist highlighting some of those audio classics. As Hip-Hop Wired reported earlier, Sly Stone, born Sylvester Stewart in Denton, Texas, passed away Monday (June 9) at the age of 82. After establishing his roots in the Bay Area as a musical prodigy, Stone ventured into becoming a front-facing artist with his Sly and The Stones in the 1960s with the late Cynthia Robinson, the trumpeter who was a founding member of Sly and the Family Stone, the band that catapulted Stone into the annals of music history. Alongside fun pioneers such asJames Brown and Parliament-Funkadelic, Stone and his band enjoyed a successful run of album releases extending into the late 1970s. Stone's life was captured in the 2023 biography, Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin), written with Ben Greenman, featuring a foreword from Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson. Thompson also produced the stirring 2025 documentary centered on Stone's life and legacy, Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius) . Hip-Hop artists such as LL Cool J, Queen Latifah, The Jungle Brothers, Public Enemy, and scores more dug into the crates to grab bits of Stone's music to form the backdrop of their works. Below, we've got a handful of those songs featured in the playlist below. Long live Sly Stone. May he rest powerfully in peace. — Photo: Michael Putland / Getty Sly Stone's Music Formed The Backdrop To Several Hip-Hop Classics was originally published on Samples 'Trip To Your Heart.' Samples 'Dance to the Music.' Samples 'You Can Make It If You Try.' Samples 'Sing A Simple Song.' Samples 'Everyday People.' Black America Web Featured Video CLOSE
Black America Web
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Black America Web
Hip-Hop Wired Presents: CRT FRSH (Certified Fresh) Playlist 5.23.25
CRT FRSH, Hip-Hop Wired's playlist where we showcase music that we believe is 'Certified Fresh,' is back with the newness! With our latest update this week, we're gonna focus on Joey BadA$$ and his feud with what seems like the entire West Coast before sharing new heat. I want to explain how I approach curating the CRT FRSH playlist. Most importantly, I don't segregate my Hip-Hop. Every form of music from the main cultural tree deserves a listen and a look. When I construct the playlist, I want to include all regions across the States and, when applicable, across the globe. I also want to entertain every fan of Hip-Hop, not just those who enjoy one segment of it. Now that we've got that out of the way, let's get to it. The CRT FRSH playlist is a labor of love. We don't take payments, nor do we do favors. We only add joints to our playlist that fit the theme and vision we're going for and don't seek to waste the listener's time. Further, we don't stick to one lane of Hip-Hop. We believe that all aspects of the music should get some light, whether it's young lions in the trenches or those hoping for that one shot to blow up to grizzled veterans puffing out their chests with lots more to say. — D.L. Chandler, Lead Curator, CRT FRSH Like I said, I'm opening up this week's update with all the joints I could find from Joey BadA$$, Ray Vaughn, Daylyt, and anyone else who hopped in the ring, including some of Badmon's Pro Era team like CJ Fly. Not every song is on DSPs, so what we've amassed here is all we got unless folks can clear samples and production to get it up on streamers. I'm not picking any sides in the battle. I'm just enjoying good rapping, and that it's all being kept to recordings and not spilling into nonsense in real life. If rapping is a sport, then battling is one of the ways to show and prove one's mettle. One super impressive thing is that in the back and forth between coasts, folks are working quickly and addressing bars head-on instead of ducking from any smoke. If I missed a joint you feel like should've been added, let me know and I'll adjust. This playlist is live for two weeks, so we'll probably have plenty of time to update this. And, from what I'm hearing online, there are over 90 songs recorded by several artists since Joey took the first swipe at the West Coast on his Conductor Williams-produced track, 'The Ruler's Back.' I'm not going to break down every joint. Instead, check out the collection of songs we did find, search out the rest online, and just enjoy the collection of new heat I tacked on at the end of the disses. Salute to Joey BadA$$, Daylyt, Ray Vaughn, AZ Chike, REASON, CJ Fly, Kai Ca$h, Hitta J3, YG, Shoreline Mafia, IDK, Joey Valence, Brae, DRAM, Ellis Quinn, Chance The Rapper, Erick The Architect, Joyce Wrice, Smoke DZA, Dave East, Mike & Keys, Niontay, Sideshow, MAVI, Troy Ave, Boldy James, Your Boy Posca, Mike Shabb, CRIMEAPPLE, DJ Skizz, Estee Nack, ETO, Grafh, Benny The Butcher, NYC Rap Star, Ransom, Jay Electronica, Numbz, Larrin, Defcee, Paralell Thought, Lukah, Statik Selektah, Larry June, Cardo Got Wings. We'll be back with an update in two more weeks. Check out the CRT FRSH update below. — Photo: Peter Carruthers / Getty SEE ALSO Hip-Hop Wired Presents: CRT FRSH (Certified Fresh) Playlist 5.23.25 was originally published on Black America Web Featured Video CLOSE
