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"Family Affair" has been heavily covered, with versions by Tyrone Davis, The Brothers Johnson, MFSB, Iggy Pop, Bunny Wailer, Andrew Roachford, and many more.The song's drum machine-created rhythm was duplicated in several early to mid-1970s recordings, in particular The Temptations' "Let Your Hair Down" (1973), and Stevie Wonder's "You Haven't Done Nothin'" (1974).
"Family Affair" received critical acclaim. Alexis Petridis from The Guardian declared the song one "of the all-time great pop-R&B party bangers. Everything about "Family Affair" is perfection: Dr Dre’s simple but devastatingly effective production; Blige’s economical, understated vocal; the fact that every melody line sounds like a hook."
A commercial success, There's a Riot Goin' On topped the Billboard Pop Album and Soul Album charts, while its lead single "Family Affair" reached number one on the Pop Singles chart. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The album was eventually certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of at least one million copies in the US ...
At the 44th Annual Grammy Awards, the album became her fourth consecutive project to be nominated for Best R&B Album, though it lost to Alicia Keys's Songs in A Minor (2001). [44] Meanwhile, the album's lead single, "Family Affair", received a nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, also losing to "Fallin'" (2001) by Keys. [44]
30. “The Nights” by Avicii. Release Year: 2014 Genre: Dance/Electronic Written by Swedish DJ Tim Bergling, better known as Avicii, this song is an ode to his father and has a surprisingly deep ...
Netflix has released the trailer for its new romantic comedy “A Family Affair,” starring Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron, Joey King, Liza Koshy and Kathy Bates, from the producers of “Anyone but ...
A Family Affair opens with Zara reaching the end of her rope with the childish, demanding Chris, the bulked-up and stuck-up star of a hit action-fantasy franchise. He’s in a restaurant, about to ...
It also included instrumental covers of "Back Stabbers" by The O'Jays, "Family Affair" by Sly & The Family Stone, and "Freddie's Dead" by Curtis Mayfield. The 2002 reissue on Epic/Legacy Records adds a live version of "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)". The only single from the album was "Family Affair", having "Lay In Low", as a B-side.