Marv Gaye and Mos Def: Yasi Gaye: The Return (Si Two) | PopMatters

Contents:

• IF MARV GAYE & MOS DEF MA AN ALBUM, “YASI GAYE” [DOWNLOAD]
• YASI GAYE - THE DEPARTURE VYL 2LP
• MARV GAYE AND MOS DEF: YASI GAYE: THE RETURN (SI TWO)

IF MARV GAYE & MOS DEF MA AN ALBUM, “YASI GAYE” [DOWNLOAD]

In his latt “mash-up” he pairs Yasi Bey (aka the Mighty Mos Def) and the legendary Marv Gaye for a soul stirrg llectn lled “Yasi Gaye: The Departure (Si One).

On the seri’ first stallment, the producer un Brooklyn rapper Yasi Bey (Mos Def) and soul legend Marv Gaye for a dream llaboratn aptly tled “Yasi Gaye”.

Buildg the album’s foundatn om nstcted sampl of Gaye’s Motown classics, Gazaway re-orchtrat the stmentatn to new productns wh a siar amework. Carefully weavg Bey’s nse raps and Gaye’s soulful vols over his new arrangements, the producer livers a qualy far closer to Gaye’s famo duets than that of a “mashup” album.

YASI GAYE - THE DEPARTURE VYL 2LP

Mos Def & Marv Gaye. Yasi Gaye.

Rich Harrison, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Dante Smh, ComposerLyricist - Mos Def, MaArtist - Marv Gaye, MaArtist - Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whfield, ComposerLyricist. Marv Gaye. The latt the mash up master's Soul Mat Seri pairs the nsc Brooklyn flow of Yasi Bey (aka Mos Def) wh soul legend Marv Gaye.

The dream llab that never was is now, and is aptly tled Yasi Gaye. Playlist You Are Unniable (Amerigo remix) - Marv Gaye.

MARV GAYE AND MOS DEF: YASI GAYE: THE RETURN (SI TWO)

Lyrics of You Are Unniable (Amerigo remix) - Marv Gaye. Marv Gaye and Mos Def.

Yasi Bey, aka Mos Def, was only 10 years old when Marv Gaye was killed. And whether Gaye’s spir would have liked or not, he’s now the unwtg participant of an Amerigo Gazaway project unr the dac headg of “Soul Mat”. The “Yasi Gaye” le of releas are plentiful, cludg the two albums proper, The Departure (Si One) and The Return (Si Two), and numero sgl and rrpondg remix.

The vers of most of the releas pict Mos Def and Gaye as genue pals. As Gaye’s gentle “Come Live Wh Me” plays the background, the “pta” backpedals a ltle: “(It’s) nothg ser. The source sampl of Gaye n be hearteng as when he banters wh the dience about love and loss, and all that soulful stuff.

They n be a ltle harrowg too, such as on “B Stands for Beef” when Bey rolls a rerdg of a news anchorman announcg that Gaye had been shot and was pronounced ad. And on “Anna’s Love Song”, Bey briefly walks the listener through the ia that, “Anna’s Song” om Here, My Dear, Marv Gaye’s softly ascendg voice was a ll out to his ex-wife, possibly tryg to buy back the heartache they both endured. But ’s hard to make the se that Yasi Gaye: The Return (Si Two) and s brethren projects are all about Marv Gaye.

“A Msage to the People” and the aforementned “B Stands for Beef” throws the out to social unrt, lookg at 21st century problems though a theoretil Gaye lens.

So uld Yasi Bey and Marv Gaye be nsired bt iends forever, ridg through the sky together, miseratg societal ills and celebratg the magic of their mil hybrid? All we n really say is that, of this mic, Gaye would approve.