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Shout out New York based producer Jimmy Q for pairing up with Marvin Gaye's "Too Busy Thinking About You". - Follow Jimmy Q: Facebook | Twitter | SoundCloud

Could it possibly get any worse than this? What if will.i.am and Justin Bieber's "#thatPOWER" and Mariah Carey's "#Beautiful" kick off a new bad habit in pop: hashtag hits? Isn't it bad enough that they're already continuing another one: The hashtag hits are the latest in pop's long tradition of bastardizing English with its song titles. As usual the end results are mixed, with only Carey's single coming close to warranting its hashtag hype. The shameless bit of built-in marketing doesn't ruin the fact that it's Carey's best single in five years (since 2008, [...]

What a mashup to wake up to. On one hand, RRodd 's mashup of Justin Timberlake's "Suit & Tie" plus Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" definitely cures the Monday blues, but it also makes me want to get back into bed and...put the bed to good use, if you know what I mean. Wink wink, nudge nudge *bwow-wow-wow-woooowww*. Listen to the version with Jay-Z's verse here , if you feel so inclined (although the version below sans rap works just fine for me). Posted by @atlantictiger

As you've probably heard, there's a new Lauryn Hill song . It sounds... well, it sounds like it was recorded in a hurry to pay off a tax bill, which is apparently exactly the case (unfortunately, the quickie release didn't save Hill from a three-month jail sentence ). The vocals and lyrics are decent enough, but the beat sounds like it was slapped together in GarageBand with deadlines in mind. Of course, Hill's not exactly the first artist to have to make a record under duress; here's a [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Fama Eightyseven, Marvin Gaye, The xx Song: Pablo Nouvelle - You Do Me Wrong [download here ] What's so good? [...]

Here's the thing. Both Marvin Gaye and Justin Timberlake are two of my favorite musicians in the whole world. I stand by that statement for. Ever. JT's debut album was one of the first CDs I owned. It wasn't the first one, okay? Shakira holds that spot, but only because I found that CD first. I'm an honest and loyal supporter of Mr. Sexyback. As for Marvin Gaye, do I really have to say a lot? He's the king of soul and the king of my heart. You can imagine my happiness when I came across this. [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: The Hood Internet, Carlos Serrano Song: Justin Timberlake & Marvin Gaye - With Your Suit & Tie (Rrodd Mashup) [download here ] [...]
Today is Earth Day, a time to appreciate the Earth, to remember to give back and to save what has become so fragile. Download: 06-mercy-mercy-me-the-ecology. mp3
Druffalo - The daily magazine for excess culture Sean French,Pete Tong,Froggy + Live P A by Marvin Gaye at the Royalty Friday 5th December 1980 by Andybella on Mixcloud

Yes Da Bank! Rob Da Bank dropped Wayward 's Marvin-Gaye-sampling, slow-burning bumper Marvin on his latest Saturday morning BBC Radio 1 show . And lo and behold you can download it for free in exchange for a like on their Facebook page . No excuse.

We would like to wish a heartfelt happy birthday to the smoothest man that ever lived: Marvin Gaye. We're hoping this Spotify collection of our fifteen favorite Marvin songs will soundtrack your evening just nicely. Let us know which classics we missed in the comments below. In the meantime, stream our choices after the jump.

When our very own Adam Rutledge had a sit down with Kaytranada before he took to the stage at Igloofest , Kevin Celestin mentioned that he rarely listens to new music. He’d rather listen to old disco and soul music like Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye (“or some rock music shit like Jeff Buckely”). And that appreciation for the classics is apparent in most of his work. Celestin knows exactly how to put his own spin on the tracks he works with while leaving just enough of the original groove to remind us just how good [...]

Productor del lúbrico (y algo eclipsado por sus geniales hermanos mayores) " I Want You " de Marvin Gaye, y firmante entre otras cosas de la canción que da título a ese disco, la figura de Leon Ware exige un mayor reconocimiento, no sólo por su faceta como compositor de canciones y productor de increíbles grabaciones, sino también por ese pedazo de disco fabrica-bebés a su nombre que es " Musical Massage ". Leon Ware era un currante más de esa gigantesca maquinaria orquestada por Berry Gordy llamada Motown Records, como compositor y arreglista. En los créditos de [...]
Filed under: News , Exclusive , The Hit List , Music Appreciation Brad Barket, Getty This week in music history is all about controversy, conflict and untimely death -- with a little something in the middle of the week to lighten the mood . It's a big week for Motown history, and on the other end of the spectrum we've got Korn and the Dixie Chicks dealing with [...]

Speaking of making love (which I did in yesterday's post), just because you're not doing it, doesn't mean you can't listen to great music about it, and Al Green aside, no musical act in the '70s offered as many stunning sexual stimulants as The Isley Brothers. Have you listened to their soundtrack for romance lately -- songs like "Lay-Away," "That Lady (Part 1)," "For the Love of You (Part 1 & 2)," or "Footsteps in the Dark" -- or at all? It's timeless and better than anything passing for soul music these days. "Lay-Away" [...]

After a long while, it seems that the long awaited film about the soul crooner Marvin Gaye, entitled Sexual Healing , will finally begin production later this month in Europe. Initially, rocker casanova Lenny Kravitz was set to play the leading role of Marvin Gaye, until Gaye's son, Marvin Gaye III, threatened to take legal action against the film's focus on the most difficult time of Gaye's life. Instead Law and Order's Jesse L. Martin will take the leading role in the production. Sexual [...]

Singer-come-actor Lenny Kravitz has been axed as the lead role in an upcoming Marvin Gaye biopic. The film about the Motown star, who died in 1984, will start shooting later this year, centring on the soul singer’s battle against addiction during the 1980s. Legendary British director and man behind Sex Pistols pic The Great Rock N Roll Swindle , Julien Temple has signed on with the project. Kravitz was initially billed to play Gaye, but has now been [...]

Jesse L. Martin reemplaza a Lenny Kravitz en el biopic de Marvin Gaye El largo proceso que ha tomado el biopic de Marvin Gaye ha sido muy tedioso y lleno de obstáculos, después de haber pasado por varios directores, se ha reescrito un par de veces, y el artista protagónico ya cambió. La última problemática se dio en diciembre del año pasado cuando Marvin Gaye III , hijo de la estrella, amenazó con emprender acciones legales contra la producción, ya que la propuesta de la historia se centraba en [...]