Old School Saturday: TODAY IN HISTORY WITH MARVIN GAYE

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Apr 1, 2017
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Hip Hop legend Raekwon of the Wu Tang Clan said it best on his tribute song with Cee-Lo called "Marvin".

“Once I heard the beat, his name kept coming to me (“Marvin” exactly like Cee-Lo’s hook). The beat reminded me of him and it transported me back to that time. It was like his life flashed before me and the words just began spilling out organically” Raekwon stated. “Marvin’s music transcended genres and it can speak to anyone, but it especially speaks to those of us who come from the inner-city; poverty, oppression, the good and the bad. Living in the inner-city, his music helps us reflect. He was real and you could hear it in his voice and in his music. That is where we have parallels, he spoke to a generation and so do I and Wu-Tang. We share creativity and we speak on what we want people to hear; and not focus on trends. Marvin saw the climate change and what he saw affected him. He stood up for what he believed in (issues we are still dealing with today) and created conversation and awareness and he had a vision; I resemble those same traits. I wish I could sit down with him and play him this tribute and just smoke a splif and vibe.”

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After an argument between father and son escalated into a physical fight on the morning of April 1, 1984, Alberta Gay was trying to calm her son in his bedroom when Marvin Sr. took a revolver given to him by Marvin Jr. and shot him three times in his chest. So very very sad.

Marvin Gaye was one of the most talented artists in the history of music. He was known for his own classics such as "Heard It Through The Grapevine" and "What's Going On"?, but he was also a talent who could remake songs over from legends into his own like the song "Yesterday" above which is a classic from the iconic Beatles.