marvin gaye
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Aretha Franklin’s FBI File Is Finally Revealed And It’s Shocking
The FBI tried to connect the late singer to "extremist" movements for four decades and failed.
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Chuck D Launches Songs That Shook the Planet Podcast at Audible
Songs That Shook the Planet follows Chuck D through ground-breaking songs in Black history.
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Episode 3 of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Delivers Some of the Series’ Best Action Yet
Full spoilers for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier below. Happy Monday, folks! Another weekend has come and gone which means it’s time for us to talk about episode three of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier as a family. While I felt episode two struggled in the pacing department, this week bounced with an…
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28 Days of Album Cover Blackness With VSB, Day 14: Marvin Gaye's I Want You (1976)
It’s Valentine’s Day so it only makes sense to include an album cover for an album about that good lovin’. Marvin Gaye’s I Want You is that album. And there might not be a Blacker album cover. Gaye’s 1976 album used Ernie Barnes’ famous “Sugar Shack” painting—altered to include banners for the title of Marvin…
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The Co-Writer of Marvin Gaye's 'Let's Get It On' Is Suing Ed Sheeran, Alleging Copyright Infringement
“Let’s Get It On”…in court! Apparently, we have another lawsuit involving Marvin Gaye on our hands, y’all. We all know the legendary reputation of Gaye’s estate when it comes to having no tolerance for copyright infringement (Robin Thicke, we’re looking at you), but this lawsuit isn’t actually a product of the litigious-prone estate for the…
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Watch the Never-Made Music Video for Marvin Gaye’s ‘What’s Going On’
Editor’s note: The Root was a media sponsor of this year’s Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference event and panel discussion exploring the marriage of art and activism. When Motown Records came up with the idea to celebrate its 60th anniversary by creating visuals for songs that preceded the music video era, perhaps no other…
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On Marvin Gaye's 80th Birthday, His Commemorative U.S. Postage Stamp Is Here, My Dear
It’s time to send your snail mail with the most soulful stamps in these United States of America. I heard it through the grapevine. Today, April 2, 2019, marks the 80th birthday of the incomparable Marvin Gaye, born on this day in 1939. As reported by The Root in November, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS)…