sly stone is my pick
nobody writes like him, sings like him etc etc. he's was a true innovator and pioneer in music
sly stone was just too incredible for words, a true genius
sly stone wrote standard songs in music; with his sound, he had like a slick sense of pop sensibility but it was still soulful at the core surrounded by funk, i'm talkin' bout like funkiest smell you can imagine!


listen to this shyt! that damn bassline
this right here
he was a great writer in the way that bob dylan was (better than bob if you ask me

) but he had that soul and grit that james brown had in his music and he helped pioneer funk; even george clinton looks up to sly stone
you can hear sly's influence in so many like stevie wonder for example and he's prince's musical hero/father
