Research Guides: Motown, R&B (Soul), Funk, Rap, and Hip-Hop: Audio/Audio-Visual Materials

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Streaming audio recordings of mostly classical music from Naxos, Marco Polo, Da Capo, and several other major labels.

CDs @ the Music Library

Use the UCLA Library Catalog to find CDs of Motown, R&B (Soul), Funk, Rap, and Hip-Hop.

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Films

These are examples of films (e.g., documentaries, performances, dramas) about Motown, R&B (Soul), Funk, Rap, and Hip-Hop owned by the UCLA Library.

Motown: The Early Years by T.J. Lubinsky (Dir.) Location: Music Library Originally broadcast on PBS as a segment of the television program My music in 2005. Features live performances of the current Motown touring groups, including Martha Reeves, the Velvelettes, Joe Billingslea's Contours, the Temptations Review featuring Dennis Edwards and the Four Tops.
Call Number: DVD 1351
ISBN: 0738936839
Date: 2007
Motown, the DVD by Joe Lauro (Dir.) Location: Music Library Special features include: Berry Gordy Teen town interview; Motown picnic special; review of the year 1959; liner notes by Stu Hackel. DVD; soundtracks in Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, remastered stereo., mono.; all regions; NTSC. Soundtrack in English, with English, French, German, Portuguese, or Spanish subtitles.
Call Number: DVD 1346
Date: 2009
Lyricist Lounge. Hip Hop Video Classics by DJ Spinbad Location: Music Library A continous mix of classic rap vidoes. Includes: Run DMC's Walk This Way, Roxanne, Roxanne by UTFO, Shook Ones Pt. 2 by Mobb Deep, Just A Friend by Biz Markie and many more.
Call Number: DVD 231
Date: 2003
Cuban hiphop [videorecording] : desde el principio = from the beginning by Vanessa and Larissa Díaz (Dirs.) Location: Instructional Media Library (Powell) This documentary is a visual adaptation of the senior honors thesis by Vanessa Díaz entitled, 'Cuban hiphop : by any means necessary' (NYU, 2005). It is intended for educational purposes only and has not been authorized for any commercial use
Call Number: ID 7372
Date: 2005
Standing in the shadows of Motown by Paul Justman (Dir.)
Call Number: DVD 1375
Date: 2002
Location: Music Library
(Also available in Instructional Media Library [Powell] and Center for African American Studies Library under different call numbers; see linked description).

The story of the Funk Brothers, the group of musicians that played on every single hit Motown record from the label's beginnings to 1972. Inspired by the book "Standing in the shadows of Motown" by Allan "Dr. Licks" Slutsky.