the bay area, which is incredibly progressive politics and he also was a radio d.j. there was no show better. there was no band more interesting to look at and he's writing hit song after hit song after hit song. ♪ >> when sly came out with the outfits, it was over. every r and b group had to flip it. >> in 1968 the supremes put out "love child." what it's like to grow up in a tenement. i started my life in an old, cold tenement slum. ♪ >> dianna ross is singing this? this is a darker more mature album. they are singing about social issues and motown was the sound of young america.