Day 43: Soul Town

According to Sirius: Time to get down! Hear all the great soul hits from the '60s, '70s and early '80s. Marvin Gaye, Barry White and Gladys Knight - the legends of classic soul.

My Experience: First off, quite disappointed that I didn't hear any Barry White. I loves me some Barry White. Second...I apologize for calling yesterday's music (Heart & Soul) the "soulful side" of R&B and hip-hop. That wasn't soulful...THIS is soulful. This was music you could just groove to...and, oh yes, I grooved. The big thing that Soul Town had going for it was a healthy dosage of classic Motown. Sure, you had a little modern day Lionel Richie and Stevie Wonder...but that's forgiveable when you've got The Temptations, The Four Tops and classic Stevie Wonder.

A Time and a Place for Everything: I really think Motown fits in with any location and situation. And it's music almost everybody has heard of and can relate to.

Sample Playlist:

• Smokey Robinson, Cruisin'
• Ohio Players, Love Rollercoaster
• The Four Tops, The Keeper of the Castle
• The Temptations, The Way You Do the Things You Do
• The Spinners, I'll Be Around
• Lionel Richie & Diana Ross, Endless Love

Verdict: While I was doing some aforementioned "grooving," if this was all Motown, I might have gone for it. There was, though, a bit too much of the stuff from the '70s and '80s for me to enjoy this enough to bookmark it.

Sidenote: And so ends my tour of hip-hop and R&B. It didn't last as long as I thought it would...but next comes...COUNTRY. Wish me luck, kids.