Travie McCoy Starts a Party With Cee-Lo on 'Lazarus'

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Travie McCoy may be taking a break from his band Gym Class Heroes, but he's doing just fine as a solo artist. The breezy summer jam "Billionaire" from his solo debut Lazarus has been rocketing up the Hot 100, sitting this week at Number Four, while the album debuted at Number 27. McCoy recently dropped by the Rolling Stone offices to talk about the record, what it was like to collaborate with Ke$ha and Cee-Lo and why his favorite band Bad Rabbits are the modern-day version of Prince protégès the Time. Watch the full interview above, and for more on the disc, check out Travie McCoy Beats His Demons, Crafts Bumping Summer Solo Debut.

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“Everyday People”

Sly and the Family Stone | 1968

"Everyday People" managed to trailblaze in two different ways -- it was one of the first pop hits to deal with the subject of racial harmony, and it utilized Larry Graham's "slap" technique on the bass guitar, which would soon be copied by countless other bassists. Graham once said about his pulsating style, "I'd never done that before … that's where the freedom of creativity came in for the band, that we'd be allowed to do that." In 1978, the song's line "Different strokes for different folks" would be borrowed for the title of the hit television show Diff'rent Strokes.

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