1978: Marv Gaye Gets Vulnerable Wh "Hear My Dear"

Contents:

• VULNERABLE: A MARV GAYE TRIBUTE, DECEMBER 4
• MARVIN GAYE'S 'VULNERABLE': WISTFUL THINKING
• VULNERABLE (MARV GAYE ALBUM)
• 1978: MARV GAYE GETS VULNERABLE WH “HEAR MY DEAR”
• MARV GAYE- VULNERABLE
• IN MORN RAP, ECHO OF MARV GAYE'S DEEP, DAMAGED SOUL
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THE ALBUM, ORIGALLY RERD 1991 WH L.A. REID AND BABYFACE DURG THE DANGERO SSNS, MATAED MJ’S VOLS WHILE RPORATG MORN POP SOUNDS BY WAY OF SUPER PRODUCERS RODNEY JERKS AND TIMBALAND. IT RECEIVED MANY RAVE REVIEWS, WAS PARED TO THE LIK OF THRILLER, AND HAS SO FAR SOLD 309,000 PI SCE S MAY 13 RELEASE, ACRDG TO NIELSEN REMEMBERANCE OF MJ'S LEGACY, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE BT POSTHUMO ALBUMS OF ALL TIME. — INTRO BY DOMIQUE ZONYEé, REPORTG BY ALEX GALE(PHOTO: PHIL WALTER/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:920PX;HEIGHT:919PX;}2 / 26JIMI HENDRIX, LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST - DRAWG OM THE SAME GAME-CHANGG LIVE PERFORMANC AS THE 1970 BAND OF GYPSI LP, THIS ALBUM, RELEASED 1999, PTUR JIMI AND BLU MASTERS BUDDY MIL AND BILLY COX TEARG DOWN THE FAMO SAN FRAN VENUE WH AMAZG RENDNS OF "WILD THG," "POWER OF SOUL" AND "MACHE GUN."  (PHOTO:  MCA RERDS){WIDTH:1400PX;HEIGHT:1380PX;}3 / 26OTIS REDDG, THE DOCK OF THE BAY - RELEASED A YEAR AFTER THE PLANE CRASH THAT TOOK HIS LIFE, THE DOCK OF THE BAY SHOWS REDDG'S GUT-WRENCHGLY GRTY VOICE, VERSATILY AND LOST POTENTIAL — THE UNFETTABLE TLE TRACK, A CREATIVE QUANTUM LEAP FOR THE IN-TO-BE, WAS RERD JT DAYS BEFORE HIS ATH.  (PHOTO: ATLANTIC RERDS){WIDTH:600PX;HEIGHT:520PX;}4 / 26SELENA, DREAMG OF YOU - DREAMG OF YOU IS A HARD LISTEN AT TIM. RERD THE MONTHS BEFORE SELENA WAS GUNNED DOWN BY THE PRINT OF HER FAN CLUB AT THE AGE OF 23, 'S A HEARTBREAKG TTAMENT TO A YOUNG TALENT ON THE VERGE OF SUPERSTARDOM.  (PHOTO: EMI){WIDTH:1024PX;HEIGHT:1016PX;}5 / 26BIG PUN, YEEEAH BABY - WH CLUB CLASSICS ("100%") AND DART-THROWG CLICS ("LEATHERFACE"), PUN PROV HE'S ONE OF THE MOST NIMBLE, FORCEFUL MCS OF ALL TIME ON HIS SOPHOMORE ALBUM, WHICH DROPPED TWO MONTHS AFTER HIS FATAL HEART ATTACK.   (PHOTO: TERROR SQUAD ENTERTAMENT){MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:NONE;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;} + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:NONE;}(:EMPTY){DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;}(:EMPTY) + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:BLOCK;}{BACKGROUND-LOR:#0A0A0A;LOR:#FAFAFA;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;-WEBK-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MOZ-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MS-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;PADDG:2PX 5PX;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;PADDG:3PX 5PX 4PX 5PX;LOR:#C4FF2C;BACKGROUND-LOR:#000000;LOR:#FFFFFF;DISPLAY:BLOCK;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;BACKGROUND-LOR:#0A0A0A;LOR:#FAFAFA;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;-WEBK-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MOZ-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MS-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;PADDG:2PX 5PX;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;PADDG:3PX 5PX 4PX 5PX;LOR:#C4FF2C;BACKGROUND-LOR:#000000;LOR:#FFFFFF;DISPLAY:BLOCK;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{WIDTH:1464PX;HEIGHT:1500PX;}6 / 26RAY CHARL, GENI LOV COMPANY - THIS IS THE LAST ALBUM RAY CHARL RERD BEFORE HIS 2004 ATH, AND 'S ONE OF HIS BT S, WH SIMPLE RETRO PRODUCTN AND AN AMAZG ST OF LLABORATORS (NORAH JON, ELTON JOHN, B.B KG).   (PHOTO: CONRD RERDS){WIDTH:500PX;HEIGHT:500PX;}7 / 26BIG L, THE BIG PICTURE - BACKED BY PRODUCTN HEAVYWEIGHTS LIKE DJ PREMIER AND PETE ROCK, THIS ALBUM, WHICH ARRIVED A YEAR AFTER BIG L'S 1999 MURR, IS A FTG EXHIBN OF THE PUNCHLE MASTERY AND SLICG LIVERY THAT MA HIM AN UNRGROUND LEGEND.  (PHOTO:  RAWK RERDS){WIDTH:953PX;HEIGHT:953PX;}8 / 262PAC, BETTER DAYZ - PAC'S FIFTH POSTHUMO RELEASE IS ARGUABLY HIS BT. MALY PRISED OF UNRELEASED ORIGALS GRACEFULLY REMIXED BY JAZZE PHA, NTY AND OTHERS, THE ALBUM STANDS UP TO THE BT, MOST REFLECTIVE, MOST CHARISMATIC WORK OM HIS PROPER ALBUMS. (PHOTO: COURTY DEATH ROW RERDS){WIDTH:1600PX;HEIGHT:1579PX;}9 / 26JIMI HENDRIX, FIRST RAYS OF THE RISG SUN - POSTHUMO RENSTCTNS OF AN ARTIST'S UNFISHED WORKS ARE NORMALLY DICEY AFFAIRS, BUT THIS 1997 JIMI HENDRIX ALBUM IS AN EXCG LOOK AT A GENI' CREATIVE PROCS, WH SOME OF HIS PRETTIT PSYCHELI AND HIS FIRST RERD FORAYS TO FUNK AND R&B.  (PHOTO: MCA RERDS){WIDTH:1410PX;HEIGHT:1425PX;}10 / 262PAC, R U STILL DOWN? - THIS 1997 DOUBLE ALBUM, PRISED OF UNRELEASED MATERIAL RERD BETWEEN 1992 AND 1994, BRIDG THE GAP PAC'S ARTISTIC EVOLUTN OM DIGAL UNRGROUND SIMAN TO GANGSTA-RAP TOUR FORCE.  (PHOTO:  JIVE RERDS)ADVERTISEMENT11 / 26MARV GAYE, VULNERABLE - A LLECTN OF CLASSIC POP AND JAZZ STANDARDS THAT MARV GAYE RERD AND OBSSED OVER FOR YEARS, VULNERABLE WAS FALLY RELEASED 1997. WH LH ARRANGEMENTS AND HIS VOICE AS GEO AS EVER, 'S WELL WORTH THE WA.   (PHOTO: MOTOWN RERDS)
• MARV GAYE

VULNERABLE: A MARV GAYE TRIBUTE, DECEMBER 4

The third posthumo Marv Gaye album, released 13 years after his ath, is a passn project that started the mid 60s wh poser Bobby Stt, when Marv was ntug at his dream of beg a jazz sger, but shelved when he thought his voice wasn’t up to par. Vulnerable is the end rult of a project entled The Ballads that Marv Gaye began 1966.

Gaye tend the project as a showse for his croong, as well as a way to pay tribute to the pop and jazz standards he loved. For dited fans, certaly was, sce Gaye's voice is as betiful and soulful as ever.

However, anyone who is not a dited fan will fd Vulnerable trigug but signifintly flawed, pecially sce several of the songs seem ill-sued for Gaye's sctive vols. Berklee and Revive Mic prent the first live performance of Marv Gaye's storied album, Vulnerable, featurg Aloe Blacc, Bilal, Chris Turner, Miguel Atwood-Fergon, the Berklee Neo-Soul Ensemble, Contemporary Symphony Orchtra, and more.

MARVIN GAYE'S 'VULNERABLE': WISTFUL THINKING

Berklee's 2014-15 Signature Mic Seri ntu as Berklee and Revive Mic prent the first live performance of Marv Gaye's storied album, Vulnerable, on December 4. Over a 10-year perd startg 1966, Gaye embarked on a passn project, a llectn of orchtral torch songs that he later scribed as the bt material he ever rerd. " Vulnerable: A Marv Gaye Tribute tak place on Thursday, December 4, 8:00 p.

Sce the begng of his reer Marv Gaye had been a fan of volists like Billy Eckste, Frank Satra, and particularly, Nat Kg Cole. And yet, the foc here isn’t the big band — Gaye’s voice is an orchtra unto self. Gaye left behd many brilliant rerdgs, but few brg you closer to his voice — his sence — than Vulnerable.

Marv Gaye is bt known for the lyricism, sensualy, and social nscns he brought to such classic posns as "What's Gog On" and "I Want You, " but he also harbored a sire to do the songs associated wh crooners like Nat Kg Cole and Frank Satra. And bee Motown founr Berry Gordy was as terted pturg the pop vol market as he was pturg rhythm and blu, he allowed Gaye to stter songs like "Hello Broadway" among his more popular numbers. The culmatn of that effort is the newly issued Gaye llectn "Vulnerable" (Motown), an assemblage of seven ballads wh lh orchtral arrangements by the late pianist-poser Bobby Stt.

VULNERABLE (MARV GAYE ALBUM)

While Gaye's first attempts at an undulatg mh of strgs and brass took place 1967, both he and Stt agreed the volist was not fortable enough to handle such songs as "The Shadow of Your Se, " "This Will Make You Lgh" and "She Needs Me.

1978: MARV GAYE GETS VULNERABLE WH “HEAR MY DEAR”

" But Gaye's persistence led to the 1978 rerdg ssns that form the basis of "Vulnerable, " and the difference the two ssns is startlg. By the time Gaye reexamed this material, his nfince had grown nsirably, as had his abily to tersperse hntg falsetto, tenor and bass vols.

This artistic growth, upled wh his mastery of vol overdubbg, allowed Gaye to bee a one-man choir. It's when Gaye lets his penchant for wistful material merge wh the technologil possibili provid by the rerdg stud that the album succeeds.

Dpe fears that rerdg songs like Frank Loser's "I Wish I Didn't Love You So" might dimish his populary, Gaye's masterful merger of the poser's melody wh harmoni straight out of the sger's doo-wop background f the arrangement wh his tramark soulfulns.

MARV GAYE- VULNERABLE

On "She Needs Me, " Gaye's alternately exclamatory and pensive falsettos soar above a rich rpet of harmoni and Stt's tasteful orchtratns. Elsewhere, Gaye seemed ls nfint about his approach, and performanc of "Funny" and "This Will Make You Lgh" never que rise above a kd of attractive medcry.

Acrdg to bgrapher David Rz, Gaye felt that Motown failed to release this material bee anticipated dismal rerd sal. Gaye, who once scribed himself as "an artist and a hmaker, " may have shared the same fears, though he once said that "of all my albums, I love this one the most. " Sadly, Gaye's 1984 ath at the hands of his father robbed the sger of the opportuny to go further wh the kd of material heard on "Vulnerable.

IN MORN RAP, ECHO OF MARV GAYE'S DEEP, DAMAGED SOUL

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Marv Gaye‘s album “Here My Dear” is a classic of black mic and set a standard that stands to this day.

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THE ALBUM, ORIGALLY RERD 1991 WH L.A. REID AND BABYFACE DURG THE DANGERO SSNS, MATAED MJ’S VOLS WHILE RPORATG MORN POP SOUNDS BY WAY OF SUPER PRODUCERS RODNEY JERKS AND TIMBALAND. IT RECEIVED MANY RAVE REVIEWS, WAS PARED TO THE LIK OF THRILLER, AND HAS SO FAR SOLD 309,000 PI SCE S MAY 13 RELEASE, ACRDG TO NIELSEN REMEMBERANCE OF MJ'S LEGACY, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE BT POSTHUMO ALBUMS OF ALL TIME. — INTRO BY DOMIQUE ZONYEé, REPORTG BY ALEX GALE(PHOTO: PHIL WALTER/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:920PX;HEIGHT:919PX;}2 / 26JIMI HENDRIX, LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST - DRAWG OM THE SAME GAME-CHANGG LIVE PERFORMANC AS THE 1970 BAND OF GYPSI LP, THIS ALBUM, RELEASED 1999, PTUR JIMI AND BLU MASTERS BUDDY MIL AND BILLY COX TEARG DOWN THE FAMO SAN FRAN VENUE WH AMAZG RENDNS OF "WILD THG," "POWER OF SOUL" AND "MACHE GUN."  (PHOTO:  MCA RERDS){WIDTH:1400PX;HEIGHT:1380PX;}3 / 26OTIS REDDG, THE DOCK OF THE BAY - RELEASED A YEAR AFTER THE PLANE CRASH THAT TOOK HIS LIFE, THE DOCK OF THE BAY SHOWS REDDG'S GUT-WRENCHGLY GRTY VOICE, VERSATILY AND LOST POTENTIAL — THE UNFETTABLE TLE TRACK, A CREATIVE QUANTUM LEAP FOR THE IN-TO-BE, WAS RERD JT DAYS BEFORE HIS ATH.  (PHOTO: ATLANTIC RERDS){WIDTH:600PX;HEIGHT:520PX;}4 / 26SELENA, DREAMG OF YOU - DREAMG OF YOU IS A HARD LISTEN AT TIM. RERD THE MONTHS BEFORE SELENA WAS GUNNED DOWN BY THE PRINT OF HER FAN CLUB AT THE AGE OF 23, 'S A HEARTBREAKG TTAMENT TO A YOUNG TALENT ON THE VERGE OF SUPERSTARDOM.  (PHOTO: EMI){WIDTH:1024PX;HEIGHT:1016PX;}5 / 26BIG PUN, YEEEAH BABY - WH CLUB CLASSICS ("100%") AND DART-THROWG CLICS ("LEATHERFACE"), PUN PROV HE'S ONE OF THE MOST NIMBLE, FORCEFUL MCS OF ALL TIME ON HIS SOPHOMORE ALBUM, WHICH DROPPED TWO MONTHS AFTER HIS FATAL HEART ATTACK.   (PHOTO: TERROR SQUAD ENTERTAMENT){MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:NONE;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;} + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:NONE;}(:EMPTY){DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;}(:EMPTY) + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:BLOCK;}{BACKGROUND-LOR:#0A0A0A;LOR:#FAFAFA;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;-WEBK-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MOZ-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MS-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;PADDG:2PX 5PX;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;PADDG:3PX 5PX 4PX 5PX;LOR:#C4FF2C;BACKGROUND-LOR:#000000;LOR:#FFFFFF;DISPLAY:BLOCK;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;BACKGROUND-LOR:#0A0A0A;LOR:#FAFAFA;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;-WEBK-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MOZ-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MS-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;PADDG:2PX 5PX;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;PADDG:3PX 5PX 4PX 5PX;LOR:#C4FF2C;BACKGROUND-LOR:#000000;LOR:#FFFFFF;DISPLAY:BLOCK;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{WIDTH:1464PX;HEIGHT:1500PX;}6 / 26RAY CHARL, GENI LOV COMPANY - THIS IS THE LAST ALBUM RAY CHARL RERD BEFORE HIS 2004 ATH, AND 'S ONE OF HIS BT S, WH SIMPLE RETRO PRODUCTN AND AN AMAZG ST OF LLABORATORS (NORAH JON, ELTON JOHN, B.B KG).   (PHOTO: CONRD RERDS){WIDTH:500PX;HEIGHT:500PX;}7 / 26BIG L, THE BIG PICTURE - BACKED BY PRODUCTN HEAVYWEIGHTS LIKE DJ PREMIER AND PETE ROCK, THIS ALBUM, WHICH ARRIVED A YEAR AFTER BIG L'S 1999 MURR, IS A FTG EXHIBN OF THE PUNCHLE MASTERY AND SLICG LIVERY THAT MA HIM AN UNRGROUND LEGEND.  (PHOTO:  RAWK RERDS){WIDTH:953PX;HEIGHT:953PX;}8 / 262PAC, BETTER DAYZ - PAC'S FIFTH POSTHUMO RELEASE IS ARGUABLY HIS BT. MALY PRISED OF UNRELEASED ORIGALS GRACEFULLY REMIXED BY JAZZE PHA, NTY AND OTHERS, THE ALBUM STANDS UP TO THE BT, MOST REFLECTIVE, MOST CHARISMATIC WORK OM HIS PROPER ALBUMS. (PHOTO: COURTY DEATH ROW RERDS){WIDTH:1600PX;HEIGHT:1579PX;}9 / 26JIMI HENDRIX, FIRST RAYS OF THE RISG SUN - POSTHUMO RENSTCTNS OF AN ARTIST'S UNFISHED WORKS ARE NORMALLY DICEY AFFAIRS, BUT THIS 1997 JIMI HENDRIX ALBUM IS AN EXCG LOOK AT A GENI' CREATIVE PROCS, WH SOME OF HIS PRETTIT PSYCHELI AND HIS FIRST RERD FORAYS TO FUNK AND R&B.  (PHOTO: MCA RERDS){WIDTH:1410PX;HEIGHT:1425PX;}10 / 262PAC, R U STILL DOWN? - THIS 1997 DOUBLE ALBUM, PRISED OF UNRELEASED MATERIAL RERD BETWEEN 1992 AND 1994, BRIDG THE GAP PAC'S ARTISTIC EVOLUTN OM DIGAL UNRGROUND SIMAN TO GANGSTA-RAP TOUR FORCE.  (PHOTO:  JIVE RERDS)ADVERTISEMENT11 / 26MARV GAYE, VULNERABLE - A LLECTN OF CLASSIC POP AND JAZZ STANDARDS THAT MARV GAYE RERD AND OBSSED OVER FOR YEARS, VULNERABLE WAS FALLY RELEASED 1997. WH LH ARRANGEMENTS AND HIS VOICE AS GEO AS EVER, 'S WELL WORTH THE WA.   (PHOTO: MOTOWN RERDS)

Followg a bter divorce battle wh his wife Anna Gordy, Gaye was orred to pay her $600, 000 alimony payments over several years. It marked a parture for Marv Gaye who had prevly been known for funkier dance tracks like “Got To Give It Up” or romantic ballads but on this album, he dug much eper to his own life experienc, somethg which ronated wh listeners worldwi.

The post 1978: Marv Gaye Gets Vulnerable Wh “Hear My Dear” appeared first on Black Ameri Web. As of this wrg, I do not own any Marv Gaye albums prr to 1971’s What’s Gog On. The songs that prise Marv Gaye’s Vulnerable, origally tled The Ballads, were worked on throughout the 1960s and 1970s.

MARV GAYE

Admtedly, my Marv Gaye appreciatn li wh the albums which he was given full creative ntrol. Although the lyrics are geo the their own right, ’s a parture om the Marv Gaye lyrics I love. Vulnerable is Marv Gaye dog mic he preferred to do but for var reasons shied away om.

Marv Gaye, whose What's Gog On jt had 's own 40th anniversary, celebrated wh a betiful new luxe edn, has revised often sce his untimely ath 1984. Right now, 's hip-hop's emo game changer Drake who has opened himself up to a visatn om Gaye.

"Marv's Room, " allegedly rerd and named after the stud where Gaye once worked (and not after playwright Stt McPherson's AIDS drama, though the culturally savvy Drake might have seen that echo as relevant), taps to the magic but dangero spir of Gaye: not only his sctn skills, but his self-doubt, the vulnerabily that ma his mic so profound and which eventually railed him. Cocintally or not, this flurry of mic payg homage to Gaye's non-lear slow jams cis wh two other sightgs of master's specter.

Kanye Wt protégé Big Sean issued a party track, "Marv Gaye and Chardonnay" this week, and the Bay Area's trickster emcee Lil B revealed that the ver for his upg album I'm Gay will e artwork spired by Gaye's 1976 album, I Want You. The prence of Gaye's ghost often grows particularly strong when R&B is makg a transn om a ivolo phase to somethg not so easy to procs, that moment when gray light creeps over the night sky and plited qutns greet the morng. The Marv Gaye who changed soul mic the 1970s is the patron sat of that cloudy dawn.

The Prce of Purple Ra and the D'Angelo of Voodoo, Kanye Wt at his most hont and Bon Iver's Jt Vernon at his least prec — all of the artists have learned at the feet of the Marv Gaye who emerged the 1970s and ma albums that still sound brand new now. In the 1980s, New Wave bands like ABC and Spand Ballet name-checked Gaye and other soul greats as a way to claim (or at least explore) thenticy.

Now 's the sound Gaye created wh and after What's Gog On that spir.

Like many of his peers (Curtis Mayfield, for example, or Stevie Wonr), Gaye worked a fn mo, erasg boundari between genr.

Gaye's groov also seemed to fe different emotnal affects: simultaneoly expansive and sistent, they munited both fervor and ol, timacy and a certa sense of distance. In songs like "Mercy Mercy Me (The Elogy)" and "Inner Cy Blu (Make Me Wanna Holler), " om What's Gog On, Gaye, workg wh arranger David Van DePte and Motown hoe band the Funk Brothers, bed the heat of funk wh the measured breath of jazz and jt enough pop sugar to help the medice go down.

He wasn't the first to show that that a song didn't have to be aggrsive to be powerful, but by shapg a sound that felt anic and trsilly motivated, Gaye proved that soul mic uld be based ntemplatn, not jt ttifyg.

Gaye also tapped to a ep eroticism that had nothg to do wh showboatg or lighthearted sctn.