Sly Stone's legacy will live on in the revolutionary music he recorded in his prime, not to mention the music that music inspired, as celebrated in a recent documentary by Questlove of The Roots, “Sl...

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Brian Wilson, whose death at age 82 was announced today, left a profound impact on pop music, record production and American culture.

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