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Contents:

• 75 OF THE BT HIP-HOP SONGS THAT SAMPLE MARV GAYE
• WHY MARV GAYE LIV ON THROUGH HIP-HOP
• HIP-HOP CELEBRAT THE LIFE OF MARV GAYE WH SAMPL
• BT MARV GAYE SAMPL IN HIP HOP: FROM KENDRICK LAMAR TO JAY-Z
• IN MORN RAP, ECHO OF MARV GAYE'S DEEP, DAMAGED SOUL
• MARV GAYE’S FAY ON BOARD FOR ‘WHAT’S GOG ON?’ DOCUMENTARY
• CALE PAGLIA'S HISTORY OF MIC: THE POLICS AND POETRY OF BOB DYLAN, MARV GAYE AND HIP-HOP
• MARV GAYE
• TWTER CELEBRAT THE LIFE OF MARV GAYE ON WHAT WOULD BE THE INIC SGER’S 82ND BIRTHDAY
• HOW KENDRICK LAMAR, MARV GAYE AND ‘BLACK GENI’ INSPIRED A JAZZ/HIP-HOP SUPERGROUP
• MARV GAYE
• HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE: 15 MARV GAYE HIP HOP {MARG:12PX TO 0;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{MAX-WIDTH:50%;}}{FONT:NORMAL 400 1.4REM/1.5 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;MARG:12PX TO 0;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{MAX-WIDTH:50%;}}MIC STARS WHO TOOK A BE OM THE MOTOWN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;OVERFLOW-X:HIDN;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;-WEBK-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;-MS-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;BOX-SHADOW:0 4PX 8PX 0 RGBA(0,0,0,0.08);MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:NTA;}{WIDTH:1600PX;HEIGHT:900PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:18PX 24PX;DISPLAY:GRID;GRID-GAP:18PX;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{LOR:#0A0A0A;}{FONT:NORMAL 700 2.0REM/1.25 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:#0A0A0A;}1 / {LOR:#0A0A0A;} A{FONT:HER;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} STRONG, B{FONT-WEIGHT:BOLR;}{FONT:NORMAL 400 1.4REM/1.5 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:#0A0A0A;} A{FONT:HER;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} STRONG, B{FONT-WEIGHT:BOLR;}THE BEAT GO ON - THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL IS MOMENTO THE LEGACY OF MARV GAYE. APRIL 1ST WAS THE ANNIVERSARY OF HIS ATH AND APRIL 2ND WOULD HAVE BEEN HIS 76TH BIRTHDAY. TO PAY HOMAGE, TAKE A LOOK AT A FEW HIP HOP STAPL THAT SAMPLED THE SILKY SILKY SOUL SGER'S WORK OVER THE YEARS.-MICHAEL HARRIS (@ICEBLUEVA)(PHOTOS OM LEFT: THEO WARGO/GETTY IMAG FOR GLOBAL CIZEN FTIVAL, ROB VERHORST/REDFERNS, EPA/SEBASTIAO MOREIRA){WIDTH:1666PX;HEIGHT:2481PX;}2 / 16"SOON I'LL BE LOVG YOU AGA" - JAY Z LAID HIS D-BOY VOLS ON “AMERIN DREAM’” OVER MARV’S SMOOTH GROOVE "SOON I'LL BE LOVG YOU AGA," OM HIS 1975 ALBUM I WANT YOU. HOV'S VERSN, A CUT ON AMERIN GANGSTER, WAS PRODUCED BY DIDDY AND LV, AND HAD KEON BRYCE ADDG SOULFUL ADLIBS THE SAME STYLE OF THE MOTOWN CROONER. (PHOTO: THEO WARGO/GETTY IMAG FOR GLOBAL CIZEN FTIVAL){WIDTH:2000PX;HEIGHT:3000PX;}3 / 16"DON'T MS WH MISTER 'T'" - BIG SEAN WENT LOOKG THROUGH THE TROUBLE MAN SOUNDTRACK FOR HIS MIXTAPE TRACK “MR. T,” WHICH PRETTY MUCH KEEPS MARV’S ORIGAL VERSN TACT AS SEAN SPS ABOUT HOW THE TEMPTATN OF WOMEN, MONEY AND DGS N LEAVE YOU SOME MSED UP SUATNS. (PHOTO: RAHAV SEGEV/GETTY IMAG FOR CONNECTED VENTUR)4 / 16"FAR CRY" - YO GOTTI’S "GANGSTA PARTY” WH 8 BALL AND BUN B MA A LOT OF NOISE THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH AS HE PUT A TWIST ON MARV GAYE’S “FAR CRY.” THE ORIGAL SONG WS ACTUALLY UNFISHED WHEN WAS RELEASED BY MOTOWN, WHICH FURIATED MARV AND PROMPTED HIM TO JUMP SHIP TO COLUMBIA.(PHOTOS OM LEFT: EARL GIBSON III/GETTY IMAG FOR BET, MICHAEL LOCCISANO/GETTY IMAG FOR GQ, RAY TAMARRA/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:1800PX;HEIGHT:2255PX;}5 / 16“YOU'RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY”  - BIGGIE WENT TO MOTOWN’S CLASSIC VLTS AND PULLED OUT MARV GAYE'S AND TAMMY TERRELL’S “YOU'RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY” TO SERVE PLAYER HATER’S ON LIFE AFTER DEATH’S “MY DOWNFALL.”(PHOTO: CHRIS WALTER/WIREIMAGE){LOR:#818181;FONT-WEIGHT:400;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:#818181;FONT-WEIGHT:400;}PHOTO BY {LOR:HER;FONT:HER;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;}{LOR:HER;FONT:HER;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;}PHOTO: {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:1800PX;HEIGHT:1201PX;}6 / 16"DISTANT LOVER" - KANYE WT, GLC AND CONSEQUENCE KICKED THEIR PLIGHTS OF MAKG OUT OF THE GHETTO ON “SPACHIP,” AND JT LIKE  MARV GAYE’S “DISTANT LOVER,” THEY WERE ON A QUT FOR SOMETHG THAT SEEMED FAR OUT OF REACH.(PHOTO: ROGER KISBY/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:1800PX;HEIGHT:1235PX;}7 / 16"GOT TO GIVE IT UP" - MARV GAYE’S “GOT TO GIVE IT UP” PLAYED SPIRATN TO ROB THICKE’S “BLURRED L” AND THE PYRIGHT GEMENT ALLEGATNS PUT HIM AND PHARRELL SLDG WATER. (PHOTO: LARRY BAC/GETTY IMAG FOR NARAS){WIDTH:1800PX;HEIGHT:1125PX;}8 / 16"LET'S GET IT ON" - JUELZ SANTANA AND CAM'RON SPAZZED OUT OVER MARV’S BEDROOM BALLAD 2003. PRODUCED BY THE HEATMAKERZ, “LET’S GO” EVEN KEPT MARV GAYE’S VOLS PLAY AS THEY SHOWSED THEIR ART FORM OF FLOSSG.(PHOTO: JOHNNY NUNEZ/WIREIMAGE){WIDTH:1800PX;HEIGHT:1365PX;}9 / 16“YOU’RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY”  - DIDDY PULLED OUT MARV GAYE AND TAMMY TERRELL’S “YOU’RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY” FOR METHOD MAN AND MARY J. BLIGE’S HIP HOP LOVE BALLAD “I’LL BE THERE FOR YOU,” PROVG THAT RAP AND R&B MAKE A PERFECT MARRIAGE.(PHOTO: STEPHEN LOVEK/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:1800PX;HEIGHT:1210PX;}10 / 16"TURN ON SOME MIC" - EPMD’S ERICK SERMON MA A FEROC EBACK 2001 THANKS TO AN OLD MARV GAYE LOOP. WH VTAGE CLIPS OF MARV THE VIO AS WELL, “JT LIKE MIC” TRODUCED “MR. SEXUAL HEALG” TO A WHOLE NEW DIENCE.  (PHOTO: MYCHAL WATTS/WIREIMAGE){WIDTH:2945PX;HEIGHT:3000PX;}11 / 16“INNER CY BLU (MAKE ME WANNA HOLLER) / “WHAT’S GOG ON”  - THE ANOTED KG OF THE SOUTH KICKED OFF HIS 1991 SOLO ALBUM WH THE CHILLG STREET STORY SGLE OF A HTLER WHO ULTIMATELY MEETS HIS ATH ON “A MUTE TO PRAY AND A SEND TO DIE.” A STORY THIS LD HAD TO PULL OM TWO OF MARV GAYE’S CLASSICS, “INNER CY BLU (MAKE ME WANNA HOLLER) AND “WHAT’S GOG ON.”(PHOTO: BOB LEVEY/GETTY IMAG FOR URBANDADDY){WIDTH:2175PX;HEIGHT:3000PX;}12 / 16"IF I SHOULD DIE TONIGHT" - MARV GAYE QUTNED WHAT WOULD LIFE BE LIKE IF HE WASN’T HERE ON THIS TRACK, AND BIG K.R.I.T. LIVERED HIS OWN VERSN, VISUALLY PATG HIS HOME GOG CELEBRATN IF HIS LIFE END EARLY ON “IF I SHOULD DIE.” (PHOTO: BRAD BARKET/GETTY IMAG FOR ELECT DIGAL){WIDTH:1800PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}13 / 16“WHAT’S GOG ON”  - MARV GAYE FELT THE PLIGHT OF MOTHERS LOSG SONS ON 1971’S “WHAT’S GOG ON” AND THE GETO BOYS FELT THE EMOTN THE TRACK AND CID TO E AS THE BACKDROP TO PAY RPECTS TO THEIR AD HOMI ON “SIX FEET DEEP” 1993.(PHOTO: RAP-A-LOT RERDS)PHOTO BY PHOTO: RAP-A-LOT {WIDTH:1993PX;HEIGHT:3000PX;}14 / 16“STOP LOOK LISTEN (TO YOUR HEART)”  - 50 CENT TOOK DIANA ROSS AND MARV GAYE’S “STOP LOOK LISTEN (TO YOUR HEART)” TO BREAK DOWN NEW YORK’S STREET POLICS ON 2000’S "GHETTO QU’RAN."  NOT KNOWN BY MANY, THE KG AND QUEEN OF MOTOWN RERD A DUETS ALBUM TOGETHER 1973 LLED DIANA & MARV, WHERE THEIR ORIGAL TRACK LAND.(PHOTO: THEO WARGO/GETTY IMAG FOR LIVE NATN){WIDTH:1800PX;HEIGHT:1198PX;}15 / 16"STUBBORN KD OF FELLOW" - BIG DADDY KANE GOT THE JOB DONE ON 1990’S ”'CSE I CAN DO IT RIGHT” AS HE GAFFLED MARV GAYE’S “STUBBORN KD OF FELLOW.”(PHOTO: KEV MAZUR/GETTY IMAG FOR ANHSER-BCH)PHOTO BY PHOTO: KEV MAZUR/GETTY IMAG FOR {WIDTH:1800PX;HEIGHT:1305PX;}16 / 16"TROUBLE MAN" - MARV GAYE SRED THE SOUNDTRACK TO THE 1972 FILM TROUBLE MAN AND T.I. TOOK PAG OUT OF HIS PLAYBOOK FOR HIS EIGHTH ALBUM OF THE SAME NAME. PRODUCED BY DJ TOOMP, HE ED THE TLE TRACK FOR “THE INTRODUCTN” AS TIP TOLD A TALE OF TROUBLE BALANCG THE STREETS AND SUCCS.  (PHOTO: BRYAN BEDR/GETTY IMAG FOR POWER 105.1)

75 OF THE BT HIP-HOP SONGS THAT SAMPLE MARV GAYE

Filed Unr: 50 Cent, 8ball and mjg, Beanie Sigel, Big Daddy Kane, big kr, big sean, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Brand Nubian, Cam'ron, Common, DJ Jazzy Jeff, epmd, Fabolo, Fat Joe, Feature, featured, Freeway, Gang Starr, Hi Tek, Ice Cube, ja le, Jay Electroni, Jay-Z, Jim Jon, joe budn, Juelz Santana, Juicy J, Kanye Wt, Kool G Rap, lil b, Ltle Brother, Lupe Fias, Marv Gaye, Masta Ace, MC Ren, Method Man, Mic Geronimo, Mobb Deep, Mos Def, N. Who uld fet 2Pac’s lyrics  “Keep Ya Head Up”, when Pac rapped:“I remember Marv Gaye, ed to sg to me He had me feelg like black was the thg to be And sudnly the ghetto didn’t seem so tough And though we had rough, we always had enough”What is most strikg about the lyrics is the pth which 2Pac is sayg he was effected by Marv.

Gaye’s work brought a sense of empowerment to a new generatn ready to give the World hip-hop.

WHY MARV GAYE LIV ON THROUGH HIP-HOP

Before hip-hop brought attentn to ntroversial issu, Gaye phed the envelope wh his album What’s Gog On. Another gangster rapper, The Game clud lyrics about Marv his two major sgl “Dreams” and “Hate It Or Love It”:“Studied all the classics start revis my strategy Cuz Marshall Mathers ma , Curtis Jackson ma Head the clouds wonr where the hell Marv Gaye went? The chemistry between the artists mirrored Marv Gaye and Tammi Terrell’s 1968 versn of the same name.

Var hip-hop artists not only e Marv’s sound, but take aspects of his onstage showmanship to a new sampled “Soon I’ll Be Lovg You Aga” on his album Amerin Gangster, promptg mixtape legend Mick Boogie to create an entire project mashg Jay-Z wh Marv Gaye lled “Brooklyn Soul”. And we all remember how Jamie Foxx sang about playg “some Marv Gaye” on “Slow Jamz” wh Kanye there are certa artists who took their love for Marv to a new level.

HIP-HOP CELEBRAT THE LIFE OF MARV GAYE WH SAMPL

Neo-Soul legend D’Angelo is famoly elive, and spe not dog an terview for 12 years he recently revealed how Marv Gaye ed to appear his dreams; dreams so vivid he had to see a therapist. The lyrics are possibly the ept of all hip-hop songs dited to Gaye:“If Marv was alive now, wow. ” which sampl “Inner Cy Blu” was ’s fancy when Marv Gaye died, but I n’t help feel wouldn’t be what is today whout him.

BT MARV GAYE SAMPL IN HIP HOP: FROM KENDRICK LAMAR TO JAY-Z

Perhaps this same feelg prompted unrground artist B Dolan to make an entire song about Gaye’s passg. Today (April 2) we celebrate the life and impact of one of the most fluential and talented artists of his generatn, Marv Gaye.

Marv Gaye’s mic talog is inic and is the source of many different hip hop sampl.

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

” The actns agast Sheeran were brought by the tate of one of the -wrers of Marv Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On. The two were sued by Gaye’s fay due to siari between “Blurred L” and “Got To Give It Up.

MARV GAYE’S FAY ON BOARD FOR ‘WHAT’S GOG ON?’ DOCUMENTARY

“All I Need” sampl “You’re All I Need to Get By, ” a duet between Marv Gaye and Tammi Terrell. This highlight om Kanye Wt’s classic but album, “Spachip” sampl Gaye’s “Distant Lover” om 1973’s Let’s Get It On. The e of a Marv Gaye sample hip hop the way “Spachip” at the time reprented the risg populary of soulful loops.

CALE PAGLIA'S HISTORY OF MIC: THE POLICS AND POETRY OF BOB DYLAN, MARV GAYE AND HIP-HOP

Marv Gaye’s “Soon I’ll Be Lovg You Aga” om 1976’s I Want You is very sexual s lyrics and stmentatn. Like “Spachip, ” Travis Stt’s 2014 track “Backyard” also sampl Marv Gaye’s “Distant Lover.

“Backyard” utiliz the performance’s live stmentatn and Marv Gaye’s mentary when he talks to the crowd durg the song. Jay Rock’s “Money Tre Dce” sampl “‘T’ Cleans Up / Police Statn” om Gaye’s 1972 soundtrack to Trouble Man.

The song sampl Marv Gaye’s “Inner Cy Blu (Make Me Wanna Holler)” om What’s Gog On. ” The Game the Marv Gaye sample to build the tensy of his song before transng to a gged beat swch, pictg the breakg tensn between cizens and ernment.

MARV GAYE

Celebratg the symphonic afterglow of Marv he passed nearly 40 years ago, Marv Gaye is one of the few soul lumari to mold eras of mic (and the laws erng ) well beyond his In Hip-Hop and Beyond: Donald ByrdIn fact, samplg has afford Gaye an unmon afterlife, which he is both patron sat of Hsville and reaper of stale borrowg. As morn song quotg standards ntue to blur the l between creatively safe and flagrantly unorigal, Gaye's samplg legacy remas a ntent se study. One that touch every tier and style of sound — om Madonna to Drake to Pharrell to J Dilla to Three 6 Mafia to Kanye Wt — and offers a boundls palette of soulful symphoni wh which to nstct new and ferocly funky a glass for the late Marv Gaye wh our latt stallment of In Hip-Hop and Beyond below.

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.

TWTER CELEBRAT THE LIFE OF MARV GAYE ON WHAT WOULD BE THE INIC SGER’S 82ND BIRTHDAY

Right now, 's hip-hop's emo game changer Drake who has opened himself up to a visatn om Gaye.

HOW KENDRICK LAMAR, MARV GAYE AND ‘BLACK GENI’ INSPIRED A JAZZ/HIP-HOP SUPERGROUP

"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.

MARV GAYE

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.

HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE: 15 MARV GAYE HIP HOP {MARG:12PX TO 0;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{MAX-WIDTH:50%;}}{FONT:NORMAL 400 1.4REM/1.5 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;MARG:12PX TO 0;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{MAX-WIDTH:50%;}}MIC STARS WHO TOOK A BE OM THE MOTOWN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;OVERFLOW-X:HIDN;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;-WEBK-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;-MS-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;BOX-SHADOW:0 4PX 8PX 0 RGBA(0,0,0,0.08);MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:NTA;}{WIDTH:1600PX;HEIGHT:900PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:18PX 24PX;DISPLAY:GRID;GRID-GAP:18PX;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{LOR:#0A0A0A;}{FONT:NORMAL 700 2.0REM/1.25 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:#0A0A0A;}1 / {LOR:#0A0A0A;} A{FONT:HER;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} STRONG, B{FONT-WEIGHT:BOLR;}{FONT:NORMAL 400 1.4REM/1.5 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:#0A0A0A;} A{FONT:HER;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} STRONG, B{FONT-WEIGHT:BOLR;}THE BEAT GO ON - THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL IS MOMENTO THE LEGACY OF MARV GAYE. APRIL 1ST WAS THE ANNIVERSARY OF HIS ATH AND APRIL 2ND WOULD HAVE BEEN HIS 76TH BIRTHDAY. TO PAY HOMAGE, TAKE A LOOK AT A FEW HIP HOP STAPL THAT SAMPLED THE SILKY SILKY SOUL SGER'S WORK OVER THE YEARS.-MICHAEL HARRIS (@ICEBLUEVA)(PHOTOS OM LEFT: THEO WARGO/GETTY IMAG FOR GLOBAL CIZEN FTIVAL, ROB VERHORST/REDFERNS, EPA/SEBASTIAO MOREIRA){WIDTH:1666PX;HEIGHT:2481PX;}2 / 16"SOON I'LL BE LOVG YOU AGA" - JAY Z LAID HIS D-BOY VOLS ON “AMERIN DREAM’” OVER MARV’S SMOOTH GROOVE "SOON I'LL BE LOVG YOU AGA," OM HIS 1975 ALBUM I WANT YOU. HOV'S VERSN, A CUT ON AMERIN GANGSTER, WAS PRODUCED BY DIDDY AND LV, AND HAD KEON BRYCE ADDG SOULFUL ADLIBS THE SAME STYLE OF THE MOTOWN CROONER. (PHOTO: THEO WARGO/GETTY IMAG FOR GLOBAL CIZEN FTIVAL){WIDTH:2000PX;HEIGHT:3000PX;}3 / 16"DON'T MS WH MISTER 'T'" - BIG SEAN WENT LOOKG THROUGH THE TROUBLE MAN SOUNDTRACK FOR HIS MIXTAPE TRACK “MR. T,” WHICH PRETTY MUCH KEEPS MARV’S ORIGAL VERSN TACT AS SEAN SPS ABOUT HOW THE TEMPTATN OF WOMEN, MONEY AND DGS N LEAVE YOU SOME MSED UP SUATNS. (PHOTO: RAHAV SEGEV/GETTY IMAG FOR CONNECTED VENTUR)4 / 16"FAR CRY" - YO GOTTI’S "GANGSTA PARTY” WH 8 BALL AND BUN B MA A LOT OF NOISE THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH AS HE PUT A TWIST ON MARV GAYE’S “FAR CRY.” THE ORIGAL SONG WS ACTUALLY UNFISHED WHEN WAS RELEASED BY MOTOWN, WHICH FURIATED MARV AND PROMPTED HIM TO JUMP SHIP TO COLUMBIA.(PHOTOS OM LEFT: EARL GIBSON III/GETTY IMAG FOR BET, MICHAEL LOCCISANO/GETTY IMAG FOR GQ, RAY TAMARRA/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:1800PX;HEIGHT:2255PX;}5 / 16“YOU'RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY”  - BIGGIE WENT TO MOTOWN’S CLASSIC VLTS AND PULLED OUT MARV GAYE'S AND TAMMY TERRELL’S “YOU'RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY” TO SERVE PLAYER HATER’S ON LIFE AFTER DEATH’S “MY DOWNFALL.”(PHOTO: CHRIS WALTER/WIREIMAGE){LOR:#818181;FONT-WEIGHT:400;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:#818181;FONT-WEIGHT:400;}PHOTO BY {LOR:HER;FONT:HER;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;}{LOR:HER;FONT:HER;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;}PHOTO: {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:1800PX;HEIGHT:1201PX;}6 / 16"DISTANT LOVER" - KANYE WT, GLC AND CONSEQUENCE KICKED THEIR PLIGHTS OF MAKG OUT OF THE GHETTO ON “SPACHIP,” AND JT LIKE  MARV GAYE’S “DISTANT LOVER,” THEY WERE ON A QUT FOR SOMETHG THAT SEEMED FAR OUT OF REACH.(PHOTO: ROGER KISBY/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:1800PX;HEIGHT:1235PX;}7 / 16"GOT TO GIVE IT UP" - MARV GAYE’S “GOT TO GIVE IT UP” PLAYED SPIRATN TO ROB THICKE’S “BLURRED L” AND THE PYRIGHT GEMENT ALLEGATNS PUT HIM AND PHARRELL SLDG WATER. (PHOTO: LARRY BAC/GETTY IMAG FOR NARAS){WIDTH:1800PX;HEIGHT:1125PX;}8 / 16"LET'S GET IT ON" - JUELZ SANTANA AND CAM'RON SPAZZED OUT OVER MARV’S BEDROOM BALLAD 2003. PRODUCED BY THE HEATMAKERZ, “LET’S GO” EVEN KEPT MARV GAYE’S VOLS PLAY AS THEY SHOWSED THEIR ART FORM OF FLOSSG.(PHOTO: JOHNNY NUNEZ/WIREIMAGE){WIDTH:1800PX;HEIGHT:1365PX;}9 / 16“YOU’RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY”  - DIDDY PULLED OUT MARV GAYE AND TAMMY TERRELL’S “YOU’RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY” FOR METHOD MAN AND MARY J. BLIGE’S HIP HOP LOVE BALLAD “I’LL BE THERE FOR YOU,” PROVG THAT RAP AND R&B MAKE A PERFECT MARRIAGE.(PHOTO: STEPHEN LOVEK/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:1800PX;HEIGHT:1210PX;}10 / 16"TURN ON SOME MIC" - EPMD’S ERICK SERMON MA A FEROC EBACK 2001 THANKS TO AN OLD MARV GAYE LOOP. WH VTAGE CLIPS OF MARV THE VIO AS WELL, “JT LIKE MIC” TRODUCED “MR. SEXUAL HEALG” TO A WHOLE NEW DIENCE.  (PHOTO: MYCHAL WATTS/WIREIMAGE){WIDTH:2945PX;HEIGHT:3000PX;}11 / 16“INNER CY BLU (MAKE ME WANNA HOLLER) / “WHAT’S GOG ON”  - THE ANOTED KG OF THE SOUTH KICKED OFF HIS 1991 SOLO ALBUM WH THE CHILLG STREET STORY SGLE OF A HTLER WHO ULTIMATELY MEETS HIS ATH ON “A MUTE TO PRAY AND A SEND TO DIE.” A STORY THIS LD HAD TO PULL OM TWO OF MARV GAYE’S CLASSICS, “INNER CY BLU (MAKE ME WANNA HOLLER) AND “WHAT’S GOG ON.”(PHOTO: BOB LEVEY/GETTY IMAG FOR URBANDADDY){WIDTH:2175PX;HEIGHT:3000PX;}12 / 16"IF I SHOULD DIE TONIGHT" - MARV GAYE QUTNED WHAT WOULD LIFE BE LIKE IF HE WASN’T HERE ON THIS TRACK, AND BIG K.R.I.T. LIVERED HIS OWN VERSN, VISUALLY PATG HIS HOME GOG CELEBRATN IF HIS LIFE END EARLY ON “IF I SHOULD DIE.” (PHOTO: BRAD BARKET/GETTY IMAG FOR ELECT DIGAL){WIDTH:1800PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}13 / 16“WHAT’S GOG ON”  - MARV GAYE FELT THE PLIGHT OF MOTHERS LOSG SONS ON 1971’S “WHAT’S GOG ON” AND THE GETO BOYS FELT THE EMOTN THE TRACK AND CID TO E AS THE BACKDROP TO PAY RPECTS TO THEIR AD HOMI ON “SIX FEET DEEP” 1993.(PHOTO: RAP-A-LOT RERDS)PHOTO BY PHOTO: RAP-A-LOT {WIDTH:1993PX;HEIGHT:3000PX;}14 / 16“STOP LOOK LISTEN (TO YOUR HEART)”  - 50 CENT TOOK DIANA ROSS AND MARV GAYE’S “STOP LOOK LISTEN (TO YOUR HEART)” TO BREAK DOWN NEW YORK’S STREET POLICS ON 2000’S "GHETTO QU’RAN."  NOT KNOWN BY MANY, THE KG AND QUEEN OF MOTOWN RERD A DUETS ALBUM TOGETHER 1973 LLED DIANA & MARV, WHERE THEIR ORIGAL TRACK LAND.(PHOTO: THEO WARGO/GETTY IMAG FOR LIVE NATN){WIDTH:1800PX;HEIGHT:1198PX;}15 / 16"STUBBORN KD OF FELLOW" - BIG DADDY KANE GOT THE JOB DONE ON 1990’S ”'CSE I CAN DO IT RIGHT” AS HE GAFFLED MARV GAYE’S “STUBBORN KD OF FELLOW.”(PHOTO: KEV MAZUR/GETTY IMAG FOR ANHSER-BCH)PHOTO BY PHOTO: KEV MAZUR/GETTY IMAG FOR {WIDTH:1800PX;HEIGHT:1305PX;}16 / 16"TROUBLE MAN" - MARV GAYE SRED THE SOUNDTRACK TO THE 1972 FILM TROUBLE MAN AND T.I. TOOK PAG OUT OF HIS PLAYBOOK FOR HIS EIGHTH ALBUM OF THE SAME NAME. PRODUCED BY DJ TOOMP, HE ED THE TLE TRACK FOR “THE INTRODUCTN” AS TIP TOLD A TALE OF TROUBLE BALANCG THE STREETS AND SUCCS.  (PHOTO: BRYAN BEDR/GETTY IMAG FOR POWER 105.1)

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