| Growing up in the City of Detroit during the early sixties | | | | sounding lyrics of street experience expressed in |
| was a memorable era for music. It was a period of | | | | rhythms with the mouth, chest, hands and feet as such |
| time whereby the unique sounding records of Motown | | | | had never been heard before. |
| were being played and heard throughout the streets, | | | | This new sound called Rap evolved in the early 80's |
| nightclubs, house parties and radio stations | | | | and took off as a sky rocket in the late 90's and New |
| everywhere. It was common to have the soulful R and | | | | Millennium as Hip Hop/Rap. Even today Rap/Hip Hop |
| B records playing on the jukeboxes while folks were | | | | music is still a multi billion dollar genre. Millions of cds, |
| dancing in the streets or singing in the barber shops | | | | videos and dvd's are sold each year in the Hip Hop |
| and beauty parlors to the love songs that eventually | | | | genre of music. And there is no sign that Hip Hop will |
| captivated the hearts of millions of people throughout | | | | be slowing down or taking a back seat to anyone |
| the world. Music cds and rap music were not heard of | | | | anytime soon. |
| during that period, it was all about the vinyl records and | | | | So what happened to the Motown sound.... did it die |
| rhythm and blues soul. | | | | out? No! The Motown sound will never die out. It will |
| The songs that were written by Motown songwriters | | | | always play a significant part in the hearts of millions |
| during the 60's & 70's had so much meaning. They | | | | who embraced it's sound back in the early 60's, and |
| were songs that spoke about true love, current events | | | | continued to pass that sound on to their children |
| and the heartache and pains of life experiences. Oh | | | | throughout the 70's, 80's and 90's. |
| yes, Motown had it going on! Their music became | | | | Sometimes you just have to move over and let the |
| universal music. Many of the soulful tunes crossed | | | | new kids on the block have a turn in expressing their |
| over into other markets such as pop, jazz, blues, etc... | | | | musical talents, songs and ideas. That's what Motown |
| But just like George Benson said in one of his | | | | did...moved over-not out. And now the Hip Hop artists |
| recordings "Everything Must Change", and sure enough, | | | | are not the new kids on the block anymore, for they |
| he was right about the music. | | | | have taken their position to express themselves |
| After giving so many years service and great music | | | | musically, just like the rhythm and blues artists took |
| to the City of Detroit, Motown moved out and Rap/Hip | | | | their position to express themselves in the Motown |
| Hop moved in. Instead of hearing someone singing My | | | | era. |
| Baby Loves Me or My Girl, you began to hear new | | | | That's how we've gone from Motown to Hip Hop! |