Marv Gaye’s ‘What’s Gog On’ Gets 50th Anniversary Digal Reissue – Rollg Stone

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• MARV GAYE’S ‘WHAT’S GOG ON’ GETS 50TH ANNIVERSARY DIGAL REISSUE
• MOTOWN AND UME CELEBRATE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF MARV GAYE’S ‘WHAT’S GOG ON’
• MARV GAYE 'WHAT'S GOG ON' 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATN
• MARV GAYE WHAT’S GOG ON 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATN

MARV GAYE’S ‘WHAT’S GOG ON’ GETS 50TH ANNIVERSARY DIGAL REISSUE

Motown/UMe has marked the 50th anniversary of Marv Gaye’s sgle release for “What’s Gog On” — the tle track om Rollg Stone’s Greatt Album of All Time — wh an all-enpassg digal reissue of the 1971 LP out now on streamg servic. To honor the sgle’s 50th birthday, Motown/UMe grouped together all that bon mic for the digal release dubbed What’s Gog On: Deluxe Edn/50th Anniversary, which ntas the origal album pl 12 bon tracks cludg sgle versns, mos and more, the “Detro Mix” of the album and the llectn of “Funky Natn” stmentals om Gaye’s post-What’s Gog On rerdg ssns.

“The Detro Mix” of What’s Gog On, Gaye’s origal versn of the album before ncelg and reworkg Los Angel, prevly featured on the 30th anniversary reissue of the album 2001. “Funky Natn: The Detro Instmentals, ” a seri of jams Gaye laid down the rerdg ssns after releasg What’s Gog On, was clud the 40th anniversary reissue. “Through the regnn of What’s Gog On Day, we hope to brg awarens to Marv Gaye’s profound words as his timels mic remas our hearts and mds and ntu spirg generatns to e.

MOTOWN AND UME CELEBRATE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF MARV GAYE’S ‘WHAT’S GOG ON’

To honor the 50th anniversary of Marv Gaye’s momento and historic album, What’s Gog On, Motown/UMe are troducg a charge of releas that both pay tribute to and re-image the sence of Gaye’s historil impact. Highly fluenced by Gaye and strivg to rry on the msag of stggle, perseverance, and cultural change, Ross’ ver honors and prerv the track’s origal atmosphere while imbug the weight and emotn of today’s social climate.

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Elsewhere, Visual artist and tor Dreph unveiled a mural Brixton that pays tribute to Gaye and the 1981 Brixton Uprisg. “There’s an element of ‘What’s Gog On’ where Marv Gaye mentns police btaly.

MARV GAYE 'WHAT'S GOG ON' 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATN

Addnally, CNN recently aired their special What’s Gog On: Marv Gaye’s Anthem for the Ag (first aired May 9, 2021), hosted by Don Lemon. The program featured terviews om artists spired by Gaye’s masterwork cludg Stevie Wonr, Smokey Robson, Maxwell, Sheila E., Spike Lee, Lee Daniels, and Capol Rerds artist Devon Gilfillian, whose most recent release is a ver of the full What’s Gog On album.

Buy or stream Marv Gaye’s digal luxe edn of What’s Gog On. "Save The Children"Mic Vio Created Usg Wng Submissnsom a Fiverr Dign ConttArrivg May 20, the Vio featur Acclaimed Producer SaLaAM ReMi's Recently Released "Save The Children" Remix, /PRNewswire/ -- For the grand fale of the year-long celebratn for Marv Gaye's landmark What's Gog On album, Motown and UMe turned to his fans to help create a unique vio of Grammy®-nomated producer SaLaAM ReMi's remix of the album track "Save The Children.

In April, Universal Mic Enterpris and Fiverr, an onle marketplace for profsnal eelance servic, held the Fiverr x Marv Gaye: "Save the Children" Dign Challenge, which asked Fiverr artists to listen to SaLaAM ReMi's "Save the Children" remix and then illtrate a 2D child character spired by their terpretatn of the song. The vio, now live on the Marv Gaye YouTube Channel, follows on the heels of the recent 2022 Webby Awards victory of the "What's Gog On" animated vio the Diversy & Incln Vio Category. This 2021 digal EP also ntas his new dory imaggs on "Sad Tomorrows" (the B-si to "Save The Children"), "No Need" (a prevly unreleased Gaye stmental om the "Sad Tomorrows" ssns), and the holiday sgle, "I Want to Come Home for Christmas.

MARV GAYE WHAT’S GOG ON 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATN

Kickg off January 2021 were a tr of digal tl: the 21-track What's Gog On: Deluxe Edn/50th Anniversary, a recent wner of Outstandg Anthology at the Detro Mic Awards, which clus rare mix, mono sgle versns and outtak; a standalone versn of What's Gog On: The Detro Mix (prevly available only on What's Gog On's 2001 Deluxe Edn); and Funky Natn: The Detro Instmentals, a llectn of sublime jam tracks Gaye rerd 1971 the aftermath of the album's succs that have never been issued on their anniversary year brought a CNN special, What's Gog On: Marv Gaye's Anthem for the Ag special, featurg terviews by artists like Stevie Wonr, Smokey Robson, Maxwell, Sheila E., and Spike Lee, who were all fluenced by Gaye's masterpiece. ESPN also created a mi doc on the album's nnectn to the NFL, as Gaye dreamed of playg for the Detro Lns and ved two of their players to sg on "What's Gog On.

" UMe also lnched the lnch of the official Marv Gaye TikTok channel, which already has attracted more than 80, 000 ternatnal fluence of What's Gog On was exemplified by a magnificent 16-foot mural, created by the London-based visual artist Dreph, that not only honored the album but also the 40th anniversary of the 1981 Brixton Uprisg, a historic event for race relatns the Uned Kgdom. Although a half-century has passed sce the arrival of R&B's first seamls ncept album, Marv Gaye's powerful mic, sightful lyrics, and profound visn still livers a poignant plea that we might anize to addrs often-overlooked issu of equaly and elogil distrs. Wh What's Gog On, Marv Gaye opened the door milly, culturally, and polilly for untls micians to addrs the jtic of our world.

In honor of the 50th anniversary of Marv Gaye’s semal album What’s Gog On, the NSO prents a star-studd ncert featurg the Prce of Motown’s greatt hs performed by some of today’s ft artists: Grammy-wng sger/songwrer and former member of Dty’s Child Michelle Williams, three-time Tony and Grammy-nomated Broadway star Joshua Henry, ternatnally renowned artist and former member of Snarky Puppy Cory Henry, three-time Grammy nomated sger/songwrer Le Jam, Grammy-nomated pop/soul star Ey Kg, and Grammy-wng sger/songwrer Bilal! Marv Gaye was one of the most revolutnary soul sger-songwrers of the 20th century. Across the untry, May 1st is signated “Marv Gaye Day.