Sly only made 2 albums and 1 was a live. His music was soft for cross over. Music and outfits were dated. Strictly a studio band. I know the Wailers blew them out the water with that raw funky sound.

Thanks for this video on Nicodemus. His best song was: Suzy Wong

My friend Carla Swaby uncle. Always use to see Nicco in Waterhouse and always wearing burgundy red.

Did he sick or something RIP

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You pretty much CONFIRMED what everybody knew. The Wailers were what Sly and the Family sold themselves to their audience as: conscious, modern rebels, but it was like the Ali Baba tale where the merchant sold the natives as as salt until a merchant arrived and sold the natives real salt, and that was the end of Ali.

I had no idea this went down. I’ve lost all respect for Sly and the Family Stone. ETA: was born in ‘73 but still a huge fan of music from that era.

Rip my condolences to his family and friends also fans let’s remember him like we know and his legacy lives on through us forever 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

RIP DJ

no one killed nardo he is my brother in law ..one of the most dedicated and intelligent person ive ever met ..just a day before his death we were doing our usual world even talks , about world politics, economy u name it ... he was way more than just an artist . as stated extremely intelligent, we last spoke of how we can change the world ... if u knew him u would know exactly what im saying ...when i got the call when paramedics was on seen .. i was lost and flabbergasted when i heard they called his death .... love you nardo u will live on

Marley is way overrated as a musician. He had more social influence than musical. Stone is a musical genius. Marley is a mediocre musician.

Burrrrup did a nash up de place RIP prayers 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

I've read that Bob Marley threatened Slim Smith with a knife after a concert. I always wondered about that and the end of Slim's life

ONE OF THE FIRST JAMAICAN DJ TO GO ON THE AMERICAN BILLBOARD AT #16 THATS MASSIVE MASSIVE AAAALLLLLL NOW ,RIP NARDO YOU DID HIT 👏...

Jah jah crow walk good mi dwag

Pon di frontline

Oh please! I’m not buying that at all. It was probably over a woman, as both Sly and Bob were notorious F-Boys. Add drugs to the mix and who knows. Sly’s alive, ask him!

Jamaicans rejected Rastas now they want to claim them as their own😂 Bob wanted his Afro descent people in the struggle for freedom in the USA to hear him. " Play I on the R and B, I want all my people to see "

Have you heard the story of Marley threatening Slim Smith with a knife at a concert? That made me see him in a different light

Reggie is fine, its incredible they made an entire genre of a single song. However, sly was so much more innovative and diverse in sound than all of reggae put together.

Great musician.

I’ve met 18 years ago in Brooklyn

I remember seeing Yabby at the Sierra Music Festival 20+ years ago. He absolutely blew us all away with songs like Judgement Time and Walls Of Jerusalem. One thing we didn't know about Yabby You until we saw him was his disability. Like the members of Israel Vibrations, he seemed to have a hard time getting around. Maybe childhood Polio or maybe issues from working at the foundry. Whatever the case, what a great songwriter and a great man. Thank you for keeping these artists alive! 🙏

Sad! Fever is still one of my favorite reggae albums of all time.

By the time this concert took place, the Commodores were already going in a much more Pop, Ballad and Country Music direction. Their material was much more mellow and their shows wouldn't have been as energetic as they were just a few years earlier. If you watch live performances of the Commodores before 1979, their performances were absolutely fire and they were much more a Funk band. Lionel Richie went solo after all the success they were having from the more mellow Pop stuff he wrote after the Funk period. That's the version of the Commodores the Wailers opened for...already on the decline.

SADDLY MISS. R I. P. NARDO. RANKING. NANNYVILLE. TEXAS

Two great artists for sure… A lot of Bob Marley‘s popularity can simply be traced to the popularity of cannabis… And his association with it. When you have a cocktail mix of drugs, money, youth etc. you’re definitely going to get a hangover. I’m giving sly and the family stone the win musically, but only by the slimmest of margins. And I think everybody can agree that we wish we were at the show😊

When him pass ??

Sly Stone was always known as a drug user, who would show up hours late to a show. The Wailers signed up for a 30 show tour. After 4 shows, Sly fired them from the tour. Sly didn't like being shown up by the opening act!

SLEEP iN PEACE DJ

I first heard reggae over the radio, with Double Barrel, loved it, but forgot it. Next in a record/head shop, heard Babylon by Bus. I WAS HOOKED! Bob Marley and the Wailers forever!

It's difficult to have two geniuses on tour with each other. From what I've experienced, this is normal behavior. I've found that the best approach is to have a "Sit down" with each other, a day before hitting the stage. Break the tension. The Wailers were a 70s super group. By '74 Sly & Family Stone had burned out.

BC = Before Cliff; AC- Anno Cliffo

Sly dumped them, and Karma handled him after.

Big Artist & Icon of de 90 1❤.. For all da Family & Loved one...Rest in Jah arms...

beautiful for telling this story! thank you

If the j's didn't run the music business, it wouldn't really be well known.

Lies and lies

Respect 🫡 ✊🏾✊🏾🙏🏿

Ole sly cant hold the Wailers jockstrap

Jah bless nardo rank rip my youth ❤😢

People need to visit and respect jamaica more. I visited and couldnt believe dow diverse the country is. There are chinese and indian on top of white jamaicans. Thats goat curry and goat with ramen. Everyone there pretty much gets along

He did his work, sleep in peace Nardo Ranks, job well done.🙏🏾🇯🇲

Jah know RIP FAMBO

These events are true but nothing nah go so

I remember seeing him on the 1990 Sting poster and heard couple of his music over a five years duration, but after that his appearance and music declined and I never heard of him again until just now at a low and vibrational moment concerning his death. That's always a heavy one... Rise In Power to a brother I've never met!

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Respect..

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Rest well king another icon never forgotten 🙏🏿