Sly Johnson

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EVRBDD (Everybody Dancin') 00:00 Tools
All the Time 00:00 Tools
Hey Mama 00:00 Tools
I'm Calling You 00:00 Tools
Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) 00:00 Tools
Slaave 2 00:00 Tools
Everybody's got to learn sometimes 00:00 Tools
Don't Do It 00:00 Tools
I.S.A.R 00:00 Tools
Is It Because I'm Black 00:00 Tools
Goodbye Tomorrow 00:00 Tools
Don't Justify Urself 00:00 Tools
Sexy 00:00 Tools
(You are a) STAR 00:00 Tools
26.06.74 00:00 Tools
Different Strokes 00:00 Tools
Couleur Café 00:00 Tools
Ouverture 00:00 Tools
Nasty Girl 00:00 Tools
Wet 00:00 Tools
Simply Beautiful 00:00 Tools
Good Morning 00:00 Tools
Real Motha Fo'Ya 00:00 Tools
Womenarium (feat. 2morrows Victory) 00:00 Tools
Why (feat. Rachel Claudio, Erik Truffaz & Valerie Delgado) 00:00 Tools
Magique 00:00 Tools
Les fleurs du mal 00:00 Tools
Lifeizgood (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
(You Are A) Star - 20Syl Remix 00:00 Tools
Music (feat. Oxmo Puccino & Magic Malik) 00:00 Tools
Take me to the river 00:00 Tools
Womenarium (Deezer Session) 00:00 Tools
Me & Bobby McGee 00:00 Tools
Libération Percussions (Retour Des Hommes) 00:00 Tools
I.S.A.R (Roddy Rod Grimeysoule Remix) 00:00 Tools
EVRBDD (Everybody Dancin') [123Mrk Remix] 00:00 Tools
(You Are A) Star (20Syl Remix) 00:00 Tools
Is It Because Im Back 00:00 Tools
Troy (Deezer Session) 00:00 Tools
Womenarium (Live @Sonos Studio London) 00:00 Tools
I'm Calling You Feat. Ayo 00:00 Tools
I Can't Help It (Dilouya's Blasfamous Mixxx) 00:00 Tools
Only Have Love 00:00 Tools
The Love of My Life Is Gone (Deezer Session) 00:00 Tools
EVRBDD (123Mrk remix) 00:00 Tools
Nasty Girl (Deezer Session) 00:00 Tools
The Love Of My Life Iz Gone 00:00 Tools
concrete reservation (used for '2 more dead') 00:00 Tools
Is It Because I'm Black? 00:00 Tools
I.S.A.R - Roddy Rod Grimeysoule Remix 00:00 Tools
I Only Have Love 00:00 Tools
The Love of My Life Is Gone (Live @Sonos Studio London) 00:00 Tools
Libération percussions - Retour des hommes 00:00 Tools
I hate I walked away 00:00 Tools
Nasty Girl (Live @Sonos Studio London) 00:00 Tools
Come Together (Deezer Session) 00:00 Tools
I?m Callin? You (The Audience Remix) 00:00 Tools
Music (feat. Oxmo Puccino Magic Malik) 00:00 Tools
Magique (Deezer Session) 00:00 Tools
I'm Calling You (Feat. Ayo) 00:00 Tools
Why (feat. Rachel Claudio, Erik Truffaz Valerie Delgado) 00:00 Tools
Come Together (Live @Sonos Studio London) 00:00 Tools
I Hear the Love Chimes 00:00 Tools
Troy (Live @Sonos Studio London) 00:00 Tools
everybody dancin’ 00:00 Tools
Is It Because I'm Back 00:00 Tools
Slaave 2 (feat. Slum Village) 00:00 Tools
EVRBDD (Everybody Dancin') [Tagi Solar Remix] 00:00 Tools
I'm Calling You ( feat Ayo ) 00:00 Tools
EVRBDD (Everybody Dancin') [Shash'U PWRFNK Remix] 00:00 Tools
Star 00:00 Tools
Is It Because I'm Back (Cypress Hill - Interlude) 00:00 Tools
We Did It 00:00 Tools
(You Are A) Star (feat. Rachel Claudio) 00:00 Tools
You Got to Move 00:00 Tools
EVRBDD (Everybody Dancin') [Tagi Power Remix] 00:00 Tools
EVRBDD 00:00 Tools
Magique (Live @Sonos Studio London) 00:00 Tools
Could I be falling in love 00:00 Tools
Womenarium 00:00 Tools
I.S.A.R. (Imagination, Supastition, Action, Relation) 00:00 Tools
Me Bobby McGee 00:00 Tools
I'm Callin' You - The Audience Remix 00:00 Tools
Everybodys Got To Learn Sometimes (The Korgis) 00:00 Tools
COME ON SOCK IT TO ME 00:00 Tools
Concrete Reservation 00:00 Tools
UFO A.K.A The Battle ft. Dj REVOLUTION (Produced by DA BEATBOXOLOGIST) 00:00 Tools
The Love Of My Life Iz Gone (Produced by TAGI) 00:00 Tools
Is It Because Im Black 00:00 Tools
Got2BeFunky (TAGI's RMX) 00:00 Tools
Is It Because I´m Black 00:00 Tools
ICHI ( I Can't Help It ) 00:00 Tools
EVRBDD (Everybody Dancin') Tagi's Solar Remix 00:00 Tools
I.S.A.R. 00:00 Tools
EVRBDD (123Mrk Remix) (Heavenly Sweetness) 00:00 Tools
Lifeizgood 00:00 Tools
Syl Johnson - Is It Because I'm Black 00:00 Tools
EVRBDD (Everybody Dancin') (TAGi's Solar Rmx) 00:00 Tools
Everybody's Got 2 Learn Sometimes (TAGI's RMX) 00:00 Tools
Hey Mama RMX (Produced by DA BEATBOXOLOGIST) 00:00 Tools
I'm Callin' You (The Audience Remix) 00:00 Tools
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa 00:00 Tools
Bonus track: EVRBDD (Everybody Dancin') 00:00 Tools
I'm Calling You (TAGI's RMX) 00:00 Tools
Kiss By Kiss 00:00 Tools
I'm Calling U (Frederick Refix) 00:00 Tools
Back For A Taste Of Your Love 00:00 Tools
Come Together 00:00 Tools
Minuit 00:00 Tools
ISAR 1st Version (Produced by BasUtBudet) 00:00 Tools
Dirty ft. Sean Price (Produced by DA BEATBOXOLOGIST) 00:00 Tools
That's just my luck 00:00 Tools
Right On 00:00 Tools
Slaave 2 (TAGI's RMX) 00:00 Tools
Is Is Because I'm Black (From Cypress Hill's Interlude) 00:00 Tools
Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa 00:00 Tools
Black Balloons 00:00 Tools
Goodbye Tomorrow (TAGI's RMX) 00:00 Tools
Don't Justify Yourself (TAGI's RMX) 00:00 Tools
Sly Tanaka Sound (Produced by DA BEATBOXOLOGIST) 00:00 Tools
Slaave 2 (Suite) 00:00 Tools
ISAR 00:00 Tools
Is It Because I'm Black? (Cypress Hill - Interlude) 00:00 Tools
Dirty feat. Sean Price (Prod. DA BEATBOXOLOGIST) 00:00 Tools
EVRBDD(EVERYBODY DANCIN ) 00:00 Tools
(You Are A) Star feat. Rachel Claudio 00:00 Tools
Everybody's Got To Learn Sometimes (The Korgis) 00:00 Tools
Come Together (Featuring Sly Johnson) 00:00 Tools
ICHI (I Can't Help It) 00:00 Tools
I'm Calling You feat Ayo (clip officiel) 00:00 Tools
Together Forever 00:00 Tools
Slaave 2 feat. Slum Village 00:00 Tools
I'm Calling You (Max Bungert Remix) 00:00 Tools
Is it because I'm black (cypress hill - interlude) 00:00 Tools
Everybody's got to learn... 00:00 Tools
EVRBDD (EVERYBODY DANCIN ) 00:00 Tools
Mr Wyatt (Featuring Sly Johnson) 00:00 Tools
Is It Because I'm Black (Cypress Hill - "Interlude") 00:00 Tools
Everybodys Got To Learn Sometimes 00:00 Tools
SLY JOHNSON - different strokes 00:00 Tools
Womenarium_Ft_2morrows_Victory_ 00:00 Tools
Good_Morning 00:00 Tools
EVRBDD (Everybody Dancin') (123Mrk remix) 00:00 Tools
Dresses Too Short 00:00 Tools
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French Rapper: http://www.myspace.com/slyjohnson Rebirth. This could have been an alternative title for the album, named “74” after the year Silvère Johnson was born. It marks the birth of artist Sly Johnson, formerly known as The Mic Buddah, a name he took on in celebration of the art he was to excel at excessively: beat-boxing. Using his voice to thunder and startle, he now realises he may have somewhat missed the point. The acrobat felt it was time for a change of direction: in 2010, he has added a pinch of soul to his high-flying vocal acrobatics. “Rap and all it stood for couldn’t be my key to self-discovery anymore. Soul music was the answer. It has always made me want to cry and dance at the same time.” Resurrection. In 2007, the end of the Saïan Supa Crew adventure marked the start of a new life for Sly. He was trying to find his feet and, by collaborating with various artists (Camille, Rokia Traoré, Erik Truffaz), he found his way: on the very edge of melody, and spirituality above all else. In the quest for his artistic identity, he was guided by Jean-Philippe Mano, a record dealer who helped this hip-hop enthusiast develop a taste for original versions and rare groove classics. “I discovered a world I was actually immersed in as a kid”. The world of his childhood, spent listening to his father’s LPs. Salsa, rumba, jazz, soul… Little Sly was all ears, ready to soak up this wealth of musical knowledge. But something vital was missing: his mother, who died in 2007. Redemption. This is the emotion that imbues the eponymous track on this debut, “26/06/74”, a slam with shiny soul overtones. This theme sets the tone for the album: his songs tell a lot about him between the lines, like the puzzle pieces of his portrait, outlining his desires. Each track reveals a slice of life, a slice of his life, filled with self-doubt and selfless love, experienced in spite of himself and in spite of the odds. He has also chosen to cover two songs: “Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa” (Sad Song) by Otis Redding, a swamp blues into which he pours all of his beat-boxing savoir-faire, and “Everybody’s Got to Learn Sometimes” by The Korgis, a pop song he used to cry over as a kid, which he renders sensually here, with his bare voice. Revival. Sly reaches beyond the confines of nu-soul on this record, which lays bare his doubts and painful experiences. It is underpinned from start to finish by the lifeline, the essential pulsation that is his voice, covering the full range from singing to beat-boxing, from vinyl crackles to velvety soul tones. This French artist wrote the album around his own voice, and then let producer Jay Newland (Norah Jones, Ayo) work his magic on it. The same kind of magic Larry Gold – the mythical Philadelphia Sound arranger (Erykah Badu, The Roots, Justin Timberlake) – was to use in weaving a magnificent, sensitive and subtle strings and brass sound fabric. Sly is backed by a team of musicians that are also “Great Black Music” enthusiasts, as well as handpicked guests: the Slumvillage rappers he has always admired and singer Ayo. This faithful friend had always told him: “Sly, you’re more of a singer than a rapper.” Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.