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Questlove’s Brilliant New Documentary Is About So Much More Than Sly Stone
Some of the most striking insights here come from Questlove’s longtime collaborator D’Angelo, an artist whose musical gifts, tumultuous personal and professional history, and penchant for ...
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‘Sly Lives’: Questlove and Producer Joseph Patel Unpack the Documentary, Sly Stone’s History and the ‘Burden of Black Genius’
Like its predecessor, the Oscar and Grammy-winning “Summer of Soul” — which was also directed by the Roots’ Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and produced by Joseph Patel — “Sly Lives ...
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‘SLY LIVES!’ asks: What is the burden of Black genius?
Questlove’s follow-up to ‘Summer of Soul’ is a darker film that explores the question through the famous frontman of Sly & the Family Stone “SLY LIVES! (a.k.a The Burden of Black Genius ...
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A New Sly Stone Documentary from Questlove Confronts the ‘Burden of Black Genius’
Even Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson struggles with imposter syndrome. The Grammy Award-winning bandleader for The Roots says the feeling was particularly acute in 2021, when his documentary Summer of Soul ...