Let's End the Debate...Stax or Motown?

[Crude]

Motown had more talent from top to bottom and was more commercial, but you can't deny Stax either they were a heavy hitter from that era.

 

[El Poyo Loco]

Stax had Isaac


He won an Oscar for the greatest theme song ever

 

[feelosofer]

Stax made the rawer more grimy music but it's tough to compete with the overall talent of Motown you're talking about era defining artists, here.

 

[Adeptus Astartes]

Otis Redding, tho

 

[get these nets]

Jim Stewart, Unlikely Entrepreneur of Soul Music, Dies at 92

His background was in country music. But Stax, the label he founded with his sister, achieved a level of success with Black artists that rivaled Motown’s.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Big Boss]

Motown

 

[Tribal Outkast]

Motown only because they gave us Stevie and Mike

I’m going to have to agree with this. What’s going on, Songs in the key of life, and early Mike all came from Motown. Can’t imagine life without these. I love both labels tho

 

[TheMailMan]

Hitsville all day