It's probably easier to list who Sly and Robbie haven't worked with than who they have. In Jamaica, when we started out playing, what was on the radio was a small amount of reggae but also soul, funk, calypso, pop, rock, everything. More American sounds than reggae. The first bass part I ever tried to play was Satisfaction' by The Rolling Stones. And so, for Sly and Robbie, there's always been a logical link between the Ja sound and the rock and pop mainstream.
Friends is a brilliant confirmation of that sacred formula.
We wouldn't have it any other way.