Marv Gaye's 10 greatt songs ever, ranked - Smooth

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• MARV GAYE’S WIFE REVEALS HOW HE TORTURED HER
• MARV GAYE'S "WHAT'S GOG ON": A LISTENG GUI
• WE CAN’T STOP LIV’: LISTENG TO MARV GAYE ON THE MORNG AFTERHANIF WILLIS-ABDURRAQIB ON WHY WE NEED ‘WHAT’S GOG ON’ MORE THAN EVER RIGHT {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MICBY HANIF WILLIS-ABDURRAQIBNOVEMBER 9, 2016/12:29 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}GEMS/REDFERNSPOSED PORTRA OF MARV GAYE THE EARLY 1970S.BY HANIF WILLIS-ABDURRAQIBNOVEMBER 9, 2016 / 12:29 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WE CAN’T STOP LIV’: LISTENG TO MARV GAYE ON THE MORNG AFTER","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-11-09T17:29:36.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-11-09T17:29:36.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"HANIF WILLIS-ABDURRAQIB","KEYWORDS":"R & B SOUL, THE 2016 ELECTN","ARTICLESECTN":"MIC"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I JT WANT TO ASK A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHO REALLY R?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}—MARV GAYE, “SAVE THE CHILDREN”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MOTOWN SONGWRER AL CLEVELAND WROTE AND POSED “WHAT’S GOG ON” AFTER LISTENG TO FOUR TOPS MEMBER RENALDO “OBIE” BENSON REUNT A STORY ABOUT POLICE BTALY HE’D WNSED AT AN ANTIWAR PROTT PEOPLE’S PARK, DURG WHAT WE KNOW NOW AS BLOODY THURSDAY. WHEN BENSON TOOK THE FISHED SONG TO THE RT OF THE TOPS, THEY TURNED DOWN, HAVG LTLE TERT WHAT THEY VIEWED AS A PROTT SONG. “I’M NOT PROTTG,” BENSON PHED BACK. “I GENUELY WANT TO KNOW WHAT’S GOG ON.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND THIS IS HOW THE SONG FELL TO MARV GAYE’S LAP. MARV GAYE, WHO BY THE END OF THE 1960S HAD FELT PRSN’S LONG ARMS AROUND HIS SHOULRS THE FACE OF TERNATNAL SUCCS. MARV GAYE, WHO HAD DROWNED OUT THE RATTLE OF HIS FAILG MARRIAGE AND HIS IRS TROUBL WH E. MARV GAYE, WHO’D WATCHED HIS SGG PARTNER, TAMMI TERRELL, LLAPSE ONSTAGE AND THEN SLOWLY TERRATE DUE TO BRA NCER. MARV GAYE, WHO HELD A HANDGUN TO HIS HEAD A DETRO APARTMENT BEE HE’D SPENT HIS WHOLE LIFE HNTED BY BOTH WANTG AND WANTG OUT. THE KEY, ALL OF THIS, IS THAT MARV GAYE WATCHED THE WATTS RTS 1965 AND WONRED HOW THE HELL ANYONE BLACK ULD SG LOVE SONGS WHILE THE WORLD WAS ON FIRE. HE READ LETTERS THAT HIS BROTHER FRANKIE SENT OM VIETNAM, TAILG THE VLENCE THAT WAS BEG EXPERIENCED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT I’M SAYG IS THAT MARV KNEW THEN WHAT MANY OF KNOW NOW: IF WE ARE ARMED WH THE RIGHT THGS, THE QUTN N BE A FORM OF RISTANCE, PENDG ON THE PERSON DOG THE ASKG. HE REVISED THE SONG’S MELODY, LEANED TO THE DISGT AND DISILLNMENT HE FELT WH HIS UNTRY, AND WENT TO BATTLE WH MOTOWN TO GET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;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;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT’S GOG ON IS, MORE THAN ANYTHG, AN ALBUM WH FEW SOLUTNS. WE ARE A WORLD OBSSED WH PROOF OF WORK, MANDG RULTS AT EVERY TURN, EVEN WHEN WE HAVE LTLE HOPE TO TIE OURSELV TO. I ALWAYS APPRECIATE WHAT’S GOG ON AS AN ALBUM THAT ASKS FIRST AND HOLDS NO OPTIMISM THAT THE ANSWERS WILL BE WHAT ’S LOOKG FOR. EVEN THE ALBUM’S MOST OPTIMISTIC SONG, “GOD IS LOVE,” FEELS LIKE ’S BANKG ON A SHAKY HAND AT A POKER TABLE, TRYG TO NVCE EVERYONE OF SOMETHG ISN’T CERTA OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND I KNOW, IENDS, THAT THE EXPRSN OF UNCERTATY SELF IS NOT BETIFUL. BUT LAST NIGHT I, TOO, WATCHED THE MAP START RED AND STAY RED WHILE STG ON A UCH ALONE, FAR AWAY OM ANYONE WHO ULD SHARE MY HEAVY CLOUD WH THEIR HEAVY CLOUD. I, TOO, FORCED MYSELF TO SLEEP AND WOKE UP THE SAME UNTRY — ONE WH SHARPER TEETH, Y, BUT THE SAME UNTRY STILL. THE VIRTUO THG WOULD BE TO SPIRE EVERYONE I LOVE TO CHASE AFTER THE WORK, TO CRAWL OUT OF THE DARKNS WH NEW EY, AS MARV DID THROUGH HIS ENTIRE REER BUT PARTICULARLY THE EARLY ’70S. WHEN STUNTS LAID BLOODY ON THE GROUND AT KENT STATE, KILLED BY THE OH NATNAL GUARD. WHEN CAMN BURNED, WHEN WILMGTON BURNED, WHEN AUGTA BURNED. WHEN THE PRISONERS AT ATTI FOUGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT DO MAKE SENSE, THIS CURRENT AMERIN MOMENT, TO SAY THAT I AM STILL HERE FIGHTG AND HOLDG MY PEOPLE CLOSE, AND I HOPE YOU ARE, TOO. THE PROBLEM WH THAT IS THAT DO NOT ACUNT FOR FEAR, OR FOR THE VAR PRIVILEG WE HAVE THAT KEEP OM FEELG THE SAME FEARS AS SOME OF THE PEOPLE WE LOVE MOST. IT’S EASY FOR ME TO VISUALIZE THE WORK AND TAKE TO — “THE WORK” AS LABOR, AND ALSO “THE WORK” AS HOLDG UP THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT BEG HELD UP BY ANYONE ELSE, AND HOPG THAT FOLKS MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO THE SAME FOR ME. THE THG ABOUT THE IA OF QUTNG AS RISTANCE, PECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE ASKG QUTNS THAT THE UNTRY KEEPS ANSWERG FOR YOU, IS THAT THOSE QUTNS ALL SPIRAL TO THE SAME DARKNS WHEN THEY’RE DONE. WHAT’S GOG ON ENDS WH “INNER CY BLU (MAK ME WANNA HOLLER),” THE ALBUM’S MOST HARROWG SONG. MORE THAN ANY OTHER SONG ON THE ALBUM, IS CERTA OF SELF, CERTA OF THE WORLD OUTSI. BORED WH THE ALBUM’S QUTNG, OFFERS A FIRM, RONATG STATEMENT: “THIS A’T LIV’ / THIS A’T LIV’ / NO, NO BABY, THIS A’T LIV’.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A THG THAT I LOVE ABOUT WHAT’S GOG ON IS THAT ’S AN ALBUM THAT FAC S PEOPLE. IT MAK ROOM FOR EVERYONE ELSE, AS S MERCIAL SUCCS WOULD DITE, BUT IS EPLY NVERSATN WH A SPECIFIC SET OF PEOPLE, AND ASKS EVERYONE ELSE TO EHER E ALONG AND LEARN OR MOVE OUT OF THE WAY. A THG I’VE GOTTEN BORED WH, MY OWN WORK, IS RMG WHE PEOPLE OF THEIR WHENS, OR TELLG WHE PEOPLE HOW TO FEEL ABOUT THEIR WHENS — AND, TURN, BEG TOLD BY WHE PEOPLE HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT BEG WHE. THERE IS SOCIAL PAL THAT, OF URSE, BUT DO NOTHG FOR THE PRERVG AND UPLIFTG OF A PEOPLE. IT DO NOTHG TO ACTIVATE AND EMPOWER BODI, TO PUT OURSELV BETWEEN EACH OTHER AND WHATEVER IS THAT’S G. THE TIM ARE TOO URGENT FOR ME TO NSIR THGS THAT DO NOT DO THIS. I ONCE HAD A IEND TELL ME THAT WHEN HE SAYS “MY PEOPLE,” HE MEANS MARGALIZED FOLKS AND THOSE WHO ARE DOWN WH MARGALIZED FOLKS, AND THAT IS WHAT I BELIEVE. WH THAT MD, WHEN I TELL MYSELF TO GET BACK TO WORK, I AM DOG FACG MY PEOPLE. I AM DOG AND STILL ROLLG OUT A WI WELE MAT, ASKG THE MARGALIZED AND HURTG, AND ANYONE VTED THE MARGALIZED AND HURTG, TO JO, TO PERHAPS LEARN, TO PERHAPS TAKE TO THE FIGHT THEIR OWN WAY, BUT FELY TO SHOW UP. I HAVEN’T GOT TIME FOR ANYTHG ELSE. THE PEOPLE WHO MAND THEIR UNTRY BACK FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS IMAGE THAT IS ONCE AGA THEIRS, AND I HAVE TIME FOR FEAR, AND I HAVE TIME FOR GRIEF, AND I HAVE TIME FOR ANXIETY. BUT, EVEN THE FACE OF ALL THOSE THGS, I DO NOT HAVE TIME TO BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;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;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YTERDAY AFTERNOON, BEFORE I KNEW ANYTHG OF WHAT THE NATN HAD STORE, I TALKED ON THE PHONE FOR AN HOUR WH A IEND, SPE NEHER OF BEG “PHONE PEOPLE.” I AM, MANY S, THE PERSON WHO WILL CLICK YOU TO VOICEMAIL AND THEN SEND AN IMMEDIATE “WHAT’S UP?” TEXT. STILL, I TALKED WH MY IEND FOR AN HOUR, AND WE NEVER MENTNED THE ELECTN. WE SIMPLY UGHT UP: RAMBLED ABOUT OUR SHARED ART PROJECTS, LAID BLUEPRTS FOR FAR-REACHG VISNS, DISCSED WAYS WE ULD BE BETTER TO AND FOR OUR RPECTIVE MUNI. IT IS MOMENTS LIKE THIS THAT THE IA OF BUILDG A WORLD OF MY OWN WH ONLY A WAY AND NO WAY OUT SEEMS MOST APPEALG. OUR BUBBL ARE, SOME WAYS, WHAT LED TO SO MANY PEOPLE BEG SURPRISED AT THIS UNTRY’S OFTEN UNSURPRISG MACHE. BUT THEY ARE ALSO THE BT WAYS FOR TO KEEP EACH OTHER CLOSE WHEN THE MACHE OPENS S JAWS JT A B WIR THAN THEY WERE THE NIGHT BEFORE. I THK OF MARV GAYE MOST WHEN I NSIR HOW TO BALANCE ALL THE NEEDS — TO BALANCE A LACK OF OPTIMISM AGAST A NEED FOR OPTIMISM AS FUEL. I THK, AS MARV PERHAPS KNEW, THAT THE KEY IS TO RETHK WHERE THE FUEL IS RRYG YOU. WHAT’S GOG ON, MORE THAN MOST PROTT ALBUMS OF S TIME, IS THE ONE THAT N STRETCH ACROSS GENERATNS WH RELEVANCE. SURE, SOME OF THE POLICS ARE NOT AS REFED AS THEY WOULD BE 2016. YET THERE IS WORK THAT TACKL THE ENVIRONMENT, FAH, POVERTY, AND SOCIAL RPONSIBILY TO OURSELV AND TO THE GENERATN AFTER OURS. ALL THIS OM A MAN WHO WANTED TO DIE, BUT WHO STILL MANAGED TO LOOK AT THE WRECKAGE OUTSI AND SEE SOMETHG WORSE OFF THAN HE WAS. SOMETHG NOT ENTIRELY WORTH SAVG, MAYBE, BUT SOMETHG WORTH AT LEAST HAVG A NVERSATN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE STORY GO THAT MARV WOULD N TO THE STUD AND TELL SMOKEY ROBSON THAT GOD HIMSELF WAS WRG THE ALBUM, NOT HIM. I’M SURE MARV BELIEVED THIS, THE WAY WE ALL BELIEVE WHATEVER WE MT TO RRY OURSELV TO (AND OUT OF) THE WORK. IT TOOK MARV STEPPG BACK OM THE LOVE SONG FOR AN ALBUM OF PROTT MIC TO ENTIRELY REVENT SEX WH THE SOUL-MIC NON. THERE’S A FUNNY B OF JOY THAT, FOR ME. FIGHT AND MAKE LOVE, EVEN IF THE FIGHT HASN’T END. EVEN IF THE FIGHT IS RIGHT OUTSI YOUR WDOW, CLASHG WH THE SHADOWS. EVEN IF THE FIGHT IS LOUD, AND HUNGRY, AND RECKLS S SWALLOWG. EVEN IF YOU ARE ONLY MAKG LOVE TO YOURSELF. EVEN IF YOU ARE MAKG LOVE TO YOURSELF THE GLOW OF A TV SCREEN AND TOUCHG NOTHG BUT THE TV REMOTE. EVEN IF THE LOVE YOU ARE MAKG IS THE KD OF LOVE WH NO EX. PERHAPS PECIALLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS A’T LIV’. NO, NO BABY, THIS A’T LIV’. BUT I THK WE’LL MAKE A WAY. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}R & B SOULTHE 2016 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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MARV GAYE’S WIFE REVEALS HOW HE TORTURED HER

Janis Hunter was a mother of two her early 20s when her longtime lover, father of her children and one of the world’s most lted-after soul sgers, Marv Gaye, suggted an amoro liaison wh another uple.

MARV GAYE'S "WHAT'S GOG ON": A LISTENG GUI

The four had been smokg weed and snortg e when Gaye noticed the pair sizg her up. After, Gaye projected his joy at the event onto Hunter.

The next night, when the other uple returned for more, Gaye’s enthiasm had bee somethg else. She refed, the uple left and Gaye told her how he really felt about the fantasy that his proddg had ma real. Marv and Jan GayeCourty of Jan Gaye.

“After the Dance, ” a memoir by Gaye’s mistrs-turned-wife Jan Gaye, wrten wh David Rz, rells a love affair propelled by jt the sorts of md gam. Marv Gaye’s immense, unniable talent for sgg and songwrg, and his equally impossible-to-dismiss sex appeal, were acpanied by creasgly heavy dg e — eebasg e eventually did him — and erratic moods, a nstant tug of war between thrills, love, lt and terror. Janis Hunter met Marv Gaye when she was 17.

WE CAN’T STOP LIV’: LISTENG TO MARV GAYE ON THE MORNG AFTERHANIF WILLIS-ABDURRAQIB ON WHY WE NEED ‘WHAT’S GOG ON’ MORE THAN EVER RIGHT {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MICBY HANIF WILLIS-ABDURRAQIBNOVEMBER 9, 2016/12:29 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}GEMS/REDFERNSPOSED PORTRA OF MARV GAYE THE EARLY 1970S.BY HANIF WILLIS-ABDURRAQIBNOVEMBER 9, 2016 / 12:29 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WE CAN’T STOP LIV’: LISTENG TO MARV GAYE ON THE MORNG AFTER","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-11-09T17:29:36.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-11-09T17:29:36.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"HANIF WILLIS-ABDURRAQIB","KEYWORDS":"R & B SOUL, THE 2016 ELECTN","ARTICLESECTN":"MIC"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I JT WANT TO ASK A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHO REALLY R?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}—MARV GAYE, “SAVE THE CHILDREN”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MOTOWN SONGWRER AL CLEVELAND WROTE AND POSED “WHAT’S GOG ON” AFTER LISTENG TO FOUR TOPS MEMBER RENALDO “OBIE” BENSON REUNT A STORY ABOUT POLICE BTALY HE’D WNSED AT AN ANTIWAR PROTT PEOPLE’S PARK, DURG WHAT WE KNOW NOW AS BLOODY THURSDAY. WHEN BENSON TOOK THE FISHED SONG TO THE RT OF THE TOPS, THEY TURNED DOWN, HAVG LTLE TERT WHAT THEY VIEWED AS A PROTT SONG. “I’M NOT PROTTG,” BENSON PHED BACK. “I GENUELY WANT TO KNOW WHAT’S GOG ON.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND THIS IS HOW THE SONG FELL TO MARV GAYE’S LAP. MARV GAYE, WHO BY THE END OF THE 1960S HAD FELT PRSN’S LONG ARMS AROUND HIS SHOULRS THE FACE OF TERNATNAL SUCCS. MARV GAYE, WHO HAD DROWNED OUT THE RATTLE OF HIS FAILG MARRIAGE AND HIS IRS TROUBL WH E. MARV GAYE, WHO’D WATCHED HIS SGG PARTNER, TAMMI TERRELL, LLAPSE ONSTAGE AND THEN SLOWLY TERRATE DUE TO BRA NCER. MARV GAYE, WHO HELD A HANDGUN TO HIS HEAD A DETRO APARTMENT BEE HE’D SPENT HIS WHOLE LIFE HNTED BY BOTH WANTG AND WANTG OUT. THE KEY, ALL OF THIS, IS THAT MARV GAYE WATCHED THE WATTS RTS 1965 AND WONRED HOW THE HELL ANYONE BLACK ULD SG LOVE SONGS WHILE THE WORLD WAS ON FIRE. HE READ LETTERS THAT HIS BROTHER FRANKIE SENT OM VIETNAM, TAILG THE VLENCE THAT WAS BEG EXPERIENCED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT I’M SAYG IS THAT MARV KNEW THEN WHAT MANY OF KNOW NOW: IF WE ARE ARMED WH THE RIGHT THGS, THE QUTN N BE A FORM OF RISTANCE, PENDG ON THE PERSON DOG THE ASKG. HE REVISED THE SONG’S MELODY, LEANED TO THE DISGT AND DISILLNMENT HE FELT WH HIS UNTRY, AND WENT TO BATTLE WH MOTOWN TO GET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;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;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT’S GOG ON IS, MORE THAN ANYTHG, AN ALBUM WH FEW SOLUTNS. WE ARE A WORLD OBSSED WH PROOF OF WORK, MANDG RULTS AT EVERY TURN, EVEN WHEN WE HAVE LTLE HOPE TO TIE OURSELV TO. I ALWAYS APPRECIATE WHAT’S GOG ON AS AN ALBUM THAT ASKS FIRST AND HOLDS NO OPTIMISM THAT THE ANSWERS WILL BE WHAT ’S LOOKG FOR. EVEN THE ALBUM’S MOST OPTIMISTIC SONG, “GOD IS LOVE,” FEELS LIKE ’S BANKG ON A SHAKY HAND AT A POKER TABLE, TRYG TO NVCE EVERYONE OF SOMETHG ISN’T CERTA OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND I KNOW, IENDS, THAT THE EXPRSN OF UNCERTATY SELF IS NOT BETIFUL. BUT LAST NIGHT I, TOO, WATCHED THE MAP START RED AND STAY RED WHILE STG ON A UCH ALONE, FAR AWAY OM ANYONE WHO ULD SHARE MY HEAVY CLOUD WH THEIR HEAVY CLOUD. I, TOO, FORCED MYSELF TO SLEEP AND WOKE UP THE SAME UNTRY — ONE WH SHARPER TEETH, Y, BUT THE SAME UNTRY STILL. THE VIRTUO THG WOULD BE TO SPIRE EVERYONE I LOVE TO CHASE AFTER THE WORK, TO CRAWL OUT OF THE DARKNS WH NEW EY, AS MARV DID THROUGH HIS ENTIRE REER BUT PARTICULARLY THE EARLY ’70S. WHEN STUNTS LAID BLOODY ON THE GROUND AT KENT STATE, KILLED BY THE OH NATNAL GUARD. WHEN CAMN BURNED, WHEN WILMGTON BURNED, WHEN AUGTA BURNED. WHEN THE PRISONERS AT ATTI FOUGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT DO MAKE SENSE, THIS CURRENT AMERIN MOMENT, TO SAY THAT I AM STILL HERE FIGHTG AND HOLDG MY PEOPLE CLOSE, AND I HOPE YOU ARE, TOO. THE PROBLEM WH THAT IS THAT DO NOT ACUNT FOR FEAR, OR FOR THE VAR PRIVILEG WE HAVE THAT KEEP OM FEELG THE SAME FEARS AS SOME OF THE PEOPLE WE LOVE MOST. IT’S EASY FOR ME TO VISUALIZE THE WORK AND TAKE TO — “THE WORK” AS LABOR, AND ALSO “THE WORK” AS HOLDG UP THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT BEG HELD UP BY ANYONE ELSE, AND HOPG THAT FOLKS MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO THE SAME FOR ME. THE THG ABOUT THE IA OF QUTNG AS RISTANCE, PECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE ASKG QUTNS THAT THE UNTRY KEEPS ANSWERG FOR YOU, IS THAT THOSE QUTNS ALL SPIRAL TO THE SAME DARKNS WHEN THEY’RE DONE. WHAT’S GOG ON ENDS WH “INNER CY BLU (MAK ME WANNA HOLLER),” THE ALBUM’S MOST HARROWG SONG. MORE THAN ANY OTHER SONG ON THE ALBUM, IS CERTA OF SELF, CERTA OF THE WORLD OUTSI. BORED WH THE ALBUM’S QUTNG, OFFERS A FIRM, RONATG STATEMENT: “THIS A’T LIV’ / THIS A’T LIV’ / NO, NO BABY, THIS A’T LIV’.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A THG THAT I LOVE ABOUT WHAT’S GOG ON IS THAT ’S AN ALBUM THAT FAC S PEOPLE. IT MAK ROOM FOR EVERYONE ELSE, AS S MERCIAL SUCCS WOULD DITE, BUT IS EPLY NVERSATN WH A SPECIFIC SET OF PEOPLE, AND ASKS EVERYONE ELSE TO EHER E ALONG AND LEARN OR MOVE OUT OF THE WAY. A THG I’VE GOTTEN BORED WH, MY OWN WORK, IS RMG WHE PEOPLE OF THEIR WHENS, OR TELLG WHE PEOPLE HOW TO FEEL ABOUT THEIR WHENS — AND, TURN, BEG TOLD BY WHE PEOPLE HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT BEG WHE. THERE IS SOCIAL PAL THAT, OF URSE, BUT DO NOTHG FOR THE PRERVG AND UPLIFTG OF A PEOPLE. IT DO NOTHG TO ACTIVATE AND EMPOWER BODI, TO PUT OURSELV BETWEEN EACH OTHER AND WHATEVER IS THAT’S G. THE TIM ARE TOO URGENT FOR ME TO NSIR THGS THAT DO NOT DO THIS. I ONCE HAD A IEND TELL ME THAT WHEN HE SAYS “MY PEOPLE,” HE MEANS MARGALIZED FOLKS AND THOSE WHO ARE DOWN WH MARGALIZED FOLKS, AND THAT IS WHAT I BELIEVE. WH THAT MD, WHEN I TELL MYSELF TO GET BACK TO WORK, I AM DOG FACG MY PEOPLE. I AM DOG AND STILL ROLLG OUT A WI WELE MAT, ASKG THE MARGALIZED AND HURTG, AND ANYONE VTED THE MARGALIZED AND HURTG, TO JO, TO PERHAPS LEARN, TO PERHAPS TAKE TO THE FIGHT THEIR OWN WAY, BUT FELY TO SHOW UP. I HAVEN’T GOT TIME FOR ANYTHG ELSE. THE PEOPLE WHO MAND THEIR UNTRY BACK FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS IMAGE THAT IS ONCE AGA THEIRS, AND I HAVE TIME FOR FEAR, AND I HAVE TIME FOR GRIEF, AND I HAVE TIME FOR ANXIETY. BUT, EVEN THE FACE OF ALL THOSE THGS, I DO NOT HAVE TIME TO BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;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;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YTERDAY AFTERNOON, BEFORE I KNEW ANYTHG OF WHAT THE NATN HAD STORE, I TALKED ON THE PHONE FOR AN HOUR WH A IEND, SPE NEHER OF BEG “PHONE PEOPLE.” I AM, MANY S, THE PERSON WHO WILL CLICK YOU TO VOICEMAIL AND THEN SEND AN IMMEDIATE “WHAT’S UP?” TEXT. STILL, I TALKED WH MY IEND FOR AN HOUR, AND WE NEVER MENTNED THE ELECTN. WE SIMPLY UGHT UP: RAMBLED ABOUT OUR SHARED ART PROJECTS, LAID BLUEPRTS FOR FAR-REACHG VISNS, DISCSED WAYS WE ULD BE BETTER TO AND FOR OUR RPECTIVE MUNI. IT IS MOMENTS LIKE THIS THAT THE IA OF BUILDG A WORLD OF MY OWN WH ONLY A WAY AND NO WAY OUT SEEMS MOST APPEALG. OUR BUBBL ARE, SOME WAYS, WHAT LED TO SO MANY PEOPLE BEG SURPRISED AT THIS UNTRY’S OFTEN UNSURPRISG MACHE. BUT THEY ARE ALSO THE BT WAYS FOR TO KEEP EACH OTHER CLOSE WHEN THE MACHE OPENS S JAWS JT A B WIR THAN THEY WERE THE NIGHT BEFORE. I THK OF MARV GAYE MOST WHEN I NSIR HOW TO BALANCE ALL THE NEEDS — TO BALANCE A LACK OF OPTIMISM AGAST A NEED FOR OPTIMISM AS FUEL. I THK, AS MARV PERHAPS KNEW, THAT THE KEY IS TO RETHK WHERE THE FUEL IS RRYG YOU. WHAT’S GOG ON, MORE THAN MOST PROTT ALBUMS OF S TIME, IS THE ONE THAT N STRETCH ACROSS GENERATNS WH RELEVANCE. SURE, SOME OF THE POLICS ARE NOT AS REFED AS THEY WOULD BE 2016. YET THERE IS WORK THAT TACKL THE ENVIRONMENT, FAH, POVERTY, AND SOCIAL RPONSIBILY TO OURSELV AND TO THE GENERATN AFTER OURS. ALL THIS OM A MAN WHO WANTED TO DIE, BUT WHO STILL MANAGED TO LOOK AT THE WRECKAGE OUTSI AND SEE SOMETHG WORSE OFF THAN HE WAS. SOMETHG NOT ENTIRELY WORTH SAVG, MAYBE, BUT SOMETHG WORTH AT LEAST HAVG A NVERSATN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE STORY GO THAT MARV WOULD N TO THE STUD AND TELL SMOKEY ROBSON THAT GOD HIMSELF WAS WRG THE ALBUM, NOT HIM. I’M SURE MARV BELIEVED THIS, THE WAY WE ALL BELIEVE WHATEVER WE MT TO RRY OURSELV TO (AND OUT OF) THE WORK. IT TOOK MARV STEPPG BACK OM THE LOVE SONG FOR AN ALBUM OF PROTT MIC TO ENTIRELY REVENT SEX WH THE SOUL-MIC NON. THERE’S A FUNNY B OF JOY THAT, FOR ME. FIGHT AND MAKE LOVE, EVEN IF THE FIGHT HASN’T END. EVEN IF THE FIGHT IS RIGHT OUTSI YOUR WDOW, CLASHG WH THE SHADOWS. EVEN IF THE FIGHT IS LOUD, AND HUNGRY, AND RECKLS S SWALLOWG. EVEN IF YOU ARE ONLY MAKG LOVE TO YOURSELF. EVEN IF YOU ARE MAKG LOVE TO YOURSELF THE GLOW OF A TV SCREEN AND TOUCHG NOTHG BUT THE TV REMOTE. EVEN IF THE LOVE YOU ARE MAKG IS THE KD OF LOVE WH NO EX. PERHAPS PECIALLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS A’T LIV’. NO, NO BABY, THIS A’T LIV’. BUT I THK WE’LL MAKE A WAY. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}R & B SOULTHE 2016 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Her mother, Barbara, was iends wh Ed Townsend, Gaye’s producer, and he brought her to the stud to watch Gaye rerd.

Hunter rells her first time seeg Gaye person. Hunter met Gaye when she was jt 17.

THE VERY BT OF MARV GAYE

At the time, Gaye was tranged om his wife, Anna Gordy, sister of Motown imprar Berry Gordy. Motown was Gaye’s rerd label, and both Gordys had played an outsized role Gaye’s reer. Mutually enamored, Gaye brought Hunter to an Italian rtrant Hollywood, where he bribed the waer $20 to brg his unrage date aprit sours.

Soon after, they ma love for the first time Gaye’s sparse one-bedroom apartment, which had a “hio gold uch” where Gaye’s assistant, a junkie named Abe, had taken up rince.

Soon, Hunter began to see how Gaye thrived on the emotnal turmoil of those around him and learned the pth of his jealoy and posssivens. Hunter says that Gaye clearly wanted her pregnant, and she did nothg to prevent . Hunter would have a dghter and son wh Gaye by the time she was 22.

MARV GAYE

Courty of Jan Gaye. Gaye was tranged om his wife Anna Gordy when he met Hunter.

MARV GAYE

Gordy and Hunter briefly met once, and Gordy told Gaye to never brg “” to her home Imag. “I jt want to see what someone like you looks like, ” Gordy told her, before turng to addrs Gaye.

MARV GAYE

Hunter found herself pregnant soon after and noticed a troublg tenncy Gaye. ” Anytime they discsed their child, Gaye referred to him as a boy, and exprsed a preference for such. Hunter suffered a misrriage, and Gaye nsoled her by tellg her, “God giv and God tak away.

Hunter’s first words to Gaye upon his seeg the child were, “I’m sorry. Gaye plimented Nona’s bety and pared to Hunter’s, but Hunter saw the disappotment his ey. But if Gaye grew quickly acceptg of his dghter, his attu toward Hunter — specifilly her new, jt-gave-birth body — changed.

MARV GAYE : L RMATNS

Gaye got over his body hangups (for a while), and they settled to fay life, spendg their days high on ke and pot as Gaye wrote and produced new mic. Gee Clton and Bernie Worrell would often drop by to shoot hoops and drop acid wh Gaye.

She didn’t tell Gaye for fear of startg a fight, but time, she learned the effect may have been oppose. Gaye veloped a hab of steerg Hunter toward other men, whether out of some perverse masochism or genue light. Notg a chemistry between Hunter and Maze sger Frankie Beverly, Gaye did everythg he uld to set up an illic liaison between the two.

When Beverly me for a vis, Gaye not only booked him a room at a lol motel but booked the adjog room for Hunter, sayg he need her out of the hoe so he uld foc on mic.

THE VERY BT OF MARV GAYE

It was Gaye, seemgly hopg to tch them the act. Beverly crawled back to his room on his hands and kne, and Gaye found Hunter alone.

After a long, ugly and expensive legal battle, Gaye was fally divorced om Anna Gordy, and married Hunter — now Jan Gaye — October 1977. Jan me to wonr if Gaye saw any mment as “a prison.

MARV GAYE

Gaye — now almost 40 — plaed to his 22-year-old wife about her saggg breasts and her stretch marks, explag, “There’s a big difference between pleasure and excement.

MARV GAYE: LOVE SONGS

They had vic fights, cludg one time when Gaye, behd the wheel wh both kids the r, began to swerve and threatened to “drive this thg off the road! Soon after, Gaye left Jan and the kids behd on a planned trip to Hawaii wh his fay, begng a pattern that would repeat over the years of Gaye leavg LA and his fay behd, only to implore them to jo him once at his statn. In time, torn by Gaye’s cel treatment, Jan slept wh Beverly and also hooked up wh Teddy Penrgrass, Gaye’s ma mil rival.

Gaye’s jealoy turned vlent. Gaye told her, “I’ve loved you too much. Gaye’s rage subsid before he uld do physil harm, but for Jan, this was the fal straw.

Courty of Jan Gaye The next five years saw Gaye, Jan and their children embroiled nasty back-and-forth battl, cludg, after Jan brought the kids to see Gaye Hawaii, his refg to let Frankie leave, g Jan to not see her son for over a year. Gaye, out of his md on e, would tell Jan that the “end days” were approachg or acce her of sendg her father or gang members to try to kill him.

MARV GAYE'S 10 GREATT SONGS EVER, RANKED

Gaye, stute, paid no child support. Gaye was shot to ath a btal fight wh his father on April 1, 1984. “That I lost myself someone else — someone as remarkable as Marv Gaye — is no longer e for self-nmnatn.

When to the crics, Marv Gaye's 1971 masterwork "What's Gog On" is nsired to be one of the greatt rerds of all time. As Gaye later relled, "In 1969 or 1970, I began to re-evaluate my whole ncept of what I wanted my mic to say....