“Boom laka laka laka! Boom laka laka laka!”
It’s hard to believe that there was a time when such an utterance was unknown to the world. But it did come from somewhere (and mutate into “boom shaka laka laka”), and that somewhere was the mind of Sylvester Stewart, better known to us all as Sly Stone. If for some reason that name doesn’t mean anything to you, well, I’m slightly envious because Questlove’s Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius), thefollow-up to his Oscar-winning documentary Summer of Soul now streaming on Hulu and Disney+, is an overstuffed treasure chest of musical exploration in addition to being (as the full title suggests) a thoughtful social inquiry.
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