As protests raged and culture shifted in 1968, soul and funk artists like James Brown, The Temptations, and Marvin Gaye redefined Black music with psychedelic grooves, political messages, and genre-breaking experimentation.
Motown met the Summer of Love in 1967 with โReflections,โ as psychedelic soul emergedโwhile Sly & the Family Stoneโs electrifying debut laid the groundwork for funk, disco, and the future of R&B.