motown

  1. Hathaway

    The Day David Ruffin & The Temptations put the Music World on Notice..

    May 28, 1967. Regular day for most people. A Sunday. But Sundays were special. Nah not just football. Not just church. The mf Ed Sullivan show. 8pm nikka. This night though, Ed had something planned. Some real shyt. fukk a Elvis. fukk the Beatles. We off that:camby: Let's see what they got...
  2. Playaz Eyez

    JT - City Cinderella [July 19th]

    Her first solo “mixtape” coming at the end of the month. I actually like two of the three singles from it so far. No cute shyt, though I’m sure the release will have a couple cute tracks I’ll listen to once and never again. @CrushedGroove @old boy @LevelUp @bourgeoisie tall freak...
  3. TreySav

    When white people found out Frankie Lymon was black

    Cacettes were mad as hell This one was like 👇🏿
  4. Hathaway

    Young Michael Jackson is the GOAT child vocalist.

    Every so often, I'd scroll on Youtube and look at the old videos of the J5 performing and every time, I am amazed by young Mike's vocal ability. The only other child that amazed me like that was a 12 year old Jazmine Sullivan. But Mike was on some other shyt. Smokey Robinson the Gawd told the...
  5. Spiritual Stratocaster

    Jackson 5 knock The Beatles out TOP 100..Mike buys their catalog next

    :wow: The Jackson 5 first 4 songs went to No.1 on the 100 chart. They knocked the Beatles out of first place....no.other motown legends couldn't do it. The J5 then in all their interviews have to lie and say they were influenced by the Beatles:mjlol: Mike then goes on to become a global...
  6. Baka's Weird Case

    Hamilton Bohannon passes away, Motown drummer who played with LEGENDS

    Hamilton Bohannon, disco and Motown star, dies aged 78 The US disco, funk and soul musician Hamilton Bohannon, who backed Motown’s greats before starting a respected solo career, has died at age 78. No cause of death has been announced, according to the Newnan Times-Herald newspaper in the...
  7. B

    Just To Keep You Satisfied(1970)

    Marvin Gaye produced the hell outta these vocal arrangements, and The Originals killed it. :whew: Then Marvin stripped the background and went solo with this track, detailing his bitter divorce from Anna Gordy Gaye. :whew: And even before that, it was an upbeat tune done by The Monitor's...
  8. Archangel

    Rate This Group | Day 16 | The Jackson 5

    Day 15 featured Tony Toni Tone and they scored fairly highly with a 8.5/10 https://www.thecoli.com/threads/rate-this-group-day-15-tony-toni-tone.730454/ Leaderboard: https://www.thecoli.com/threads/rate-this-group-leaderboard.727112/ PAY ATTENTION Voters will vote on the featured group...
  9. Archangel

    Rate This Group | Day 10 | The Temptations

    New Edition crushed the buildings on day 9 with a 9.0/10 taking the #1 spot. https://www.thecoli.com/threads/rate-this-group-day-9-new-edition.729226/ Leaderboard: https://www.thecoli.com/threads/rate-this-group-leaderboard.727112/ PAY ATTENTION Voters will vote on the featured group picking...
  10. Unknown Poster

    New billboard in Detroit states it is the "Birthplace Of Techno Music" #BLACKEXCELLENCE

    Production company Paxahau has removed and replaced the Movement billboard that stood at the Russell Industrial Center advertising the festival year-round to drivers along I-75. We'd occasionally debated with vehicle passengers whether the annual three-day event necessitated an advertisement...
  11. R

    Motown's Berry Gordy is a CAC?

    Berry Gordy, Jr. was born to the middle-class family of Berry Gordy II (also known as Berry Gordy, Sr.), who had relocated to Detroit from Oconee in Washington County, Georgia, in 1922.[2] The first Berry Gordy was the son of a white plantation owner in Georgia and his female slave. Berry Gordy...
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