In 1968 James Brown Made A Choice That Berry Gordy And Diana Ross Could Not Ignore

In the 1960s, Black music in America split into two worlds. In Detroit, Berry Gordy built Motown into a machine that turned Diana Ross and The Supremes into international stars through discipline, polish, and precision. Six hundred miles south, James Brown was doing the exact opposite — recording live, controlling his own masters, and refusing to change a single thing about where he came from. They never insulted each other in the press. They never traded blows on stage. But for almost a decade, James Brown and Motown were fighting a quiet war over one question: what was Black music allowed to be? This is the story of Live at the Apollo, of Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, of Boston in April 1968, and of the moment Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and The Temptations began to change the very system that made them. And it ends with a boy standing in the wings of a theater, watching James Brown work — a boy named Michael Jackson, who would take both sides of this argument and turn them into something the world had never seen. Two philosophies. Two monuments. Both of them right. Subscribe for more untold stories about the legends who changed music forever. #JamesBrown #DianaRoss #Motown #BerryGordy #TheSupremes #MarvinGaye #MichaelJackson #SoulMusic #Funk #MusicHistory #GodfatherOfSoul #1960sMusic #SayItLoud #LiveAtTheApollo #TheTemptations