The Isley Brothers
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Didn't Ronald Isley do jail time for non-payment of his taxes because he said paying taxes was racist?
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10/23/2025, 2:42:02 AM
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It's Your Thing: The Story of the Isley Brothers [Epic/Legacy/T-Neck, 1999]
Not counting them Beefheart digs, this triple is the single-artist box of the year by acclamation, and why not? It does an honorable job on a significant band whose catalog cries out for landscaping. And compared to the completist monoliths on the Isleys from UA and RCA, it distinguishes hills from dales pretty nice. But folks, this is only the Isley Brothers. They gave us "Twist and Shout" and "It's Your Thing" and, um, "That Lady," they hired Jimi Hendrix young and learned a few things, they formed their own label and held on like heroes. They have a great single disc in them. But who's up for canonization next? Frankie Beverly and Maze? A-
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10/23/2025, 2:49:04 AM
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>>128186388
No but he did go to prison for tax evasion
Anonymous
10/23/2025, 2:50:41 AM
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Davis Bowie could tell you what the Isley Brothers meant to a black teenager but try explaining that to Mark Goodman…
>>128186343 (OP)
These were some Zesty ass bucks
Anonymous
10/23/2025, 3:08:58 AM
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>>128186343 (OP)
more like Islame Brothers
Anonymous
10/23/2025, 3:25:50 AM
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>>128186343 (OP)
They were literally The Beatles to black people as black people love em, good band. Not one of my personal favorites but still a legendary band.
Anonymous
10/23/2025, 4:03:18 AM
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GOAT status one of the greatest bands ever.
Anonymous
10/23/2025, 4:22:52 AM
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Summer Breeze is one of the best songs I've ever heard, that guitar solo is nuts.
Anonymous
10/23/2025, 4:22:58 AM
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Ronald has kept the group going by replacing dead/retired members with his younger relatives.
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10/23/2025, 4:25:14 AM
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gotta give them some credit for starting in the late 50s and lasting into the Reagan years
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10/23/2025, 5:09:25 AM
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>>128186343 (OP)
Their probably the oldest band still active they released their first album in 1959 and are still active pretty sure they did some concerts earlier this year. Sure most of the original members are dead but Ronald and Ernie are still around.
I'll be honest I'm not that familiar with their music but the stuff I heard from them was good.
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10/23/2025, 5:46:57 AM
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>>128186343 (OP)
Their probably the most sampled artist/group in history rappers love sampling their music.
medieval isley brothers be like 'tis thy thing... do what thou willst
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10/23/2025, 5:49:52 AM
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>>128188365
Someone get Hildegard von Blingin
Anonymous
10/23/2025, 10:45:33 AM
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>>128186343 (OP)
So are they actually brothers or not? And what brothers music groups are actually brothers?
Anonymous
10/23/2025, 2:02:41 PM
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They're fucken amazing.
Listen to this cover they made:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC6qOvfgDJI
Anonymous
10/23/2025, 7:12:49 PM
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>>128186343 (OP)
Never liked em the guitar tone in their music is horrible to me
Anonymous
10/23/2025, 7:15:56 PM
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my aunt named my cousin Isley after them
Anonymous
10/23/2025, 7:23:22 PM
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>>128186504
showing that you were secure in your masculinity was all the rage for a while. women are extremely conscious of security
Anonymous
10/23/2025, 11:17:53 PM
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Voyage of Atlantis is my favorite song by them but my dad likes them far more than I do
