ABSTRACT
Sly and the Family Stone helped pioneer one of dominant styles of the 1970s, funk music. Their variant fused the psychedelic rock of the late 1960s with classic soul; in that sense, it differed considerably from the bass-heavy grooves of mainstream funk. As popular on the pop charts as with urban Black youth, the group greatly influenced the careers of later crossover giants such as George Clinton, mastermind of the Parliament/Funkadelic collective, Rick James, and Prince.
