The Motown Hip Hop

By Samuel M. Newman


Growing up in the City of Detroit during the early sixties was a memorable era for music. It was a period of time whereby the unique sounding records of Motown were being played and heard throughout the streets, nightclubs, house parties and radio stations everywhere. It was common to have the soulful R and B records playing on the jukeboxes while folks were dancing in the streets or singing in the barber shops and beauty parlors to the love songs that eventually captivated the hearts of millions of people throughout the world. Music CD's and rap music were not heard of during that period, it was all about the vinyl records and rhythm and blues soul.

The songs which are written through Motown songwriters during the 60's and 70's had much meaning. They had been songs that will spoke about true love, current events as well as the heartache along with pains of life suffers from. Oh yes, Motown had it taking place! Their music started to be universal audio. Many in the soulful melodies crossed more than into additional markets for example pop, jazz, blues, etc. But the same as George Benson said in a of his / her recordings 'Everything Must Change', and sure enough, he was right about the music.

After giving so many years service and great music to the City of Detroit, Motown moved out and Rap/Hip Hop moved in. Instead of hearing someone singing My Baby Loves Me or My Girl, you began to hear new sounding lyrics of street experience expressed in rhythms with the mouth, chest, hands and feet as such had never been heard before.

This brand new sound named Rap evolved within the early 80's and took off as a sky rocket inside the late 90's as well as New Centuries as Hip Hop/Rap. Even these days Rap/Hip Hop music remains to be a multi billion buck genre. Millions regarding CD's, videos as well as DVD's can be purchased each year in the Hip Hop genre of tunes. And there is no sign that will Hip Hop is going to be slowing lower or going for a back seats to anyone anytime rapidly.

So what happened to the Motown sound? Did that die out? No! The Motown sound won't ever die out there. It will always play a significant part in the hearts of millions that embraced it is sound in the early 60's, and ongoing to complete that sound on their children through the entire 70's, 80's along with 90's.

Sometimes you just have to move over and let the new kids on the block have a turn in expressing their musical talents, songs and ideas. And now the Hip Hop artists are not the new kids on the block anymore, for they have taken their position to express themselves musically, just like the rhythm and blues artists took their position to express themselves in the Motown era.




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