“We only make hits here, no flops,” exclaims Motown founder Barry Gordy describing the creation of Hitsville USA, the location where some of the most legendary albums in the timeline of Black music were recorded.

Indeed, this same blend of confidence and arrogance is gleaming from Florida-based, Detroit-born, rapper Major D-Star, who is taking his music back to the roots of his hometown’s iconic past with his new release, Motown Sound.

While not a direct Motown influence, it rather borrows from more of the philosophical and ideological elements the imprint embodies: a fiercely focused circle, and by design only making hits, no filler.