Marv Gaye & the 1979 Boxg Match that Changed Everythg – Rollg Stone

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• MARV GAYE'S 10 GREATT SONGS EVER, RANKED
• MARV GAYE
• MARV {LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:600;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:0.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.25REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}} A{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;} A:HOVER{LOR:#A00000;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}MARV GAYE WAS A SOUL SGER-SONGWRER WH MOTOWN THE 1960S AND 1970S. 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HE RERD SONGS BY SMOKEY ROBSON BEFORE BEG HIS OWN PRODUCER ON THE PROTT ALBUM WHAT'S GOG ON (1971). GAYE'S LATER RERDS VELOPED HIS PRODUCTN STYLE AND YIELD SEVERAL HS, CLUDG "LET'S GET IT ON," "SEXUAL HEALG" AND "I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE." GAYE WAS KILLED 1984 DURG A DOMTIC DISPUTE WH HIS FATHER.EARLY LIFESGER MARV PENTZ GAYE, JR., ALSO KNOWN AS THE "PRCE OF SOUL," WAS BORN WASHGTON, D.C., ON APRIL 2, 1939. GAYE WAS RAISED UNR THE STRICT NTROL OF HIS FATHER, REVEREND MARV GAY SR.—MARV GAYE JR. ADD THE "E" ON THE END OF HIS NAME LATER LIFE—THE MISTER AT A LOL CHURCH, AGAST A BLEAK BACKDROP OF WISPREAD VLENCE HIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THROUGHOUT HIS CHILDHOOD, GAYE OFTEN FOUND PEACE MIC, MASTERG THE PIANO AND DMS AT A YOUNG AGE. UNTIL HIGH SCHOOL, HIS SGG EXPERIENCE WAS LIMED TO CHURCH REVIVALS, BUT SOON HE VELOPED A LOVE FOR R&B AND DOO-WOP THAT WOULD SET THE FOUNDATN FOR HIS REER. IN THE LATE 1950S, GAYE JOED A VOL GROUP LLED THE NEW MOONGLOWS. THE TALENTED SGER HAD A PHENOMENAL RANGE THAT SPANNED THREE VOL STYL AND HE SOON IMPRSED THE GROUP'S FOUNR, HARVEY FUQUA. IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE GAYE AND FUQUA BOTH ME TO THE ATTENTN OF DETRO MIC IMPRAR {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}BERRY GORDY JR. AND WERE SIGNED TO GORDY'S LEGENDARY MOTOWN RERDS.MOTOWN RERDSGAYE'S FIRST CERTIFIED H UNR HIS OWN NAME WOULDN'T E UNTIL 1962, BUT HIS EARLY YEARS AT MOTOWN WERE FULL OF BEHD-THE-SCEN SUCCS. HE WAS A SSN DMMER FOR MOTOWN LEGENDS SUCH AS LTLE STEVIE WONR, THE SUPREM, THE MARVELETT AND MARTHA AND THE VANLLAS. SHOWG HIS STRIP AS MOTOWN'S RENAISSANCE MAN, GAYE WENT ON TO BREAK TO THE TOP 40 FOR THE FIRST TIME ON HIS OWN 1962 WH HIS SOLO SGLE "HCH HIKE." THROUGHOUT THE 1960S, GAYE WOULD SHOW HIS IMMENSE RANGE, CHURNG OUT SOLO DANCE HS AND ROMANTIC DUETS WH H-MAKERS LIKE DIANA ROSS AND MARY WELLS. "CAN I GET A WNS" AND "I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE" WERE SOME OF GAYE'S BIGGT HS OF THE PERD, THE LATTER ACHIEVG S PLACE AS MOTOWN'S BT-SELLG SGLE OF THE 1960S. FOR THREE HIGH-FLYG YEARS, GAYE AND TAMMI TERRELL WOWED THE UNTRY WH THEIR SOARG DUET PERFORMANC OF SONGS LIKE "A'T NO MOUNTA HIGH ENOUGH" AND "IF I COULD BUILD MY WHOLE WORLD AROUND YOU." UNFORTUNATELY, THEIR REIGN AS THE ROYAL COUPLE OF R&B END WHEN TERRELL SUCCUMBED TO A BRA TUMOR 1970. HIS BELOVED PARTNER'S ATH HERED A DARK PERD FOR THE SGER, WHO SWORE NEVER TO PARTNER WH ANOTHER FEMALE VOLIST AND THREATENED TO ABANDON THE STAGE FOR GOOD.POLIL MSAGEIN 1970, SPIRED BY LATG VLENCE AND POLIL UNRT OVER THE VIETNAM WAR, GAYE WROTE THE LANDMARK SONG "WHAT'S GOG ON." DPE CLASH WH MOTOWN OVER THE SONG'S CREATIVE DIRECTN, THE SGLE WAS RELEASED 1971 AND BEME AN STANT SMASH. ITS SUCCS PROMPTED GAYE TO TAKE EVEN MORE RISKS, BOTH MILLY AND POLILLY. WHEN WAS RELEASED THE SPRG OF 1971, THE WHAT'S GOG ON ALBUM SERVED TO OPEN GAYE UP TO NEW DIENC WHILE MATAG HIS MOTOWN FOLLOWG. DEPARTG OM THE TRIED AND TE MOTOWN FORMULA, GAYE WENT OUT ON HIS OWN ARTISTILLY, PAVG THE WAY FOR OTHER MOTOWN ARTISTS LIKE WONR AND MICHAEL JACKSON TO BRANCH OUT LATER YEARS. BEYOND FLUENCG HIS PEERS, THE ALBUM GARNERED WISPREAD CRIL ACCLAIM, WNG THE ROLLG STONE ALBUM OF THE YEAR AWARD.CROSSOVER SUCCSIN 1972, GAYE MOVED TO LOS ANGEL AND SOON MET JANIS HUNTER, WHO WOULD LATER BEE HIS SEND WIFE. INSPIRED PART BY HIS NEWFOUND PENNCE, GAYE RERD ONE OF THE MOST REVERED LOVE ANTHEMS OF ALL TIME, "LET'S GET IT ON." THE SONG BEME HIS SEND NO. 1 BILLBOARD H, CEMENTG HIS CROSSOVER APPEAL ONCE AND FOR ALL. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, MOTOWN PHED GAYE TO TOURG TO PALIZE ON HIS MOST RECENT SUCCS; RELUCTANTLY THE SGER-SONGWRER RETURNED TO THE STAGE. THROUGH MOST OF THE MID-1970S, GAYE WAS TOURG, LLABORATG OR PRODUCG. WORKG WH DIANA ROSS AND THE MIRACL, HE PUT OFF RELEASG ANOTHER SOLO ALBUM UNTIL 1976. HE NTUED TOURG AFTER THE RELEASE OF I WANT YOU (1976) AND, AFTER SRG A NO. 1 H 1977 WH THE DANCE SGLE "GOT TO GIVE IT UP," RELEASED HIS LAST ALBUM FOR MOTOWN RERDS (HERE, MY DEAR) 1978. (DES LATER, "GOT TO GIVE IT UP" WOULD BEE THE CENTER OF A BIG NTROVERSY. IN 2013, GAYE'S TATE ASSERTED THAT PRODUCER/SONGWRER PHARRELL WILLIAMS AND SGER/SONGWRER ROB THICKE HAD MTED PYRIGHT GEMENT BY TAKG MAJOR MIL ELEMENTS OM THE DIS TRACK FOR THE MEGA-H "BLURRED L." AFTER A SE WHICH THICKE TTIFIED THAT HE'D HAD LTLE TO DO WH THE WRG OF THE SONG, THE JURY LED FAVOR OF GAYE'S FAY, WHO WERE AWARD $7.3 LN DAMAG AND PROF SHAR. THE JURY ALSO LED THAT NEHER WILLIAMS OR THICKE HAD PURPOSELY MTED GEMENT.) AFTER TWO S AT MOTOWN, GAYE SIGNED WH CBS'S COLUMBIA RERDS 1982 AND BEGAN TO WORK ON HIS LAST ALBUM, MIDNIGHT LOVE. THE LEAD SGLE OM THAT ALBUM, "SEXUAL HEALG," BEME A HUGE EBACK H FOR THE R&B STAR AND EARNED HIM HIS FIRST TWO GRAMMY AWARDS AND AN AMERIN MIC AWARD FOR FAVORE SOUL SGLE.PERSONAL LIFEIN 1975, GAYE'S WIFE ANNA GORDY—BERRY GORDY'S SISTER—FILED FOR DIVORCE, AND TWO YEARS LATER GAYE MARRIED HUNTER, WHO HAD BY THEN GIVEN BIRTH TO THEIR DGHTER, NONA (BORN SEPTEMBER 4, 1974) AND THEIR SON FRANKIE (BORN NOVEMBER 16, 1975). GAYE ALSO HAD AN ADOPTED SON (MARV PENTZ GAYE III) OM HIS PREV MARRIAGE. THE SGER'S MARRIAGE TO HUNTER PROVED SHORT LIVED AND TUMULTUO, ENDG DIVORCE 1981.DEATH AND LEGACYDPE HIS SUCCSFUL EBACK THE EARLY 1980S, GAYE STGGLED BADLY WH THE SUBSTANCE ABE AND BOUTS OF PRSN THAT HAD PLAGUED HIM FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE. AFTER HIS LAST TOUR, HE MOVED TO HIS PARENTS' HOE. THERE HE AND HIS FATHER FELL TO A PATTERN OF VLENT FIGHTS AND QUARRELS THAT RELLED NFLICTS THAT HAD HNTED THE FAY FOR S. ON APRIL 1, 1984, MARV GAYE SR. SHOT AND KILLED HIS SON AFTER A PHYSIL ALTERTN; THE FATHER CLAIMED HE ACTED SELF-FENSE BUT WOULD LATER BE NVICTED OF VOLUNTARY MANSLGHTER. THREE YEARS AFTER HIS ATH, GAYE WAS DUCTED TO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME. CREATG BETIFUL ART OM A TROUBLED LIFE, GAYE AGA AND AGA BROUGHT HIS VISN, RANGE AND ARTISTRY TO THE WORLD STAGE. AT THE END OF HIS REER, HE ADMTED HE NO LONGER MA MIC FOR PLEASURE; STEAD, HE SAID, "I RERD SO THAT I N FEED PEOPLE WHAT THEY NEED, WHAT THEY FEEL. HOPEFULLY, I RERD SO THAT I N HELP SOMEONE OVERE A BAD TIME."{BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK {FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;MARG:0.9375REM 0 0 0.625REM;PADDG:0 0 0 1.25REM;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:0.9375REM 0;}} B, STRONG{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} LI{PADDG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} LI::MARKER{LOR:#323232;}NAME: MARV GAYEBIRTH YEAR: 1939BIRTH DATE: APRIL 2, 1939BIRTH CY: WASHGTON, D. C.BIRTH COUNTRY: UNED STATGENR: MALEBT KNOWN FOR: MARV GAYE WAS A SOUL SGER-SONGWRER WH MOTOWN THE 1960S AND 1970S. HE PRODUCED HIS OWN RERDS AND OFTEN ADDRSED NTROVERSIAL THEM.INDTRIPOPASTROLOGIL SIGN: ARIINTERTG FACTSBEFORE MAKG AS A SOLO ARTIST, MARV GAYE PLAYED DMS FOR ARTISTS SUCH AS STEVIE WONR AND THE SUPREM.DEATH YEAR: 1984DEATH DATE: APRIL 1, 1984DEATH STATE: CALIFORNIADEATH CY: LOS ANGELDEATH COUNTRY: UNED STATFACT CHECKWE STRIVE FOR ACCURACY AND YOU SEE SOMETHG THAT DON'T LOOK RIGHT,NTACT !CITATION INFORMATIONARTICLE TLE: MARV GAYE BGRAPHYAUTHOR: EDORSWEBSE NAME: THE WEBSEURL: ACCS DATE: PUBLISHER: A&E; TELEVISN NETWORKSLAST UPDATED: APRIL 19, 2021ORIGAL PUBLISHED DATE: APRIL 2, 2014QUOTES
• SLOW JAMZTWISTA, KANYE WT & JAMIE FOXXTRACK 8 ON KON THE LOUIS VUTON DON PRODUCED BYKANYE WT“SLOW JAMZ” IS A SMOOTH, MELODIC TRACK OM KANYE WT’S BUT ALBUM. JAMIE FOXX’S HOOK AND TWISTA’S FAST-PACED VERSE ARE SOME OF THE MORE MEMORABLE PARTS OF THE ALBUM.DEC. 2, 20031 VIEWER675.3K VIEWS137 CONTRIBUTORSTRANSLATNSSVENSKAESPAñOLTWISTA, KANYE WT & JAMIE FOXX - SLOW JAMZ (TRADUZNE ITALIANA)SLOW JAMZ LYRICS[INTRO: JAMIE FOXX]KANYE, 'S, 'S FOXX, MANI'M JT SAY', YOU KNOW, I WAS TALK' TO THE GIRLS, YOU KNOWAND WE, WE DON'T PUT ENOUGH EMPHASIS ON THE LADI SOMETIMEYOU KNOW, I WAS TALK' TO THIS GIRLSHE WAS TALK' ABOUT THE MIC ALL FAST THE CLUB, YOU KNOWSHE GOTTA DRK WATER 'E SHE THIRSTYSHE DONE DANCED LIKE NETY TO A HUNDRED SONGS BACK TO BACKWHEN A'T NOBODY, YOU KNOW, REALLY TRY TO FD OUT WHAT SHE FEEL'LIKE HOW SHE FEEL, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT SHE TOLD ME?(ARE YOU GONNA BE?) CHECK OUT, THIS IS WHAT SHE SAID(SAY THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE) OOH, OOH, OOH, OOH, OOOH[CHOS: JAMIE FOXX & LUTHER]SHE SAID SHE WANT SOME MARV GAYE, SOME LUTHER VANDROSSA LTLE ANA WILL FELY SET THIS PARTY OFF RIGHT(ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BEARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, WELL, WELL, WELL, WELL)SHE SAID SHE WANT SOME READY FOR THE WORLD, SOME NEW EDNSOME MNIE RIPERTON WILL FELY SET THIS PARTY OFF RIGHT(ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BEARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, WELL, WELL, WELL, WELL)[INTERLU: KANYE WT]Y WILLIT FELY WILL!YOU KNOW WHAT I TOLD HER?YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[VERSE 1: KANYE WT]I TOLD HER TO DRIVE OVER YO' NEW WHIP, BRG SOME IENDS YOU OL WHI'MA BRG THE OL WHIP, THEN I WANT YOU TO STRIPSEE, YOU IS MY NEW CHICK, SO WE GET OUR GRD ONSHE BE GRABB', LL' ME BIGGIE LIKE SHYNE HOMEMAN, I SWEAR, SHE FE HOM, WHY SHE ALWAYS LY' THOUGH?TELL' ME THEM DIAMONDS, WHEN SHE KNOW THEY RHTONSHE GOT A LIGHT-SKNED IEND LOOK LIKE MICHAEL JACKSONGOT A DARK-SKNED IEND LOOK LIKE MICHAEL JACKSONI PLAYED READY FOR THE WORLD, SHE WAS READY FOR SOME ACTNMY DOG SAID YOU A'T NO EAK SO YOU 'BOUT TO PROVE MY MAN WRONGI'MA PLAY THIS VANDROSS, YOU GON' TAKE YO' PANTS OFFI'MA PLAY THIS GLADYS KNIGHT, ME AND YOU GON' GET RIGHT[CHOS: JAMIE FOXX & LUTHER]SHE SAID SHE WANT SOME MARV GAYE, SOME LUTHER VANDROSSA LTLE ANA WILL FELY SET THIS PARTY OFF RIGHT(ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BEARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, WELL WELL WELL WELL)SHE SAID SHE WANT SOME READY FOR THE WORLD, SOME NEW EDNSOME MNIE RIPERTON WILL FELY SET THIS PARTY OFF RIGHT(ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BEARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, WELL WELL WELL WELL)[BRIDGE: JAMIE FOXX]SMOKEY ROBSON, SMOKEY ROBSONFREDDIE JACKSON, EVERYTHG, EVERYTHG (WELL, WELL, WELL, WELL)SMOKEY ROBSON, ASHFORD & SIMPSON (ARE YOU GONNA BE)SET THE PARTY, REALLY SET THE PARTY OFF RIGHTY WILL, Y WILL (WELL WELL WELL WELL)AL GREEN, OH! AL GREEN, OH YEAHOOOHWHATCHA KNOW ABOUT THE ISLEY BROTHERS?[INTERLU: AISHA TYLER & KANYE WT]NOW, KANYE, I KNOW I TOLD YOU TO SLOW DOWN, BABYIT'S GOOD, 'S ALL GOOD, 'S BETIFULBUT NOW I NEED YOU TO DO FASTER, BABYCAN YOU PLEASE? DO FASTER, BABY, DO FASTER!DAMN, BABY, I N'T DO THAT FASTBUT I KNOW SOMEBODY WHO N, TWISTA![VERSE 2: TWISTA]GOT YOU LOOKG AT THE GLIST ON MY HANDS AND WRISTWHILE I'M LAY' BACK AND SMOKG ON MY NNABISWHEN E TO ROCK' THE RHYTHM LIKE MARV AND LUTHERI N TELL YOU A'T NO MS' WH KAN MAN AND TWISTIN THE CHI AND I BE SIPP' HENNSY, PLAY SOME R&BWHILE I SMOKE A B, YOU N PREFERABLY FD THAT I'M A GAND ALL IS (WELL WELL WELL WELL)COME W' ME AND SIP ON SOME EVELYN CHAMPAGNEYOU A'T KNOW TWISTA ULD WORK LIKE THE WHISPERS?H THE STOP LIGHT, MOVE TO SOME ISLEYSRIMS STILL MOV' SO I BUMP A LIL' SPNERSWHILE I'M SMOKG ON A B, DIPP' THROUGH THE STREETSBUMP' R&B AND I GOT THE HEAT ON THE 23'SAND I DO (WELL WELL WELL WELL)W' MY EARTH THE WD SMOKG FIRELET ME GET YA SHEETS WET LISTEN' TO KEH SWEATPUT YOU A DAZE W' MAZEFULFILLG OUR EVERY TEMPTATNSLOW JAMM', HAV' EP SEXYOU READY FOR THE WORLD GIRL, E ON GO W' MEI TOUCH YOU ALL OVER YOUR BODY BABY DON'T SAY NO TO MEAND EVERY MOMENT BE NTROLLG MEI'M LOV' THE WAY YOU BE HOLD' ME WHEN I BE LISTEN' TO JOCIAND WHEN I E OVER AND BEND YA ASSYOU BE BUMP' TEDDY PENRGRASSI DONE H OM THE BACK, TO THE MELODY AND RO SLOWNOW I GOT TO GO UP FAST, BUT I'MA FISH LASTNO MATTER HOW MUCH OF A THUG YOU SEEI STILL SP LIKE 'S R&B, E TO THE CLUB W' MEAND WHEN SOME LUTHER E ON I HOPE YOU FEEL' MEAND STILL WILL BE LOVE W' ME, CHI RI[CHOS: JAMIE FOXX & LUTHER]SHE SAID SHE WANT SOME MARV GAYE, SOME LUTHER VANDROSSA LTLE ANA WILL FELY SET THIS PARTY OFF RIGHT(ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BEARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, WELL, WELL, WELL, WELL)SHE SAID SHE WANT SOME READY FOR THE WORLD, SOME NEW EDNSOME MNIE RIPERTON WILL FELY SET THIS PARTY OFF RIGHT(ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BEARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, WELL, WELL, WELL, WELL)[BRIDGE 2: JAMIE FOXX & TRACIE SPENCER]SLY AND THE FAY STONE (SLY AND THE FAY STONE)LET'S GET THE PARTY ON (LET'S GET THE PARTY ON)SLY AND THE FAY STONE (SLY AND THE FAY STONE)LET'S GET OUR PARTY ON (LET'S GET OUR PARTY ON)EARTH, WD AND FIRE, BABY (EARTH, WD AND FIRE, BABY)LET'S TAKE HIGHER, SWEETIE (LET'S TAKE HIGHER, SWEETIE)LET'S REALLY SET, LET'S REALLY SET THIS PARTY OFF[CHOS: JAMIE FOXX & LUTHER]SHE SAID SHE WANT SOME MARV GAYE, SOME LUTHER VANDROSSA LTLE ANA WILL FELY SET THIS PARTY OFF RIGHT(ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BEARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, WELL, WELL, WELL, WELL)SHE SAID SHE WANT SOME READY FOR THE WORLD, SOME NEW EDNSOME MNIE RIPERTON WILL FELY SET THIS PARTY OFF RIGHT(ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BEARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, WELL, WELL, WELL, WELL)45EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT
• THE 10 BT MARV GAYE SONGS
• SLOW JAMZTWISTATRACK 4 ON KAMIKAZE FEATURGKANYE WT & JAMIE FOXXPRODUCED BYKANYE WTA WHIMSIL, TNAL, EDIC JOURNEY THROUGH THE GREAT OVR OF THE R&B ERA, “SLOW JAMZ” IS FUNNY, SEXUAL, AND TAILOR-MA FOR BREAKDOWN BY RAP GENIDEC. 2, 20031 VIEWER380.8K VIEWS96 CONTRIBUTORSSLOW JAMZ LYRICS[PRODUCED BY KANYE WT][INTRO]ARE YOU GOG TO BE, SAY THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE[HOOK: JAMIE FOXX]SHE SAY SHE WANT SOME MARV GAYE, SOME LUTHER VANDROSSA LTLE ANA, WILL FELY SET THIS PARTY OFF RIGHT(ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BEARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, WELL WELL WELL WELL)SHE SAY SHE WANT SOME READY FOR THE WORLD, SOME NEW EDNSOME MNIE RIPERTON, WILL FELY SET THIS PARTY OFF RIGHTY WELL, OH Y WILL(ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BEARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, WELL WELL WELL WELL)[VERSE 1: KANYE WT]Y WILL, FELY WILL! YOU KNOW WHAT I TOLD HER?I TOLD HER TO "DRIVE OVER YOUR NEW WHIPBRG SOME IENDS YOU OL WHI'MMA BRG THE COOL WHIP, THEN I WANT YOU TO STRIPSEE YOU IS MY NEW CHICK, SO WE GET OUR GRD ONSHE BE GRABBG, LLG ME BIGGIE, LIKE SHYNE HOMEMAN I SWEAR SHE FE HOM, WHY SHE ALWAYS LYG THOUGH?TELLG ME THEM DIAMONDS, WHEN SHE KNOW THEY RHTONSHE GOT A LIGHT-SKNED IEND, LOOK LIKE MICHAEL JACKSONGOT A DARK-SKNED IEND, LOOK LIKE MICHAEL JACKSONI PLAYED READY FOR THE WORLD, SHE WAS READY FOR SOME ACTNMY DOG SAID YOU A'T NO EAK, SO YOU 'BOUT TO PROVE MY MAN WRONGI'MMA PLAY THIS VANDROSS, YOU GON' TAKE YOUR PANTS OFFI'MMA PLAY THIS GLADYS KNIGHT, ME AND YOU GON' GET RIGHTYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[HOOK: JAMIE FOXX]SHE SAY SHE WANT SOME MARV GAYE, SOME LUTHER VANDROSSA LTLE ANA, WILL FELY SET THIS PARTY OFF RIGHT(ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BEARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, WELL WELL WELL WELL)SHE SAY SHE WANT SOME READY FOR THE WORLD, SOME NEW EDNSOME MNIE RIPERTON, WILL FELY SET THIS PARTY OFF RIGHTY WELL, OH Y WILL(ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BEARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, WELL WELL WELL WELL)[INTERLU: AISHA TYLER & KANYE WT]NOW KANYE, I KNOW I TOLD YOU TO SLOW DOWN, BABYAND 'S GOOD, 'S ALL GOOD, 'S BETIFUL, 'S BETIFULBUT NOW I NEED YOU TO DO FASTER, BABYCAN YOU PLEASE? DO FASTER BABY, DO FASTER!DAMN, BABY; I N'T DO THAT FAST...BUT I KNOW SOMEBODY WHO N, TWISTA![VERSE 2: TWISTA]GOT YOU LOOKG AT THE GLISS' ON MY HANDS AND WRISTSWHILE I'M LAYG BACK AND SMOKG ON MY NNABISWHEN E TO ROCKG THE RHYTHM LIKE MARV AND LUTHERI N TELL YOU A'T NO MS' WH KAN-MAN AND TWISTIN THE CHI, AND I BE SIPPG HENNSYPLAY SOME R&B WHILE I SMOKE A BYOU N PREFERABLY FD THAT I'M A GAND ALL IS (WELL WELL WELL WELL)COME WH ME AND SIP ON SOME EVELYN CHAMPAGNEYOU A'T KNOW TWISTA N WORK LIKE THE WHISPERS?H THE STOP LIGHT, MOV' TO SOME ISLEYSHIS RIMS STILL MOVG SO I BUMP A LTLE SPNERSWHILE I'M SMOKG ON A B, DIPPG THROUGH THE STREETSBUMPG R&B, AND I GOT THE HEAT ON THEM 23'SAND I DO (WELL WELL WELL WELL)WH MY EARTH THE WD SMOK' FIRELET ME GET YOUR SHEETS WET LISTENG TO KEH SWEATPUT YOU A DAZE WH MAZEFULFILLG HER WH EVERY TEMPTATN, SLOW-JAMMG, HAVG EP SEXYOU READY FOR THE WORLD, GIRL? COME ON GO WH MEI'LL TOUCH YOU ALL OVER YOUR BODY, BABY DON'T SAY NO TO MEAND EVERY NOTE'LL BE NTROLLG MEI'M LOVG THE WAY YOU BE HOLDG ME WHEN I BE LISTENG TO JOCIAND WHEN I E OVER AND BEND YOUR ASSYOU BE BUMP' TEDDY PENRGRASSI DONE H OM THE BACK TO THE MELODY OF "ROLL IT SLOW"NOW I GOTTA GO UP FAST, BUT I'MMA FISH LASTNO MATTER HOW MUCH OF A THUG YOU SEEI STILL SP LIKE S R&B, GO TO THE CLUB WH MEAND WH SOME LUTHER E ONI HOPE YOU FEEL' ME AND STILL GON' BE LOVE WH ME, CHI RI[HOOK: JAMIE FOXX]SHE SAY SHE WANT SOME MARV GAYE, SOME LUTHER VANDROSSA LTLE ANA, WILL FELY SET THIS PARTY OFF RIGHT(ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BEARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, WELL WELL WELL WELL)SHE SAY SHE WANT SOME READY FOR THE WORLD, SOME NEW EDNSOME MNIE RIPERTON, WILL FELY SET THIS PARTY OFF RIGHTY WELL, OH Y WILL(ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BEARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, WELL WELL WELL WELL)[OUTRO: TWISTA]BABY DROP ANOTHER SLOW JAMAND ALL LOVERS, NEED TO HOLD HANDSAND IF YOU A'T GOT NO MAN, HOP UP MY BROUGHAMI KEEP PIMPG LIKE AN OLD MAN, YOU GOTS TO ROLL WH THE PLANCSE AFTER THAT, THEN I TAKE TO THE DOMETHEN I GOT TO BONE, STAY UP THE ZONEGOT TO GET YOU HOME, GOTTA N UP ONAND I DO (WELL WELL WELL WELL)BABY DROP ANOTHER SLOW JAMAND ALL LOVERS, NEED TO HOLD HANDSAND IF YOU A'T GOT NO MAN, HOP UP MY BROUGHAMI KEEP PIMPG LIKE AN OLD MAN, YOU GOTS TO ROLL WH THE PLANCSE AFTER THAT THEN I, TAKE YOU TO MY HOMEWE N GET ON, DISNNECT THE PHONETRYG TO GET YOU GONE, I'MMA MAKE YOU MOANAND I'LL DO (WELL WELL WELL WELL)32EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT
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Taken far too soon, Marv Gaye's mic took on var styl, om upliftg duets to heartbreakg ballads to socially-nsc 've taken his 10 very bt songs for the ultimate Marv Gaye troductn:. Wrten by the famo Holland–Dozier–Holland tr at Motown, this gave Marv Gaye his biggt h at the time song's tle was spired by one of Jackie Gleason's signature tchphras: "How Sweet It Is! Released on Motown's Tamla label 1966, this duet between Marv and Kim Wton scrib var thgs life - such as dreams, love and wish - beg far better wh two people stead of more: The tragic story of Marv Gaye and the untimely ath of a soul legendIn 1990, Rod Stewart and Ta Turner teamed up for a ver versn, takg to number five the UK.

Origally by Dn, this song was a tribute to four inic Amerins who were assassated: Abraham Lln, Mart Luther Kg Jr, John F Kennedy and Robert Gaye vered the song 1970, and was one of his first experiments socially-nsc mic, a year before his What's Gog On? Songwrers Ashford & Simpson scribed this song as their 'goln egg' which got them their first Motown Sprgfield wanted to rerd first, but the duo turned her down so that they uld secure Motown, and land wh Marv and Tammi Terrell, who sred a big h wh their origal more: Tammi Terrell - The tragic life story of a Motown sger and how Marv Gaye never got over her athThree years later, Diana Ross achieved her first solo US number one wh a ver versn g a different arrangement. The tle track of his 1973 album, beme Marv's biggt h and one of his sgature wh Ed Townsend, was origally nceived as a relig song after Townsend had recently fished rehab, before Gaye transformed to an emotnal plea about love and sexual liberatn.

This song was -wrten by Renaldo 'Obie' Benson, Al Cleveland, and Marv Gaye, and produced by Gaye marked Gaye's parture om the Motown Sound of his prev output, towards more personal more: The Story of...

MARV GAYE

However, is Marv Gaye's versn om 1968 that beme the most inic, spe the fact that Motown chief Berry Gordy was not nvced would be a h at more: Marv Gaye's isolated vols om 'I Heard Through the Grapeve' will give you tglIt beme a h for a send time 1985, after s e the inic Levi's advert featurg a certa Nick Kamen at a lndrette. And were signed to Gordy's legendary Motown RerdsGaye's first certified h unr his own name wouldn't e until 1962, but his early years at Motown were full of behd-the-scen succs.

For three high-flyg years, Gaye and Tammi Terrell wowed the untry wh their soarg duet performanc of songs like "A't No Mounta High Enough" and "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You.

In 2013, Gaye's tate asserted that producer/songwrer Pharrell Williams and sger/songwrer Rob Thicke had mted pyright gement by takg major mil elements om the dis track for the mega-h "Blurred L.

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HE RERD SONGS BY SMOKEY ROBSON BEFORE BEG HIS OWN PRODUCER ON THE PROTT ALBUM WHAT'S GOG ON (1971). GAYE'S LATER RERDS VELOPED HIS PRODUCTN STYLE AND YIELD SEVERAL HS, CLUDG "LET'S GET IT ON," "SEXUAL HEALG" AND "I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE." GAYE WAS KILLED 1984 DURG A DOMTIC DISPUTE WH HIS FATHER.EARLY LIFESGER MARV PENTZ GAYE, JR., ALSO KNOWN AS THE "PRCE OF SOUL," WAS BORN WASHGTON, D.C., ON APRIL 2, 1939. GAYE WAS RAISED UNR THE STRICT NTROL OF HIS FATHER, REVEREND MARV GAY SR.—MARV GAYE JR. ADD THE "E" ON THE END OF HIS NAME LATER LIFE—THE MISTER AT A LOL CHURCH, AGAST A BLEAK BACKDROP OF WISPREAD VLENCE HIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THROUGHOUT HIS CHILDHOOD, GAYE OFTEN FOUND PEACE MIC, MASTERG THE PIANO AND DMS AT A YOUNG AGE. UNTIL HIGH SCHOOL, HIS SGG EXPERIENCE WAS LIMED TO CHURCH REVIVALS, BUT SOON HE VELOPED A LOVE FOR R&B AND DOO-WOP THAT WOULD SET THE FOUNDATN FOR HIS REER. IN THE LATE 1950S, GAYE JOED A VOL GROUP LLED THE NEW MOONGLOWS. THE TALENTED SGER HAD A PHENOMENAL RANGE THAT SPANNED THREE VOL STYL AND HE SOON IMPRSED THE GROUP'S FOUNR, HARVEY FUQUA. IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE GAYE AND FUQUA BOTH ME TO THE ATTENTN OF DETRO MIC IMPRAR {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}BERRY GORDY JR. AND WERE SIGNED TO GORDY'S LEGENDARY MOTOWN RERDS.MOTOWN RERDSGAYE'S FIRST CERTIFIED H UNR HIS OWN NAME WOULDN'T E UNTIL 1962, BUT HIS EARLY YEARS AT MOTOWN WERE FULL OF BEHD-THE-SCEN SUCCS. HE WAS A SSN DMMER FOR MOTOWN LEGENDS SUCH AS LTLE STEVIE WONR, THE SUPREM, THE MARVELETT AND MARTHA AND THE VANLLAS. SHOWG HIS STRIP AS MOTOWN'S RENAISSANCE MAN, GAYE WENT ON TO BREAK TO THE TOP 40 FOR THE FIRST TIME ON HIS OWN 1962 WH HIS SOLO SGLE "HCH HIKE." THROUGHOUT THE 1960S, GAYE WOULD SHOW HIS IMMENSE RANGE, CHURNG OUT SOLO DANCE HS AND ROMANTIC DUETS WH H-MAKERS LIKE DIANA ROSS AND MARY WELLS. "CAN I GET A WNS" AND "I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE" WERE SOME OF GAYE'S BIGGT HS OF THE PERD, THE LATTER ACHIEVG S PLACE AS MOTOWN'S BT-SELLG SGLE OF THE 1960S. FOR THREE HIGH-FLYG YEARS, GAYE AND TAMMI TERRELL WOWED THE UNTRY WH THEIR SOARG DUET PERFORMANC OF SONGS LIKE "A'T NO MOUNTA HIGH ENOUGH" AND "IF I COULD BUILD MY WHOLE WORLD AROUND YOU." UNFORTUNATELY, THEIR REIGN AS THE ROYAL COUPLE OF R&B END WHEN TERRELL SUCCUMBED TO A BRA TUMOR 1970. HIS BELOVED PARTNER'S ATH HERED A DARK PERD FOR THE SGER, WHO SWORE NEVER TO PARTNER WH ANOTHER FEMALE VOLIST AND THREATENED TO ABANDON THE STAGE FOR GOOD.POLIL MSAGEIN 1970, SPIRED BY LATG VLENCE AND POLIL UNRT OVER THE VIETNAM WAR, GAYE WROTE THE LANDMARK SONG "WHAT'S GOG ON." DPE CLASH WH MOTOWN OVER THE SONG'S CREATIVE DIRECTN, THE SGLE WAS RELEASED 1971 AND BEME AN STANT SMASH. ITS SUCCS PROMPTED GAYE TO TAKE EVEN MORE RISKS, BOTH MILLY AND POLILLY. WHEN WAS RELEASED THE SPRG OF 1971, THE WHAT'S GOG ON ALBUM SERVED TO OPEN GAYE UP TO NEW DIENC WHILE MATAG HIS MOTOWN FOLLOWG. DEPARTG OM THE TRIED AND TE MOTOWN FORMULA, GAYE WENT OUT ON HIS OWN ARTISTILLY, PAVG THE WAY FOR OTHER MOTOWN ARTISTS LIKE WONR AND MICHAEL JACKSON TO BRANCH OUT LATER YEARS. BEYOND FLUENCG HIS PEERS, THE ALBUM GARNERED WISPREAD CRIL ACCLAIM, WNG THE ROLLG STONE ALBUM OF THE YEAR AWARD.CROSSOVER SUCCSIN 1972, GAYE MOVED TO LOS ANGEL AND SOON MET JANIS HUNTER, WHO WOULD LATER BEE HIS SEND WIFE. INSPIRED PART BY HIS NEWFOUND PENNCE, GAYE RERD ONE OF THE MOST REVERED LOVE ANTHEMS OF ALL TIME, "LET'S GET IT ON." THE SONG BEME HIS SEND NO. 1 BILLBOARD H, CEMENTG HIS CROSSOVER APPEAL ONCE AND FOR ALL. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, MOTOWN PHED GAYE TO TOURG TO PALIZE ON HIS MOST RECENT SUCCS; RELUCTANTLY THE SGER-SONGWRER RETURNED TO THE STAGE. THROUGH MOST OF THE MID-1970S, GAYE WAS TOURG, LLABORATG OR PRODUCG. WORKG WH DIANA ROSS AND THE MIRACL, HE PUT OFF RELEASG ANOTHER SOLO ALBUM UNTIL 1976. HE NTUED TOURG AFTER THE RELEASE OF I WANT YOU (1976) AND, AFTER SRG A NO. 1 H 1977 WH THE DANCE SGLE "GOT TO GIVE IT UP," RELEASED HIS LAST ALBUM FOR MOTOWN RERDS (HERE, MY DEAR) 1978. (DES LATER, "GOT TO GIVE IT UP" WOULD BEE THE CENTER OF A BIG NTROVERSY. IN 2013, GAYE'S TATE ASSERTED THAT PRODUCER/SONGWRER PHARRELL WILLIAMS AND SGER/SONGWRER ROB THICKE HAD MTED PYRIGHT GEMENT BY TAKG MAJOR MIL ELEMENTS OM THE DIS TRACK FOR THE MEGA-H "BLURRED L." AFTER A SE WHICH THICKE TTIFIED THAT HE'D HAD LTLE TO DO WH THE WRG OF THE SONG, THE JURY LED FAVOR OF GAYE'S FAY, WHO WERE AWARD $7.3 LN DAMAG AND PROF SHAR. THE JURY ALSO LED THAT NEHER WILLIAMS OR THICKE HAD PURPOSELY MTED GEMENT.) AFTER TWO S AT MOTOWN, GAYE SIGNED WH CBS'S COLUMBIA RERDS 1982 AND BEGAN TO WORK ON HIS LAST ALBUM, MIDNIGHT LOVE. THE LEAD SGLE OM THAT ALBUM, "SEXUAL HEALG," BEME A HUGE EBACK H FOR THE R&B STAR AND EARNED HIM HIS FIRST TWO GRAMMY AWARDS AND AN AMERIN MIC AWARD FOR FAVORE SOUL SGLE.PERSONAL LIFEIN 1975, GAYE'S WIFE ANNA GORDY—BERRY GORDY'S SISTER—FILED FOR DIVORCE, AND TWO YEARS LATER GAYE MARRIED HUNTER, WHO HAD BY THEN GIVEN BIRTH TO THEIR DGHTER, NONA (BORN SEPTEMBER 4, 1974) AND THEIR SON FRANKIE (BORN NOVEMBER 16, 1975). GAYE ALSO HAD AN ADOPTED SON (MARV PENTZ GAYE III) OM HIS PREV MARRIAGE. THE SGER'S MARRIAGE TO HUNTER PROVED SHORT LIVED AND TUMULTUO, ENDG DIVORCE 1981.DEATH AND LEGACYDPE HIS SUCCSFUL EBACK THE EARLY 1980S, GAYE STGGLED BADLY WH THE SUBSTANCE ABE AND BOUTS OF PRSN THAT HAD PLAGUED HIM FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE. AFTER HIS LAST TOUR, HE MOVED TO HIS PARENTS' HOE. THERE HE AND HIS FATHER FELL TO A PATTERN OF VLENT FIGHTS AND QUARRELS THAT RELLED NFLICTS THAT HAD HNTED THE FAY FOR S. ON APRIL 1, 1984, MARV GAYE SR. SHOT AND KILLED HIS SON AFTER A PHYSIL ALTERTN; THE FATHER CLAIMED HE ACTED SELF-FENSE BUT WOULD LATER BE NVICTED OF VOLUNTARY MANSLGHTER. THREE YEARS AFTER HIS ATH, GAYE WAS DUCTED TO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME. CREATG BETIFUL ART OM A TROUBLED LIFE, GAYE AGA AND AGA BROUGHT HIS VISN, RANGE AND ARTISTRY TO THE WORLD STAGE. AT THE END OF HIS REER, HE ADMTED HE NO LONGER MA MIC FOR PLEASURE; STEAD, HE SAID, "I RERD SO THAT I N FEED PEOPLE WHAT THEY NEED, WHAT THEY FEEL. HOPEFULLY, I RERD SO THAT I N HELP SOMEONE OVERE A BAD TIME."{BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK {FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;MARG:0.9375REM 0 0 0.625REM;PADDG:0 0 0 1.25REM;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:0.9375REM 0;}} B, STRONG{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} LI{PADDG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} LI::MARKER{LOR:#323232;}NAME: MARV GAYEBIRTH YEAR: 1939BIRTH DATE: APRIL 2, 1939BIRTH CY: WASHGTON, D. C.BIRTH COUNTRY: UNED STATGENR: MALEBT KNOWN FOR: MARV GAYE WAS A SOUL SGER-SONGWRER WH MOTOWN THE 1960S AND 1970S. HE PRODUCED HIS OWN RERDS AND OFTEN ADDRSED NTROVERSIAL THEM.INDTRIPOPASTROLOGIL SIGN: ARIINTERTG FACTSBEFORE MAKG AS A SOLO ARTIST, MARV GAYE PLAYED DMS FOR ARTISTS SUCH AS STEVIE WONR AND THE SUPREM.DEATH YEAR: 1984DEATH DATE: APRIL 1, 1984DEATH STATE: CALIFORNIADEATH CY: LOS ANGELDEATH COUNTRY: UNED STATFACT CHECKWE STRIVE FOR ACCURACY AND YOU SEE SOMETHG THAT DON'T LOOK RIGHT,NTACT !CITATION INFORMATIONARTICLE TLE: MARV GAYE BGRAPHYAUTHOR: EDORSWEBSE NAME: THE WEBSEURL: ACCS DATE: PUBLISHER: A&E; TELEVISN NETWORKSLAST UPDATED: APRIL 19, 2021ORIGAL PUBLISHED DATE: APRIL 2, 2014QUOTES

Personal LifeIn 1975, Gaye's wife Anna Gordy—Berry Gordy's sister—filed for divorce, and two years later Gaye married Hunter, who had by then given birth to their dghter, Nona (born September 4, 1974) and their son Frankie (born November 16, 1975). The sger's marriage to Hunter proved short lived and tumultuo, endg divorce and LegacyDpe his succsful eback the early 1980s, Gaye stggled badly wh the substance abe and bouts of prsn that had plagued him for most of his life.

IndtriPopAstrologil Sign: AriIntertg FactsBefore makg as a solo artist, Marv Gaye played dms for artists such as Stevie Wonr and The Year: 1984Death date: April 1, 1984Death State: CaliforniaDeath Cy: Los AngelDeath Country: Uned StatFact CheckWe strive for accuracy and you see somethg that don't look right, ntact ! CITATION INFORMATIONArticle Tle: Marv Gaye BgraphyAuthor: EdorsWebse Name: The webseUrl: Date: Publisher: A&E; Televisn NetworksLast Updated: April 19, 2021Origal Published Date: April 2, 2014QUOTESWar is not the answer, bee only love n nquer you nnot fd peace wh yourself, you will never fd anywhere else. Blsed wh an exceptnally wi range that enpassed three distct vol styl—a piercg falsetto, a smooth mid-range tenor, and a ep gospel growl—Gaye bed great technil prows wh rare mil dividualy.

SLOW JAMZTWISTA, KANYE WT & JAMIE FOXXTRACK 8 ON KON THE LOUIS VUTON DON PRODUCED BYKANYE WT“SLOW JAMZ” IS A SMOOTH, MELODIC TRACK OM KANYE WT’S BUT ALBUM. JAMIE FOXX’S HOOK AND TWISTA’S FAST-PACED VERSE ARE SOME OF THE MORE MEMORABLE PARTS OF THE ALBUM.DEC. 2, 20031 VIEWER675.3K VIEWS137 CONTRIBUTORSTRANSLATNSSVENSKAESPAñOLTWISTA, KANYE WT & JAMIE FOXX - SLOW JAMZ (TRADUZNE ITALIANA)SLOW JAMZ LYRICS[INTRO: JAMIE FOXX]KANYE, 'S, 'S FOXX, MANI'M JT SAY', YOU KNOW, I WAS TALK' TO THE GIRLS, YOU KNOWAND WE, WE DON'T PUT ENOUGH EMPHASIS ON THE LADI SOMETIMEYOU KNOW, I WAS TALK' TO THIS GIRLSHE WAS TALK' ABOUT THE MIC ALL FAST THE CLUB, YOU KNOWSHE GOTTA DRK WATER 'E SHE THIRSTYSHE DONE DANCED LIKE NETY TO A HUNDRED SONGS BACK TO BACKWHEN A'T NOBODY, YOU KNOW, REALLY TRY TO FD OUT WHAT SHE FEEL'LIKE HOW SHE FEEL, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT SHE TOLD ME?(ARE YOU GONNA BE?) CHECK OUT, THIS IS WHAT SHE SAID(SAY THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE) OOH, OOH, OOH, OOH, OOOH[CHOS: JAMIE FOXX & LUTHER]SHE SAID SHE WANT SOME MARV GAYE, SOME LUTHER VANDROSSA LTLE ANA WILL FELY SET THIS PARTY OFF RIGHT(ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BEARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, WELL, WELL, WELL, WELL)SHE SAID SHE WANT SOME READY FOR THE WORLD, SOME NEW EDNSOME MNIE RIPERTON WILL FELY SET THIS PARTY OFF RIGHT(ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BEARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, WELL, WELL, WELL, WELL)[INTERLU: KANYE WT]Y WILLIT FELY WILL!YOU KNOW WHAT I TOLD HER?YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[VERSE 1: KANYE WT]I TOLD HER TO DRIVE OVER YO' NEW WHIP, BRG SOME IENDS YOU OL WHI'MA BRG THE OL WHIP, THEN I WANT YOU TO STRIPSEE, YOU IS MY NEW CHICK, SO WE GET OUR GRD ONSHE BE GRABB', LL' ME BIGGIE LIKE SHYNE HOMEMAN, I SWEAR, SHE FE HOM, WHY SHE ALWAYS LY' THOUGH?TELL' ME THEM DIAMONDS, WHEN SHE KNOW THEY RHTONSHE GOT A LIGHT-SKNED IEND LOOK LIKE MICHAEL JACKSONGOT A DARK-SKNED IEND LOOK LIKE MICHAEL JACKSONI PLAYED READY FOR THE WORLD, SHE WAS READY FOR SOME ACTNMY DOG SAID YOU A'T NO EAK SO YOU 'BOUT TO PROVE MY MAN WRONGI'MA PLAY THIS VANDROSS, YOU GON' TAKE YO' PANTS OFFI'MA PLAY THIS GLADYS KNIGHT, ME AND YOU GON' GET RIGHT[CHOS: JAMIE FOXX & LUTHER]SHE SAID SHE WANT SOME MARV GAYE, SOME LUTHER VANDROSSA LTLE ANA WILL FELY SET THIS PARTY OFF RIGHT(ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BEARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, WELL WELL WELL WELL)SHE SAID SHE WANT SOME READY FOR THE WORLD, SOME NEW EDNSOME MNIE RIPERTON WILL FELY SET THIS PARTY OFF RIGHT(ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BEARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, WELL WELL WELL WELL)[BRIDGE: JAMIE FOXX]SMOKEY ROBSON, SMOKEY ROBSONFREDDIE JACKSON, EVERYTHG, EVERYTHG (WELL, WELL, WELL, WELL)SMOKEY ROBSON, ASHFORD & SIMPSON (ARE YOU GONNA BE)SET THE PARTY, REALLY SET THE PARTY OFF RIGHTY WILL, Y WILL (WELL WELL WELL WELL)AL GREEN, OH! AL GREEN, OH YEAHOOOHWHATCHA KNOW ABOUT THE ISLEY BROTHERS?[INTERLU: AISHA TYLER & KANYE WT]NOW, KANYE, I KNOW I TOLD YOU TO SLOW DOWN, BABYIT'S GOOD, 'S ALL GOOD, 'S BETIFULBUT NOW I NEED YOU TO DO FASTER, BABYCAN YOU PLEASE? DO FASTER, BABY, DO FASTER!DAMN, BABY, I N'T DO THAT FASTBUT I KNOW SOMEBODY WHO N, TWISTA![VERSE 2: TWISTA]GOT YOU LOOKG AT THE GLIST ON MY HANDS AND WRISTWHILE I'M LAY' BACK AND SMOKG ON MY NNABISWHEN E TO ROCK' THE RHYTHM LIKE MARV AND LUTHERI N TELL YOU A'T NO MS' WH KAN MAN AND TWISTIN THE CHI AND I BE SIPP' HENNSY, PLAY SOME R&BWHILE I SMOKE A B, YOU N PREFERABLY FD THAT I'M A GAND ALL IS (WELL WELL WELL WELL)COME W' ME AND SIP ON SOME EVELYN CHAMPAGNEYOU A'T KNOW TWISTA ULD WORK LIKE THE WHISPERS?H THE STOP LIGHT, MOVE TO SOME ISLEYSRIMS STILL MOV' SO I BUMP A LIL' SPNERSWHILE I'M SMOKG ON A B, DIPP' THROUGH THE STREETSBUMP' R&B AND I GOT THE HEAT ON THE 23'SAND I DO (WELL WELL WELL WELL)W' MY EARTH THE WD SMOKG FIRELET ME GET YA SHEETS WET LISTEN' TO KEH SWEATPUT YOU A DAZE W' MAZEFULFILLG OUR EVERY TEMPTATNSLOW JAMM', HAV' EP SEXYOU READY FOR THE WORLD GIRL, E ON GO W' MEI TOUCH YOU ALL OVER YOUR BODY BABY DON'T SAY NO TO MEAND EVERY MOMENT BE NTROLLG MEI'M LOV' THE WAY YOU BE HOLD' ME WHEN I BE LISTEN' TO JOCIAND WHEN I E OVER AND BEND YA ASSYOU BE BUMP' TEDDY PENRGRASSI DONE H OM THE BACK, TO THE MELODY AND RO SLOWNOW I GOT TO GO UP FAST, BUT I'MA FISH LASTNO MATTER HOW MUCH OF A THUG YOU SEEI STILL SP LIKE 'S R&B, E TO THE CLUB W' MEAND WHEN SOME LUTHER E ON I HOPE YOU FEEL' MEAND STILL WILL BE LOVE W' ME, CHI RI[CHOS: JAMIE FOXX & LUTHER]SHE SAID SHE WANT SOME MARV GAYE, SOME LUTHER VANDROSSA LTLE ANA WILL FELY SET THIS PARTY OFF RIGHT(ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BEARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, WELL, WELL, WELL, WELL)SHE SAID SHE WANT SOME READY FOR THE WORLD, SOME NEW EDNSOME MNIE RIPERTON WILL FELY SET THIS PARTY OFF RIGHT(ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BEARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, WELL, WELL, WELL, WELL)[BRIDGE 2: JAMIE FOXX & TRACIE SPENCER]SLY AND THE FAY STONE (SLY AND THE FAY STONE)LET'S GET THE PARTY ON (LET'S GET THE PARTY ON)SLY AND THE FAY STONE (SLY AND THE FAY STONE)LET'S GET OUR PARTY ON (LET'S GET OUR PARTY ON)EARTH, WD AND FIRE, BABY (EARTH, WD AND FIRE, BABY)LET'S TAKE HIGHER, SWEETIE (LET'S TAKE HIGHER, SWEETIE)LET'S REALLY SET, LET'S REALLY SET THIS PARTY OFF[CHOS: JAMIE FOXX & LUTHER]SHE SAID SHE WANT SOME MARV GAYE, SOME LUTHER VANDROSSA LTLE ANA WILL FELY SET THIS PARTY OFF RIGHT(ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BEARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, WELL, WELL, WELL, WELL)SHE SAID SHE WANT SOME READY FOR THE WORLD, SOME NEW EDNSOME MNIE RIPERTON WILL FELY SET THIS PARTY OFF RIGHT(ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BEARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, WELL, WELL, WELL, WELL)45EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

Gaye also displayed dazzlg virtuosy by overdubbg (buildg sound track by track onto a sgle tape) his own voice three or four tim to provi his own rich harmony, a technique he would employ for the rt of his reer. Here, My Dear (1979) brilliantly alt wh Gaye’s divorce om Gordy’s sister Anna (the first of the sger’s two tumultuo divorc)’s growg addictn to e exacerbated his psychologil stggl. Gaye, who ced his chief fluenc as Ray Charl, Cly McPhatter, Rudy Wt (lead sger for the doo-wop group the Five Keys), and Ltle Willie John, was ducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1987.

He received a Grammy Award for lifetime achievement an artist who employed urban soul mic to exprs social and personal ncerns, as well as a sger of exquise sensivy and romantic grace, Gaye left a legacy that has wined sce his mise, and his mic has bee a permanent fixture Amerin pop. ) Check out, this is what she said(Say that you're gonna be) Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, oooh[Chos: Jamie Foxx & Luther]She said she want some Marv Gaye, some Luther VandrossA ltle Ana will fely set this party off right(Are you gonna be, are you gonna be, are you gonna beAre you gonna be, are you gonna be, well, well, well, well)She said she want some Ready for the World, some New EdnSome Mnie Riperton will fely set this party off right(Are you gonna be, are you gonna be, are you gonna beAre you gonna be, are you gonna be, well, well, well, well)[Interlu: Kanye Wt]Y willIt fely will! Tell' me them diamonds, when she know they rhtonShe got a light-skned iend look like Michael JacksonGot a dark-skned iend look like Michael JacksonI played Ready for the World, she was ready for some actnMy dog said you a't no eak so you 'bout to prove my man wrongI'ma play this Vandross, you gon' take yo' pants offI'ma play this Gladys Knight, me and you gon' get right[Chos: Jamie Foxx & Luther]She said she want some Marv Gaye, some Luther VandrossA ltle Ana will fely set this party off right(Are you gonna be, are you gonna be, are you gonna beAre you gonna be, are you gonna be, well well well well)She said she want some Ready for the World, some New EdnSome Mnie Riperton will fely set this party off right(Are you gonna be, are you gonna be, are you gonna beAre you gonna be, are you gonna be, well well well well)[Bridge: Jamie Foxx]Smokey Robson, Smokey RobsonFreddie Jackson, everythg, everythg (Well, well, well, well)Smokey Robson, Ashford & Simpson (Are you gonna be)Set the party, really set the party off rightY will, y will (Well well well well)Al Green, oh!

THE 10 BT MARV GAYE SONGS

H the stop light, move to some IsleysRims still mov' so I bump a lil' SpnersWhile I'm smokg on a b, dipp' through the streetsBump' R&B and I got the heat on the 23'sAnd I do (Well well well well)W' my Earth the Wd smokg FireLet me get ya sheets wet listen' to Keh SweatPut you a daze w' MazeFulfillg our every temptatnSlow jamm', hav' ep sexYou ready for the world girl, e on go w' meI touch you all over your body baby don't say no to meAnd every moment be ntrollg meI'm lov' the way you be hold' me when I be listen' to JociAnd when I e over and bend ya assYou be bump' Teddy PenrgrassI done h om the back, to the melody and ro slowNow I got to go up fast, but I'ma fish lastNo matter how much of a thug you seeI still sp like 's R&B, e to the club w' meAnd when some Luther e on I hope you feel' meAnd still will be love w' me, Chi ri[Chos: Jamie Foxx & Luther]She said she want some Marv Gaye, some Luther VandrossA ltle Ana will fely set this party off right(Are you gonna be, are you gonna be, are you gonna beAre you gonna be, are you gonna be, well, well, well, well)She said she want some Ready for the World, some New EdnSome Mnie Riperton will fely set this party off right(Are you gonna be, are you gonna be, are you gonna beAre you gonna be, are you gonna be, well, well, well, well)[Bridge 2: Jamie Foxx & Tracie Spencer]Sly and the Fay Stone (Sly and the Fay Stone)Let's get the party on (Let's get the party on)Sly and the Fay Stone (Sly and the Fay Stone)Let's get our party on (Let's get our party on)Earth, Wd and Fire, baby (Earth, Wd and Fire, baby)Let's take higher, sweetie (Let's take higher, sweetie)Let's really set, let's really set this party off[Chos: Jamie Foxx & Luther]She said she want some Marv Gaye, some Luther VandrossA ltle Ana will fely set this party off right(Are you gonna be, are you gonna be, are you gonna beAre you gonna be, are you gonna be, well, well, well, well)She said she want some Ready for the World, some New EdnSome Mnie Riperton will fely set this party off right(Are you gonna be, are you gonna be, are you gonna beAre you gonna be, are you gonna be, well, well, well, well). While the other two artists mentned above make harr to make any absolute claims about their imaged futur, I thk ’s a ltle easier to image that Gaye would have found a way to thrive even while his peers were phed to mercial rndancy or started makg mic that felt beneath their abili. Gaye is one of the few Motown artists who me up through the ranks of that label’s star-makg system and ntued to evolve wh the tim up until his untimely ath one day shy of his 45th birthday.

After some dabblgs doo-wop early on, Gaye posned himself as a crooner of pop standards like “My Funny Valente” and “How High The Moon, ” before quickly embracg the new sound of R&B and soul. If there’s any posive to be found amid all the legal clamor regardg the siari between “Got To Give It Up” and Rob Thicke’s “Blurred L, ” ’s that ’s great to see Marv Gaye’s mic is still fluencg today’s artists and producers.

SLOW JAMZTWISTATRACK 4 ON KAMIKAZE FEATURGKANYE WT & JAMIE FOXXPRODUCED BYKANYE WTA WHIMSIL, TNAL, EDIC JOURNEY THROUGH THE GREAT OVR OF THE R&B ERA, “SLOW JAMZ” IS FUNNY, SEXUAL, AND TAILOR-MA FOR BREAKDOWN BY RAP GENIDEC. 2, 20031 VIEWER380.8K VIEWS96 CONTRIBUTORSSLOW JAMZ LYRICS[PRODUCED BY KANYE WT][INTRO]ARE YOU GOG TO BE, SAY THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE[HOOK: JAMIE FOXX]SHE SAY SHE WANT SOME MARV GAYE, SOME LUTHER VANDROSSA LTLE ANA, WILL FELY SET THIS PARTY OFF RIGHT(ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BEARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, WELL WELL WELL WELL)SHE SAY SHE WANT SOME READY FOR THE WORLD, SOME NEW EDNSOME MNIE RIPERTON, WILL FELY SET THIS PARTY OFF RIGHTY WELL, OH Y WILL(ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BEARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, WELL WELL WELL WELL)[VERSE 1: KANYE WT]Y WILL, FELY WILL! YOU KNOW WHAT I TOLD HER?I TOLD HER TO "DRIVE OVER YOUR NEW WHIPBRG SOME IENDS YOU OL WHI'MMA BRG THE COOL WHIP, THEN I WANT YOU TO STRIPSEE YOU IS MY NEW CHICK, SO WE GET OUR GRD ONSHE BE GRABBG, LLG ME BIGGIE, LIKE SHYNE HOMEMAN I SWEAR SHE FE HOM, WHY SHE ALWAYS LYG THOUGH?TELLG ME THEM DIAMONDS, WHEN SHE KNOW THEY RHTONSHE GOT A LIGHT-SKNED IEND, LOOK LIKE MICHAEL JACKSONGOT A DARK-SKNED IEND, LOOK LIKE MICHAEL JACKSONI PLAYED READY FOR THE WORLD, SHE WAS READY FOR SOME ACTNMY DOG SAID YOU A'T NO EAK, SO YOU 'BOUT TO PROVE MY MAN WRONGI'MMA PLAY THIS VANDROSS, YOU GON' TAKE YOUR PANTS OFFI'MMA PLAY THIS GLADYS KNIGHT, ME AND YOU GON' GET RIGHTYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[HOOK: JAMIE FOXX]SHE SAY SHE WANT SOME MARV GAYE, SOME LUTHER VANDROSSA LTLE ANA, WILL FELY SET THIS PARTY OFF RIGHT(ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BEARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, WELL WELL WELL WELL)SHE SAY SHE WANT SOME READY FOR THE WORLD, SOME NEW EDNSOME MNIE RIPERTON, WILL FELY SET THIS PARTY OFF RIGHTY WELL, OH Y WILL(ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BEARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, WELL WELL WELL WELL)[INTERLU: AISHA TYLER & KANYE WT]NOW KANYE, I KNOW I TOLD YOU TO SLOW DOWN, BABYAND 'S GOOD, 'S ALL GOOD, 'S BETIFUL, 'S BETIFULBUT NOW I NEED YOU TO DO FASTER, BABYCAN YOU PLEASE? DO FASTER BABY, DO FASTER!DAMN, BABY; I N'T DO THAT FAST...BUT I KNOW SOMEBODY WHO N, TWISTA![VERSE 2: TWISTA]GOT YOU LOOKG AT THE GLISS' ON MY HANDS AND WRISTSWHILE I'M LAYG BACK AND SMOKG ON MY NNABISWHEN E TO ROCKG THE RHYTHM LIKE MARV AND LUTHERI N TELL YOU A'T NO MS' WH KAN-MAN AND TWISTIN THE CHI, AND I BE SIPPG HENNSYPLAY SOME R&B WHILE I SMOKE A BYOU N PREFERABLY FD THAT I'M A GAND ALL IS (WELL WELL WELL WELL)COME WH ME AND SIP ON SOME EVELYN CHAMPAGNEYOU A'T KNOW TWISTA N WORK LIKE THE WHISPERS?H THE STOP LIGHT, MOV' TO SOME ISLEYSHIS RIMS STILL MOVG SO I BUMP A LTLE SPNERSWHILE I'M SMOKG ON A B, DIPPG THROUGH THE STREETSBUMPG R&B, AND I GOT THE HEAT ON THEM 23'SAND I DO (WELL WELL WELL WELL)WH MY EARTH THE WD SMOK' FIRELET ME GET YOUR SHEETS WET LISTENG TO KEH SWEATPUT YOU A DAZE WH MAZEFULFILLG HER WH EVERY TEMPTATN, SLOW-JAMMG, HAVG EP SEXYOU READY FOR THE WORLD, GIRL? COME ON GO WH MEI'LL TOUCH YOU ALL OVER YOUR BODY, BABY DON'T SAY NO TO MEAND EVERY NOTE'LL BE NTROLLG MEI'M LOVG THE WAY YOU BE HOLDG ME WHEN I BE LISTENG TO JOCIAND WHEN I E OVER AND BEND YOUR ASSYOU BE BUMP' TEDDY PENRGRASSI DONE H OM THE BACK TO THE MELODY OF "ROLL IT SLOW"NOW I GOTTA GO UP FAST, BUT I'MMA FISH LASTNO MATTER HOW MUCH OF A THUG YOU SEEI STILL SP LIKE S R&B, GO TO THE CLUB WH MEAND WH SOME LUTHER E ONI HOPE YOU FEEL' ME AND STILL GON' BE LOVE WH ME, CHI RI[HOOK: JAMIE FOXX]SHE SAY SHE WANT SOME MARV GAYE, SOME LUTHER VANDROSSA LTLE ANA, WILL FELY SET THIS PARTY OFF RIGHT(ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BEARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, WELL WELL WELL WELL)SHE SAY SHE WANT SOME READY FOR THE WORLD, SOME NEW EDNSOME MNIE RIPERTON, WILL FELY SET THIS PARTY OFF RIGHTY WELL, OH Y WILL(ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BEARE YOU GONNA BE, ARE YOU GONNA BE, WELL WELL WELL WELL)[OUTRO: TWISTA]BABY DROP ANOTHER SLOW JAMAND ALL LOVERS, NEED TO HOLD HANDSAND IF YOU A'T GOT NO MAN, HOP UP MY BROUGHAMI KEEP PIMPG LIKE AN OLD MAN, YOU GOTS TO ROLL WH THE PLANCSE AFTER THAT, THEN I TAKE TO THE DOMETHEN I GOT TO BONE, STAY UP THE ZONEGOT TO GET YOU HOME, GOTTA N UP ONAND I DO (WELL WELL WELL WELL)BABY DROP ANOTHER SLOW JAMAND ALL LOVERS, NEED TO HOLD HANDSAND IF YOU A'T GOT NO MAN, HOP UP MY BROUGHAMI KEEP PIMPG LIKE AN OLD MAN, YOU GOTS TO ROLL WH THE PLANCSE AFTER THAT THEN I, TAKE YOU TO MY HOMEWE N GET ON, DISNNECT THE PHONETRYG TO GET YOU GONE, I'MMA MAKE YOU MOANAND I'LL DO (WELL WELL WELL WELL)32EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

Great as the whole thg is, the apex is this nearly eight-mute track that balanc his raw anger and rignatn at his ex draggg him through a nasty urt fight wh one of his more sensual vol performanc and a steamy backg track that ces three mut to a duet between Fernando Harkns’ tenor sax and Gaye’s Moog reports.

The origal is all punch and fire, but spired by the succs a few years earlier of “I Heard It Through The Grapeve, ” Gaye and the Funk Brothers turn to the soulful show of support that songwrers Barrett Strong and Norman Whfield exprsed their lyrics. Try as they might, no other volist uld be those two sensibili as Gaye do here, brgg to life the guy that you wanted to brg home to meet mom and then sneak off to the bathroom for a quickie before dner is served.

50 YEARS AFTER MARV GAYE ASKED, ‘WHAT’S GOG ON?’ AMERI STILL SEARCHG FOR AN ANSWER

[Produced by Kanye Wt][Intro]Are you gog to be, say that you're gonna be[Hook: Jamie Foxx]She say she want some Marv Gaye, some Luther VandrossA ltle Ana, will fely set this party off right(Are you gonna be, are you gonna be, are you gonna beAre you gonna be, are you gonna be, well well well well)She say she want some Ready For The World, some New EdnSome Mnie Riperton, will fely set this party off rightY well, oh y will(Are you gonna be, are you gonna be, are you gonna beAre you gonna be, are you gonna be, well well well well)[Verse 1: Kanye Wt]Y will, fely will! Tellg me them diamonds, when she know they rhtonShe got a light-skned iend, look like Michael JacksonGot a dark-skned iend, look like Michael JacksonI played Ready for the World, she was ready for some actnMy dog said you a't no eak, so you 'bout to prove my man wrongI'mma play this Vandross, you gon' take your pants offI'mma play this Gladys Knight, me and you gon' get right[Hook: Jamie Foxx]She say she want some Marv Gaye, some Luther VandrossA ltle Ana, will fely set this party off right(Are you gonna be, are you gonna be, are you gonna beAre you gonna be, are you gonna be, well well well well)She say she want some Ready For The World, some New EdnSome Mnie Riperton, will fely set this party off rightY well, oh y will(Are you gonna be, are you gonna be, are you gonna beAre you gonna be, are you gonna be, well well well well)[Interlu: Aisha Tyler & Kanye Wt]Now Kanye, I know I told you to slow down, babyAnd 's good, 's all good, 's betiful, 's betifulBut now I need you to do faster, babyCan you please? Come on go wh meI'll touch you all over your body, baby don't say no to meAnd every note'll be ntrollg meI'm lovg the way you be holdg me when I be listeng to JociAnd when I e over and bend your assYou be bump' Teddy PenrgrassI done h om the back to the melody of "Roll It Slow"Now I gotta go up fast, but I'mma fish lastNo matter how much of a thug you seeI still sp like s R&B, go to the club wh meAnd wh some Luther e onI hope you feel' me and still gon' be love wh me, Chi ri[Hook: Jamie Foxx]She say she want some Marv Gaye, some Luther VandrossA ltle Ana, will fely set this party off right(Are you gonna be, are you gonna be, are you gonna beAre you gonna be, are you gonna be, well well well well)She say she want some Ready For The World, some New EdnSome Mnie Riperton, will fely set this party off rightY well, oh y will(Are you gonna be, are you gonna be, are you gonna beAre you gonna be, are you gonna be, well well well well)[Outro: Twista]Baby drop another slow jamAnd all lovers, need to hold handsAnd if you a't got no man, hop up my BroughamI keep pimpg like an old man, you gots to roll wh the planCse after that, then I take to the domeThen I got to bone, stay up the zoneGot to get you home, gotta n up onAnd I do (well well well well)Baby drop another slow jamAnd all lovers, need to hold handsAnd if you a't got no man, hop up my BroughamI keep pimpg like an old man, you gots to roll wh the planCse after that then I, take you to my homeWe n get on, disnnect the phoneTryg to get you gone, I'mma make you moanAnd I'll do (Well well well well)How to Format Lyrics:Type out all lyrics, even repeatg song parts like the chosLyrics should be broken down to dividual lUse sectn hears above different song parts like [Verse], [Chos], alics (<i>lyric</i>) and bold (<b>lyric</b>) to distguish between different volists the same song partIf you don’t unrstand a lyric, e [?

In a recent terview for a new CNN documentary about Gaye’s work, tled “What’s Gog On: Marv Gaye’s Anthem for the Ag, ” the Grammy-nomated artist and activist relled redisverg the album jt before headg to a prott Nashville last summer. Marv Gaye uld have sung somebody’s Power Pot prentatn and would still have sound like a love song torn om the pths of his soul, so llectns like this one, which feature several of his greatt sgl, n’t really miss. It’s Marv Gaye -- and there are classics here like “Let’s Get It On, ” “You’re a Wonrful One, ” “I Heard It Through the Grapeve” and ’s equally imprsive siblg “That’s the Way Love Is, ” and the magnificent and elegant “What’s Gog On.

” What mak this two-disc set feel a ltle more hive and plete than most on the market is the prence of not jt his early- and middle-reer Motown releas, but his later work as well; for stance, Gaye’s brilliant Top Ten swan song, “Sexual Healg” om 1982 and his twilight stay at Columbia Rerds, is also clud here.

LOVE MARV: THE GREATT LOVE SONGS OF MARV GAYE

There are some thgs one uld argue for cln -- “A’t That Peculiar” and “Trouble Man” are jt two sis that e immediately to md -- but the miracle that was Marv Gaye wh a love song through loud and clear. They beme a backg group for former Moonglows sger Harvey Fuqua, and by 1961 Gaye had moved to Detro, where he beme a ssn dmmer for Motown, playg on ton like The Marvelett’ “Please Mr. ” But Gaye began edgg toward a more emotnally and milly sophistited place wh 1968’s immortal “I Heard It Through the Grapeve, ” and 1971 he helped alter the urse of soul wh the socially nsc, plexly textured What’s Gog On.

Gaye never stopped novatg—his smolrg, dis-iendly 1977 smash “Got to Give It Up” was a ccial fluence on Michael Jackson’s adult reer, and the synths and dm mache of 1982’s electro-soul burner “Sexual Healg” once aga led R&B someplace new.

Tammi Terrell, "I Can't Believe You Love Me"Perhaps no Motown story is more tragic than that of Tammi Terrell, a sweet young songbird who beme famo after replacg Kim Wton as Marv Gaye's duet partner.

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Marv Gaye, "This Love Starved Heart Of Me (It's Killg Me)Marv Gaye's talog of hs for Motown was so strong that 1994, the label released 25 rerdgs om his reer that had never seen the light of day. Whfield and Strong then had Marv Gaye rerd the song but still no luck: Motown head Berry Gordy chose Holland-Dozier-Holland's "Your Unchangg Love" over "Grapeve" as his next sgle. Rodney Jon, the Chigo disc jockey at WVON, started playg on the air, Berry Gordy rensired and released Gaye's versn as a sgle, which beme even more popular and known as the five versn of the song.

Gaye's "Grapeve" pound the charts about a year after Knight's, gog to #1 Ameri on December 14, this heartbreakg tune about a man who fds out sendhand that his girl is cheatg on him, Marv Gaye wng out the emotn the song thanks to Norman Whfield, who produced the track and gave him very specific stctns. The soundtrack also boasts other Motown hs such as Gaye's "What's Gog On"; The Temptatns' "My Girl" and "A't Too Proud to Beg"; The Miracl' "I Send That Emotn" and "The Tracks Of My Tears"; The Four Tops' "It's the Same Old Song"; The Marvelett' "Too Many Fish the Sea" and Martha and The Vanllas' "Dancg the Street" (which was -wrten by Gaye) origal versn of this song was prented for nsiratn at one of the famo Friday morng meetgs help at the Motown offic where Berry Gordy would ci which songs to release as sgl.

Gaye often spoke boxg metaphors, and 1979 — the wake of a stly divorce om his first wife, tranged om his send, gripped by e addictn, and badly bt to the IRS — the image of the pummeled prizefighter beme particularly potent to him. Though much has been wrten about Gaye’s downward spiral the late Seventi and early Eighti, about the rurgence of his reer the wake of “Sexual Healg, ” and his 1984 murr at the hands of his own father at the fay’s home, ltle has been wrten about this event.

HOW A 1979 BOXG MATCH BEME THE FIGHT OF MARV GAYE’S LIFE

C., Gaye was huiated by his father’s double life, feelgs that led to a lifelong stggle wh his own masculy; he even add the “e” to his last name hop of dispellg mors about his sexualy. Penrgrass, steppg out om the shadow of Philly soul group Harold Melv and the Blue Not, strapped himself to the rocket that was the dis-soul craze of the late Seventi and experienced massive succs jt as Gaye’s reer was takg a downturn.

” Wh “Ego Trippg Out, ” Gaye set out to make a mercial rerd, somethg that would reigne his stagnant reer, but stead, he wound up makg somethg much more gut-wrenchg, reflective, and profound. The fay cid to take a walk on the beach, and as the kids ran ahead and played, Gaye and Jan began to fight over his sire to divorce and her sistence that they first iron out the fancial tails. FOLLOWING THE ALTERCATION Hermosa Beach, Gaye was released om ctody, and soon he, his mother, Alberta, his brother, Frankie, and their sister, Zeola, crowd to his ctomized Greyhound b and head to Vegas.