Motown Classics 2: 1972-1998
Various Artists
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- The Basics
At the beginning of the '70s, Motown moved its H.Q. to L.A., and the legendary assembly-line era was over. Not only had key artists — think Marvin, Stevie, Smokey, and Diana — grown professionally, they'd also grown artistically, demanding more independence. Though Gordy & co. still turned to them for hits, they also groomed new artists as their potential replacements. While the Commodores built their rep as make-out music masters on Lionel Richie's chrome-plated pipes, it's Walter Orange's nasal, funk-dripping growl that drives "Brick House" to the pinnacle of discofied nastayness. Funk-fortified superfreak Rick James dials the thermostat up to smoldering with protégé/partner/superfreakette Teena Marie on "Fire and Desire." And Boyz II Men took their hip-hop doo-wop harmonies to the top of the charts for 14 weeks with "I'll Make Love to You," only to knock themselves from the top spot — something that hadn't happened since Beatlemania's heyday.
In Next Steps, we hear from an artist who started out as "Little," but ended up a giant; a singer whose "distant lover" brought a whole coliseum to its feet; and a guy who no longer needed Miracles to make miraculous hits.$30.66 The Basics
Name Artist Time Price 1 Brick House The Commodores 3:27 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 Let's Get It On Marvin Gaye 3:59 $1.29 View In iTunes 3 Superstition Stevie Wonder 4:04 $1.29 View In iTunes 4 Super Freak Rick James 3:24 $1.29 View In iTunes 5 Upside Down Diana Ross 3:37 $1.29 View In iTunes 6 Cruisin' (Album Edit) Smokey Robinson 4:28 $1.29 View In iTunes 7 Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye) Gladys Knight & The Pips 4:23 $1.29 View In iTunes 8 I'll Make Love to You Boyz II Men 3:56 $1.29 View In iTunes 9 You Are the Sunshine of My Life Stevie Wonder 2:57 $1.29 View In iTunes 10 Easy The Commodores 4:15 $0.99 View In iTunes 11 Don't Leave Me This Way (Single Version) Thelma Houston 3:38 $1.29 View In iTunes 12 Let It Whip Dazz Band 4:06 $1.29 View In iTunes 13 Got to Give It Up, Pt. 1 Marvin Gaye 4:12 $1.29 View In iTunes 14 Treat Her Like a Lady The Temptations 4:16 $1.29 View In iTunes 15 Fire and Desire Rick James & Teena Marie 7:18 $1.29 View In iTunes 16 I Like It DeBarge 4:39 $1.29 View In iTunes 17 My, My, My Johnny Gill 5:19 $1.29 View In iTunes 18 Keep On Truckin', Pt. 1 Eddie Kendricks 3:34 $1.29 View In iTunes 19 All Night Long Mary Jane Girls 5:48 $1.29 View In iTunes 20 Square Biz Teena Marie 3:43 $1.29 View In iTunes 21 Endless Love (Soundtrack Version) Diana Ross & Lionel Richie 4:24 $1.29 View In iTunes 22 Love Machine, Pt. 1 The Miracles 2:58 $1.29 View In iTunes 23 Dancing Machine Jackson 5 2:36 $1.29 View In iTunes 24 Don't Look Any Further (Single Version) Dennis Edwards 4:04 $1.29 View In iTunes Total: 24 Songs - Next Steps
Despite the move (and all the newcomers to the Hitsville family), Motown still raked in bushels of hits from the legends who'd turned it into a musical powerhouse. The man once known as "Little" Stevie Wonder couldn't have gotten any bigger than when he cut his triple- GRAMMY®-winning performances on Songs In the Key of Life, including the chart-topping cauldron of hip-bumpin' funk "I Wish (Single Edit)." One of the smoothest of smooth grooves ever rolled out within the confines of a recording studio, Marvin Gaye's "Distant Lover (Live Edit 1974 Oakland-Alameda Coliseum)" took on a whole new level of seduction in front of an audience packed with women who — quite vocally — demonstrate their eagerness to aid in Marvin's sexual healing. But where Gaye's ballad ripples with the dark undercurrent of s-e-x, Smokey Robinson's sugar-spun "Being With You (Single)" glides along, light and fluffy as a cloud of love. And it became the biggest hit of his solo career.
In Deep Cuts, we'll hear from a musical family once thought to be the Jacksons' heirs, a Temptation gone solo, and the sparkle-gloved King of Pop himself.$27.18 Next Steps
Name Artist Time Price 1 I Wish (Single Edit) Stevie Wonder 4:31 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 Lady (You Bring Me Up) The Commodores 4:49 $1.29 View In iTunes 3 I'm Coming Out Diana Ross 3:55 $1.29 View In iTunes 4 Being With You (Single) Smokey Robinson 4:05 $1.29 View In iTunes 5 Give It to Me Baby Rick James 4:07 $1.29 View In iTunes 6 Got to Be There (Single) Michael Jackson 3:24 $1.29 View In iTunes 7 Walk Away from Love (Single Stereo) David Ruffin 3:17 $1.29 View In iTunes 8 End of the Road Boyz II Men 5:49 $0.69 View In iTunes 9 Distant Lover Marvin Gaye 5:31 $1.29 View In iTunes 10 Quiet Storm (Single Version) Smokey Robinson 4:01 $1.29 View In iTunes 11 With You I'm Born Again Billy Preston & Syreeta 3:40 $1.29 View In iTunes 12 Let's Get Serious Jermaine Jackson 3:34 $1.29 View In iTunes 13 There'll Never Be Switch 5:24 $1.29 View In iTunes 14 In My House (12 Inch Mix) Mary Jane Girls 5:02 $1.29 View In iTunes 15 Somebody's Watching Me (Single Version) Rockwell 3:57 $0.69 View In iTunes 16 Rhythm of the Night DeBarge 3:53 $1.29 View In iTunes 17 Rub You the Right Way (Radio Edit) Johnny Gill 4:09 $1.29 View In iTunes 18 Love Hangover Diana Ross 3:43 $1.29 View In iTunes 19 I Love Your Smile Shanice 4:19 $1.29 View In iTunes 20 Ebony Eyes Rick James & Smokey Robinson 5:05 $1.29 View In iTunes 21 Heaven Must Have Sent You (12" Version) Bonnie Pointer 7:14 $1.29 View In iTunes 22 All This Love DeBarge 5:53 $1.29 View In iTunes Total: 22 Songs - Deep Cuts
Ex-Temptation Eddie Kendricks didn't exactly invent disco, but his bass-blastin', dance-floor-fillin' "Boogie Down" set the stage for the white-suited polyester revolution that soon took its place under the mirrored ball's twinkling lights. At a time when most kids are still popping wheelies and shooting hoops, Michael Jackson was already marching toward (pop) world domination and singing way beyond his age, in terms of both poise and material, with "I Wanna Be Where You Are." And by the '80s, Motown was angling for a band to replace the departed Jackson 5, and another quintet of siblings, DeBarge, almost inherited their crown. Lead singer El DeBarge floats a whipped-cream-smooth vocal on top of an air-kiss promise of everlasting love in the group's 1983 crossover hit, "Time Will Reveal." But the story doesn't end there; half a century removed from its humble beginnings, Motown's still making memories, still making history…and still making hits.
$27.66 Deep Cuts
Name Artist Time Price 1 Sir Duke Stevie Wonder 3:53 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 I Want You Marvin Gaye 3:54 $1.29 View In iTunes 3 Mary Jane Rick James 4:57 $0.99 View In iTunes 4 On Bended Knee Boyz II Men 5:29 $1.29 View In iTunes 5 Theme from "Mahogany" (Do You Know Where You're Going To) Diana Ross 3:21 $1.29 View In iTunes 6 Time Will Reveal DeBarge 4:16 $1.29 View In iTunes 7 I Just Called to Say I Love You Stevie Wonder 4:20 $1.29 View In iTunes 8 You and I Rick James 3:09 $1.29 View In iTunes 9 I Need Your Lovin' Teena Marie 3:52 $1.29 View In iTunes 10 Boogie Down Eddie Kendricks 3:53 $0.99 View In iTunes 11 Fairweather Friend Johnny Gill 4:35 $0.69 View In iTunes 12 Dial My Heart The Boys 4:22 $1.29 View In iTunes 13 I Wanna Be Where You Are Michael Jackson 3:00 $1.29 View In iTunes 14 Who's Johnny El DeBarge 4:09 $1.29 View In iTunes 15 Shoe Shoe Shine The Dynamic Superiors 3:46 $0.99 View In iTunes 16 You Can't Turn Me Off (In the Middle of Turning Me On) High Energy 3:31 $0.99 View In iTunes 17 Shakey Ground The Temptations 4:02 $1.29 View In iTunes 18 Do It Baby The Miracles 3:02 $0.99 View In iTunes 19 Floy Joy (Single Version) The Supremes 2:31 $0.99 View In iTunes 20 Lady Soul The Temptations 4:45 $1.29 View In iTunes 21 (It's the Way) Nature Planned It The Four Tops 3:40 $0.99 View In iTunes 22 Daddy Could Swear, I Declare Gladys Knight & The Pips 3:45 $0.99 View In iTunes 23 Rockin' Robin Michael Jackson 2:32 $1.29 View In iTunes 24 Talk to Me Chico DeBarge 3:50 $0.99 View In iTunes Total: 24 Songs - Complete Set
What happens when Motown leaves Motown? In 1972, Hitsville moved to Hollywood, and while the assembly line didn't entirely shut down — plenty of hits still proudly bore the Motor City's most famous imprint — the Motown Sound did change. It had to. Some artists had left the label. Others grew up. And the world they all lived in was a very different place than it was when Berry Gordy bought the house that hits built — and the house that built hits — on West Grand Blvd. From classic-era superstars like Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, and Diana Ross to second-generation funk, soul, and smooth-groove masters like Boyz II Men, the Commodores, and Rick James, we've got all the sounds of a label reinventing itself in a shifting sonic landscape.
$85.50 Complete Set
Name Artist Time Price 1 Brick House The Commodores 3:27 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 Let's Get It On Marvin Gaye 3:59 $1.29 View In iTunes 3 Superstition Stevie Wonder 4:04 $1.29 View In iTunes 4 Super Freak Rick James 3:24 $1.29 View In iTunes 5 Upside Down Diana Ross 3:37 $1.29 View In iTunes 6 Cruisin' (Album Edit) Smokey Robinson 4:28 $1.29 View In iTunes 7 Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye) Gladys Knight & The Pips 4:23 $1.29 View In iTunes 8 I'll Make Love to You Boyz II Men 3:56 $1.29 View In iTunes 9 You Are the Sunshine of My Life Stevie Wonder 2:57 $1.29 View In iTunes 10 Easy The Commodores 4:15 $0.99 View In iTunes 11 Don't Leave Me This Way (Single Version) Thelma Houston 3:38 $1.29 View In iTunes 12 Let It Whip Dazz Band 4:06 $1.29 View In iTunes 13 Got to Give It Up, Pt. 1 Marvin Gaye 4:12 $1.29 View In iTunes 14 Treat Her Like a Lady The Temptations 4:16 $1.29 View In iTunes 15 Fire and Desire Rick James & Teena Marie 7:18 $1.29 View In iTunes 16 I Like It DeBarge 4:39 $1.29 View In iTunes 17 My, My, My Johnny Gill 5:19 $1.29 View In iTunes 18 Keep On Truckin', Pt. 1 Eddie Kendricks 3:34 $1.29 View In iTunes 19 All Night Long Mary Jane Girls 5:48 $1.29 View In iTunes 20 Square Biz Teena Marie 3:43 $1.29 View In iTunes 21 Endless Love (Soundtrack Version) Diana Ross & Lionel Richie 4:24 $1.29 View In iTunes 22 Love Machine, Pt. 1 The Miracles 2:58 $1.29 View In iTunes 23 Dancing Machine Jackson 5 2:36 $1.29 View In iTunes 24 Don't Look Any Further (Single Version) Dennis Edwards 4:04 $1.29 View In iTunes 25 I Wish (Single Edit) Stevie Wonder 4:31 $1.29 View In iTunes 26 Lady (You Bring Me Up) The Commodores 4:49 $1.29 View In iTunes 27 I'm Coming Out Diana Ross 3:55 $1.29 View In iTunes 28 Being With You (Single) Smokey Robinson 4:05 $1.29 View In iTunes 29 Give It to Me Baby Rick James 4:07 $1.29 View In iTunes 30 Got to Be There (Single) Michael Jackson 3:24 $1.29 View In iTunes 31 Walk Away from Love (Single Stereo) David Ruffin 3:17 $1.29 View In iTunes 32 End of the Road Boyz II Men 5:49 $0.69 View In iTunes 33 Distant Lover Marvin Gaye 5:31 $1.29 View In iTunes 34 Quiet Storm (Single Version) Smokey Robinson 4:01 $1.29 View In iTunes 35 With You I'm Born Again Billy Preston & Syreeta 3:40 $1.29 View In iTunes 36 Let's Get Serious Jermaine Jackson 3:34 $1.29 View In iTunes 37 There'll Never Be Switch 5:24 $1.29 View In iTunes 38 In My House (12 Inch Mix) Mary Jane Girls 5:02 $1.29 View In iTunes 39 Somebody's Watching Me (Single Version) Rockwell 3:57 $0.69 View In iTunes 40 Rhythm of the Night DeBarge 3:53 $1.29 View In iTunes 41 Rub You the Right Way (Radio Edit) Johnny Gill 4:09 $1.29 View In iTunes 42 Love Hangover Diana Ross 3:43 $1.29 View In iTunes 43 I Love Your Smile Shanice 4:19 $1.29 View In iTunes 44 Ebony Eyes Rick James & Smokey Robinson 5:05 $1.29 View In iTunes 45 Heaven Must Have Sent You (12" Version) Bonnie Pointer 7:14 $1.29 View In iTunes 46 All This Love DeBarge 5:53 $1.29 View In iTunes 47 Sir Duke Stevie Wonder 3:53 $1.29 View In iTunes 48 I Want You Marvin Gaye 3:54 $1.29 View In iTunes 49 Mary Jane Rick James 4:57 $0.99 View In iTunes 50 On Bended Knee Boyz II Men 5:29 $1.29 View In iTunes 51 Theme from "Mahogany" (Do You Know Where You're Going To) Diana Ross 3:21 $1.29 View In iTunes 52 Time Will Reveal DeBarge 4:16 $1.29 View In iTunes 53 I Just Called to Say I Love You Stevie Wonder 4:20 $1.29 View In iTunes 54 You and I Rick James 3:09 $1.29 View In iTunes 55 I Need Your Lovin' Teena Marie 3:52 $1.29 View In iTunes 56 Boogie Down Eddie Kendricks 3:53 $0.99 View In iTunes 57 Fairweather Friend Johnny Gill 4:35 $0.69 View In iTunes 58 Dial My Heart The Boys 4:22 $1.29 View In iTunes 59 I Wanna Be Where You Are Michael Jackson 3:00 $1.29 View In iTunes 60 Who's Johnny El DeBarge 4:09 $1.29 View In iTunes 61 Shoe Shoe Shine The Dynamic Superiors 3:46 $0.99 View In iTunes 62 You Can't Turn Me Off (In the Middle of Turning Me On) High Energy 3:31 $0.99 View In iTunes 63 Shakey Ground The Temptations 4:02 $1.29 View In iTunes 64 Do It Baby The Miracles 3:02 $0.99 View In iTunes 65 Floy Joy (Single Version) The Supremes 2:31 $0.99 View In iTunes 66 Lady Soul The Temptations 4:45 $1.29 View In iTunes 67 (It's the Way) Nature Planned It The Four Tops 3:40 $0.99 View In iTunes 68 Daddy Could Swear, I Declare Gladys Knight & The Pips 3:45 $0.99 View In iTunes 69 Rockin' Robin Michael Jackson 2:32 $1.29 View In iTunes 70 Talk to Me Chico DeBarge 3:50 $0.99 View In iTunes Total: 70 Songs
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