"Family Affair" was the first new song by Sly & the Family Stone in almost two years and their third and final No. 1 single. What it wasn't, however, was a family affair. In the time since "Thank You ...

But pay attention to the movie’s title, as well as the “a.k.a.” that follows it. Sly Lives! — that exclamation point is earned — knows it doesn’t need to sell you on dancin’ to the music. Yet ...