1. "Cause Beck is that Dude" In response to Reply # 0
He was probably at the height of his fame and influence in 96 when "Odelay" dropped, but he's been steady putting out albums this whole time, won a handful of Grammys and has generally been well respected this whole time
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Even if he has been dropping songs a day for the last 2 decades, there’s nothing about him that translates ‘oh yeah, lets get Beck to honor Sly Stone!’ Also from what I read, he’s not a behind the scenes producer to anyone and aside from Loser there’s nothing that stands out about his records.
But there seems to be a need to paint a picture of his connection to Black artist, the greats at that. From handing Prince his last award to this tribute to Sly, not to mention someone on twitter was trying to connect a working relationship with D’Angelo via photographs, no music.
Beck put out two hugely popular and critically lauded albums in the last 7 years. Colors and Hyperspace were very popular, and very good.
Also Midnite Vultures from 1999 is *amazing.*
And 2002 Sea Change is that break up album a lot of people go to.
He's worked with a lot of very influential folks too: The Dust Brothers Emmylou Harris Air Pink Charlotte Gainsbourg Thurston Moore The Lonely Island Gorillaz Phoenix St Vincent Danger Mouse Pharrell Williams
16. "Thank you for asking…" In response to Reply # 4 Sat Nov-15-25 09:18 AM by 3CardMolly
Freddie Stone Raphael Saddiq MonoNeon Jesse Johnson Nile Rodgers Van Hunt Gary Clark Jr. India Irie Lenny Kravitz Candy Dulfur Steve Lacy One or two guitarist from Snarky Puppy
>Freddie Stone >Raphael Saddiq >MonoNeon >Jesse Johnson >Nile Rodgers >Van Hunt >Gary Clark Jr. >India Irie >Lenny Kravitz >Candy Dulfur >Steve Lacy >One or two guitarist from Snarky Puppy >
Now which one of those was gonna play harmonica for "Higher"?
Ok, Gary Clark Jr? (I'll save you the googling) So instead of using the guy that has referenced Sly as an influence over a 30+yr career of fairly experimental, definitely genre-bending creative output/has sampled, recorded, regularly covered Sly songs throughout/spent entire podcast episodes talking influence of & paying homage to him...plus happens to already live in LA where the tribute was done------fly out the guy that lives in Texas (and wasn't even alive when Sly was putting out records..) instead?
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 83562 posts
Mon Nov-10-25 12:13 PM
5. "so you don’t know the history of Sly Stone" In response to Reply # 0
that man didn’t give a shit bout what a musician looked like.
and Gamma Ray is my shit.
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 83562 posts
Tue Nov-18-25 03:28 PM
33. "I thought that post was sarcasm" In response to Reply # 25
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47. "RE: And easier, than whatever answer I can imagine you'd trip over.." In response to Reply # 15
>..yourself giving
Ok geezus. You dont know that Peppers whole get down was they were influenced by Jimi, George, and Sly? And implemented that influence into their music and attitude. Nevermind the audience of meatheads that came but the band itself at heart. Sop yes it makes sense that Keidas as a mai spokesman and yes even Flea be one to present for Sly if they aren't going to use the other black artists proposed posted earlier. More than Beck, yes.
48. "RE: And easier, than whatever answer I can imagine you'd trip over.." In response to Reply # 47
>>..yourself giving > > >Ok geezus. You dont know that Peppers whole get down was they >were influenced by Jimi, George, and Sly?
Lulz, "whole get down.." the only thing George about their early albums is he produced one of them--that shit's all Talking Heads/Gang of Four, sung by someone doing an Iggy Pop imitation (and if he rapped like Melle Mel)
I don't get why one guy in that^ band also idolizing Larry Graham auto-shoes them in as the more deserving Sly tributary.. (than the multi-instrumentalist/singer/songwriter/record producer guy..your dissent here makes even less since you're a Prince fan..)
>>>..yourself giving >> >> >>Ok geezus. You dont know that Peppers whole get down was >they >>were influenced by Jimi, George, and Sly? > >Lulz, "whole get down.." the only thing George about their >early albums is he produced one of them--that shit's all >Talking Heads/Gang of Four, sung by someone doing an Iggy Pop >imitation (and if he rapped like Melle Mel) > >I don't get why one guy in that^ band also idolizing Larry >Graham auto-shoes them in as the more deserving Sly >tributary.. (than the >multi-instrumentalist/singer/songwriter/record producer >guy..your dissent here makes even less since you're a Prince >fan..) > > > >
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 83562 posts
Sat Nov-15-25 03:43 PM
24. "lol.. so you just posting to post" In response to Reply # 21
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I like his style of playing and his crackish ways. He aint no MonoNeon (much more preferred) but he’s fun, is part of a legendary band and plays funk-styled bass.
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 83562 posts
Tue Nov-18-25 03:25 PM
32. "lmao.. you like Flea and 5 other people in here like Beck" In response to Reply # 29
what is your hangup?
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 83562 posts
Thu Nov-20-25 11:27 AM
36. "ehh, you were kinda vouching for Flea" In response to Reply # 34
and that’s fine.
I don’t think anyone in here was demanding Beck play beforehand but I wasn’t offended or thrown off by it.
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22. "Generally, I would say they just gotta include a white person..." In response to Reply # 0
but Sly, being one of my favorite MUSICIANS ever (don't confuse that with favorite people) was one of the biggest c00ns to ever grace the music industry, rivaled only by maybe Jackie Wilson who did a tribute album to blackface performer Al Jolson. I was so disappointed when I saw Sly arguing with Muhammad Ali on some "what about black on black crime" shit on TV, so I wasn't surprised when reading his memoir and finding that he was damn near the anti-black power advocate of his time. With all that said, I did like how he didn't care anything about a person's race of sex as far as inclusion in his band. It was quite beautiful reading the story of him recruiting Cynthia for the band. As for Beck, I think the Midnite Vultures album alone would've caused Sly himself to handpick Beck for a tribute to him. Hell I wouldn't be surprised if Sly handpicked all white people just to be contrarian and piss Black ppl off. It's why I'm not a huge fan of him as a person. He's an incredibly creative musician tho.
I think I’ll check out band of vultures and see what I may have been missing.
On another note, Sly was def an asshole. He truly fucked himself the most and perhaps that can be a little solace considering his halfassness w/Black folks.
Put all his business out. Sly love fucking with people’s heads. White brown eyed brunette girl he was dating in late h.s. had stars in her eyes for their future kids and dashed all that by telling her he wanted a blonde blue eye white girl to have his kids, and 9x’s outta 10 it was probably after fucking.
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 83562 posts
Thu Nov-20-25 11:50 AM
37. "RE: Generally, I would say they just gotta include a white person..." In response to Reply # 22
yup.. its the “Rock & Roll HOF” so of course they will add a white face or 2.
I remember seeing a tribute on BET for Charlie Wilson and Justin Timberlake was up there faking the funk. I didn’t like it but Charlie looked happy.
Its also a bridge to the younger generation.
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42. "RE: Generally, I would say they just gotta include a white person..." In response to Reply # 22 Sat Nov-22-25 10:41 PM by rdhull
>but Sly, being one of my favorite MUSICIANS ever (don't >confuse that with favorite people) was one of the biggest >c00ns to ever grace the music industry, rivaled only by maybe >Jackie Wilson who did a tribute album to blackface performer >Al Jolson. >I was so disappointed when I saw Sly arguing with Muhammad Ali >on some "what about black on black crime" shit on TV, so I >wasn't surprised when reading his memoir and finding that he >was damn near the anti-black power advocate of his time. >With all that said, I did like how he didn't care anything >about a person's race of sex as far as inclusion in his band. >It was quite beautiful reading the story of him recruiting >Cynthia for the band. >As for Beck, I think the Midnite Vultures album alone would've >caused Sly himself to handpick Beck for a tribute to him. Hell >I wouldn't be surprised if Sly handpicked all white people >just to be contrarian and piss Black ppl off. It's why I'm not >a huge fan of him as a person. He's an incredibly creative >musician tho.
Wait he got flack for the kumbaya shit yes and on that cavet show with Ali he was a bit drugged out and worrying about changing the color of the flag while Ali clowned him about worrying about that nonsense than more serious issues of the day but how was that coonin? He stated he was Anti black stance in his memoir? Explain
40. "Flea had ONE FUCKING LINE to sing and couldn't learn it." In response to Reply # 38
SMH. Fucking disgraceful. I remember when niggas FLAMED Lupe Fiasco for not learning every word of a Tribe Called Quest song. I mean FLAMED him. Standards really do be different for white folks.
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 83562 posts
Sat Nov-22-25 11:35 AM
41. "how does anyone watch that and get upset with Beck? " In response to Reply # 40
Flea was mad disrespectful
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