The Undisputed Truth
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Biography
[Edit]It's not exactly fair to peg the Undisputed Truth as a one-hit wonder, because they did have a few hits for Motown in the first half of the 1970s (albeit only one big one), as well as made half a dozen albums for the label. Still, it's not that far from the truth. Nothing else they did matched the strength of "Smiling Faces Sometimes," which made number three in 1971. Crafted by Norman Whitfield, Motown's most adventurous producer of the time, it employed the funk-psychedelic guitars and ominous, socially aware lyrics that were also characteristic of his work with the Temptations during the period.
The Undisputed Truth came into being after Bobby Taylor brought Billie Rae Calvin and Brenda Joyce to Motown as part of the Delicates. When the Delicates broke up, the pair kept busy doing background vocals for the Four Tops, Diana Ross, and Edwin Starr. Whitfield teamed them up with Joe Harris of the Preps, laying the groundwork for the male-female vocal interplay that would typify their Motown sessions.
It's fair to say that the Undisputed Truth were little more than a mouthpiece for Whitfield. He wrote most of their material (sometimes in association with Barrett Strong), and used their sessions as a laboratory to devise funk rhythms and psychedelic guitar effects. He was doing the same thing with the Temptations, and the Undisputed Truth's records couldn't help but suffer in comparison. As vocalists they weren't in the same league as the Temps, and Whitfield was most likely reserving his real killer songs for the more famous group.
The group never approached the success of "Smiling Faces Sometimes" again, although they racked up a series of modest R&B hits through the mid-'70s. The best of these were "You Make Your Own Heaven and Hell Right Here on Earth" (which perhaps recalled "Smiling Faces" a little too closely) and the original version of "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone," which Whitfield would quickly redo with the Temptations for a much more definitive (and massively successful) version. Little else in the Undisputed Truth discography demands attention, though Motown scholars will find their work worth a listen to investigate some of the ideas rattling around Whitfield's head in the 1970s.
Title: The Law of the Land (Expanded Edition)
Artist: The Undisputed Truth
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: The Undisputed Truth - The Collection
Artist: The Undisputed Truth
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop, Funk
Title: The Best of Undisputed Truth - Smiling Faces
Artist: The Undisputed Truth
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Milestones: The Best Of The Undisputed Truth
Artist: The Undisputed Truth
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Pop
Title: Face To Face With the Truth
Artist: The Undisputed Truth
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Pop, Funk
Title: Smiling Faces: The Best Of Undisputed Truth
Artist: The Undisputed Truth
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco, Funk
Collections
Title: 202 Motown Songs: The Complete No. 1s
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Motown Classics Gold
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 12A: 1972
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 12B: 1972
Genre: Pop
Title: Motown the Musical - 100 Originals
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: 70's Dance Energy Hits (Re-recorded Version)
Genre: Pop
Title: The Best of Detroit
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 11B: 1971
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 11A: 1971
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Motown Remixed & Unmixed
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: R&B Soul Greats 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Motown Remixed (Bonus Track Version)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz
Title: Soul Anthems 3 (Re-recorded Version)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: The Luv of Soul
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: The Songs of Norman Whitefield
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Best of Motorcity
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: Rhythm & Soul CD 3
Genre: Soul
Title: Compact Disc Club - The Motown Soul History CD 3
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: Motown Classics: Gold (Disc 2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Pop
Title: Supernatural: Season 6
Title: Top Of The Pops 1971 CD1
Title: Motown: The Complete No. 1'S Disc 4
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: 100 Hits: Disco (CD3)
Genre: Disco
Title: Motown Funk
Genre: Funk
Title: Arte Summer Of Soul (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz
Title: Face To Face With The Truth
Title: The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 11B: 1971 (CD5)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Pop
Title: The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 11A: 1971 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Pop
Title: The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 11A: 1971 (CD4)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Pop
Title: GTA V (Original Soundtrack) (The Lowdown 91. 1)
Genre: Chill Out, Soul, Jazz, Soul Jazz, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Abstract Funk Theory - Lo Fidelity Allstars (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Club/Dance
Title: 100 Motown Classics (CD4)
Genre: Pop
Title: The Complete Motown Singles Volume 12B: 1972 (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Soul: Motorcity
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco, Funk
Title: Dirty Space Disco
Genre: Electronica, Disco
Title: Sweet Soul Music-Scorching Classics From 1971
Genre: Jazz
Title: 100 Tubes Soul
Title: Funk Sessions (CD1)
Title: Billboard Charts Top 1000 Hits 1970-1979 (CD2: 1971)
Genre: Industrial, Blues, Jazz, Rock, Gothic Rock, Grunge, Rock & Roll, Punk, Metal, Reggae, World Music, Country, Pop, Alternative, Psychedelic, Indie, Hardcore, Symphonic
Title: Sweet Soul Music 1971
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Tam Tam Motown 3
Genre: Soul
Title: Metal-Hard Rock Covers 252
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal, Pop
Title: My Perfect List 60 Titres SOUL Vol. 2 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: 100 Disco Hits (CD3)
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: The Motown Story
Title: Lifestyle2 - Soul Grooves Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Pop
Title: Feeling Soul (Le Meilleur De La Soul)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: 12 Inch Dance: 70s Groove
Title: Total Motown (CD4)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: 100 Hits: Disco
Genre: Disco
Title: 100 Hits: Disco Classics
Genre: Disco
Title: Classic Funk (CD3)
Title: Nova Classics - Coffret One To Ten (CD1: Coffret One)
Genre: Electronica, Reggae, Funk
Title: Nova Classics - Coffret One To Ten (CD6: Coffret Six)
Genre: Electronica, Reggae, Funk
Title: Cook Book (CD2)
Featuring albums
Title: Hitsville USA - The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Dead Presidents Volume II / Music From The Motion Picture
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Howie B
Artist: Curtis Mayfield, Howie B.
Genre: Downtempo, Trip Hop, Electronica, Soul, Indie Rock, Disco, Funk, Experimental
Title: Dead Presidents Vol. II (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: The Platinum Collections Of Disco Hustle Vol. 1
Artist: Sue Ann
Genre: Electronica, Disco, Nu Disco
Title: Motown The Musical – 100 Originals / Motown The Musical - 100 Originals
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Northern Soul (CD2)
Artist: Essential Motown
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Rock, Rock & Roll, Country, Disco
Title: Sound of Disco
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Dancefloor, Disco, Dance Pop
Title: Four Brothers (Music From The Original Motion Picture)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: The Ultimate Collection 5CD (CD3)
Artist: Disco Inferno
Genre: Downtempo, Freestyle Music, Garage, Post Disco, Soul, Dub, Disco, Synth Pop, Funk
Title: The Full 12 " / Versions
Artist: Disco Classics
Genre: Post Disco, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Dub, Disco
Title: Psychedelic Soul (Produced By Norman Whitfield)
Artist: Norman Whitfield
Genre: Soul, Funk, Psychedelic