Sly Stone

**Sylvester Stewart** (Maris 15, 1943 - Yuni 9, 2025), wanda aka fi sani da sunansa na **Sly Stone**, ɗan ƙasar Amirka ne, marubucin waƙa kuma mai shirya rikodin. Ya kasance mai gabatar da Sly da Family Stone, yana taka muhimmiyar rawa a ci gaban ruhun psychedelic da funk tare da haɗin kai na rai, dutse, psychedelia, da bishara a cikin shekarun 1960 da 1970. AllMusic ya bayyana cewa "James Brown na iya kirkirar funk, amma Sly Stone ya kammala shi," kuma ya yaba masa da "halicci jerin rikodin farin ciki duk da haka na siyasa wanda ya tabbatar da babban tasiri ga masu fasaha na duk faɗin kiɗa da al'adu". *Cutar Cutar Casar Casar Cutar Cadar* ya yaba masa a matsayin wanda ya kafa motsi na "ruhu mai ci gaba".

An haife shi a Denton, Texas, kuma ya girma a Bay Area birnin Vallejo a Arewacin California, Stone ya ƙware da kayan kida da yawa tun yana ƙarami kuma ya yi kiɗa na bishara tun yana yaro tare da 'yan uwansa (da abokan ƙungiyar nan gaba) Freddie da Rose. A tsakiyar shekarun 1960, ya yi aiki a matsayin mai samar da rikodin Autumn Records da kuma dan wasan disc na gidan rediyo na San Francisco KDIA . [1] A shekara ta 1966, Stone da ɗan'uwansa Freddie sun shiga ƙungiyarsu tare don kafa Sly da Family Stone, wani nau'i na launin fata, aikin jinsi. Kungiyar za ta ci kwallo ciki har da "Dance to the Music" (1968), "Everyday People" (1968). "Na gode (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) " (1969), "Ina so in ɗauke ku mafi girma" (1969), ""Family Affair" (1971), da kuma "If You Want Me to Stay" (1973) da kuma kundin da aka yaba ciki har da Stand! (1969), Akwai tashin hankali da aka fara (1971), da kuma Fresh (1973)

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
An haifi Sylvester Stewart a Denton, Texas, a ranar 15 ga Maris, 1943, kafin iyalin su koma Vallejo, California,  a Arewacin Bay na San Francisco Bay Area. Shi ne na biyu cikin yara biyar da aka haifa wa K.C. da Alpha Stewart, ma'aurata masu zurfin addini. A matsayin wani ɓangare na koyarwar Ikilisiyar Allah a cikin Kristi (COGIC), wanda dangin Stewart suka kasance, iyaye sun ƙarfafa faɗar kiɗa a cikin gidansu na tsakiya. Sylvester da ɗan'uwansa Freddie, tare da 'yan'uwansu Rose da Loretta, sun kafa "Stewart Four" a matsayin yara, suna yin kiɗa na bishara a coci. Sun yi rikodin kuma sun saki a cikin gida 78 rpm guda, "On the Battlefield" b / w "Walking in Jesus' Name", a watan Agustan shekara ta 1956. Sai kawai 'yar'uwarsu Loretta ba ta bi aikin kiɗa ba; sauran, gami da' yar'uwarta Vaetta ko "Vet", daga baya za su ɗauki sunan mahaifiyar "Stone" kuma su bi sha'awar kiɗa.

## Ayyuka
A tsakiyar shekarun 1960, Stone ya yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da faifai ga San Francisco, California, gidan rediyo na KSOL, inda ya haɗa da masu wasan kwaikwayo irin su The Beatles da The Rolling Stones a cikin jerin waƙoƙinsa. A wannan lokacin, ya yi aiki a matsayin mai samar da rikodin ma'aikata don Autumn Records, yana samar da mafi yawan fararen yankunan San Francisco kamar The Beau Brummels, The Mojo Men, Bobby Freeman, da ƙungiyar farko ta Grace Slick, The Great Society . 

### Nasarar Sly da Family Stone

Bayan wani kundi na farko da aka karɓa, A Whole New Thing (1967), Sly da Family Stone sun sami waƙoƙin farko tare da "Dance to the Music", wanda daga baya aka haɗa shi a cikin kundi na biyu na wannan sunan (1968).  Kodayake kundi na uku, Life (kuma 1968), ya sha wahala daga ƙananan tallace-tallace, kundi na huɗu, Stand!  (1969), ya zama gagarumin nasara, yana sayar da fiye da miliyan uku kuma ya haifar da lambar daya, "Mutanen yau da kullun".   A lokacin rani na shekara ta 1969, Sly da Family Stone sun kasance daya daga cikin manyan sunayen a cikin kiɗa, suna fitar da wasu manyan mutane biyar, "Hot Fun in the Summertime" da "Na gode (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)  "/"Kowane mutum Star ne", kafin ƙarshen shekara kuma ya bayyana a Woodstock .   A lokacin rani na shekara ta 1969, Sly da Family Stone sun kuma yi wasan kwaikwayo a Summer of Soul a Harlem kuma sun sami amsa mai ban sha'awa daga babban taron.

Tare da David Kapralik wanda ya kawo Sly da Family Stone zuwa rikodin Epic, Stone ya kafa Stone Flower Productions, kamfani wanda duka biyu suka mallaka. Kapralik ya taka rawa da yawa a cikin aikin Sly, yana aiki a matsayin furodusa da mai ba da shawara. Ana ganin Sly a wasu lokuta yana sanye da wuyan Star of David, wanda wasu kafofin suka fassara shi azaman girmamawa ga Kapralik. Alamar da ke da kayan da kamfanin ya samar, Stone Flower Records, Atlantic Records ta rarraba rikodin su.

### Matsalolin mutum
Tare da sabon shahararren da aka samu da kuma nasarar da aka samu ya zo da matsaloli da yawa. Dangantaka a cikin ƙungiyar tana lalacewa; akwai rikici musamman tsakanin 'yan uwan Stone da Larry Graham. Epic ta nemi karin fitarwa. Jam'iyyar Black Panther ta bukaci Stone ya sa waƙarsa ta fi tsattsauran ra'ayi kuma ta fi nuna motsi na ikon baƙar fata,  ya maye gurbin Greg Errico da Jerry Martini da masu amfani da kayan baƙar fata. 

Rubuce-rubucen kai tsaye na Sly da Family Stone sun ragu tun 1970, saboda masu tallatawa suna jin tsoron cewa Stone ko ɗaya daga cikin membobin ƙungiyar na iya rasa wasan kwaikwayon, ƙin yin wasa, ko kuma ya fita daga amfani da miyagun ƙwayoyi. Wadannan batutuwan sun kasance abubuwan da suka faru a kai a kai ga ƙungiyar a cikin shekarun 1970s, kuma suna da mummunar tasiri ga ikon su na neman kuɗi don yin rajista kai tsaye. A cikin 1970, an soke kide-kide 26 daga cikin 80, kuma wasu da yawa sun fara da wuri. A yawancin waɗannan wasan kwaikwayon, masu halartar kide-kide sun yi tashin hankali idan ƙungiyar ta kasa bayyana, ko kuma idan Stone ya fita kafin ya gama saitin sa. Ken Roberts ya zama mai gabatar da kungiyar, kuma daga baya janar manajan su, lokacin da babu wasu wakilan da za su yi aiki tare da ƙungiyar saboda rikodin halartar su. A watan Janairun 1975, ƙungiyar ta yi rajista a Radio City Music Hall a New York. Gidan kiɗa mai suna kawai kashi ɗaya cikin takwas ne, kuma Stone da kamfanin dole ne su tara kuɗi don komawa gida. Bayan aikin Rediyo City, an rushe ƙungiyar.

Stone ya ci gaba da yin rikodin wasu kundi hudu a matsayin mai zane-zane (kawai High on You (1975) an sake shi a ƙarƙashin sunansa kawai; sauran uku an sake su a ƙarƙashin sunan "Sly & The Family Stone").  A shekara ta 1976, Stone ya tara sabon Family Stone kuma ya saki Heard Ya Missed Me, Well I'm Back . 1979's Back on the Right Track ya biyo baya, kuma a 1982 Ain't But the One Way aka saki, wanda ya fara ne a matsayin kundin haɗin gwiwa tare da George Clinton, amma daga baya mai gabatarwa Stewart Levine ya kammala shi don saki. Babu wani daga cikin wadannan kundin da ya samu nasara sosai.

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