Let's Get It On

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Let's Get It On is a landmark soul album by Marvin Gaye, released on the Tamla (Motown) label in 1973.

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Soul - Marvin Gaye - Motown - 1973

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It is a sexually and romantically charged album that was very successful on the charts and remains "a record unparalleled in its sheer sensuality and carnal energy." http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4sj20r8ac48nLet's Get it On was Gaye's second venture into funk music, and pushed his multi-tracking vocals to the forefront.

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Funk - Multi-tracking

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Let's Get It On also is a tribute to Gaye's doo-wop roots, as he co-composed half of the songs with a fellow soul pioneer, Ed Townsend. Gaye composed the other half of the album with Motown chief Berry Gordy's sisters Gwen Gordy and Anna Gordy, his wife. By this time, Gaye's marriage to Anna had fallen apart, and he dedicated most of this album to his new girlfriend, a teenager named Janis Hunter, who was seventeen years old when the two started dating.

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Doo-wop - Ed Townsend - Berry Gordy

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Many musicians have since copied aspects of the album. The album's success lead to a sexual revolution in music, influencing the future careers of sex symbol R&B singers such as Barry White, Teddy Pendergrass, Rick James and Prince. Some have gone so far as to take Gaye's fashion style, with his red kufi, unshaven beard, and singular earring as part of their look, in the same way hip-hoppers would later decide not to polish their looks starting with Run DMC's success. The album became his biggest-selling recording ever for Motown, surpassing What's Going On. It peaked at #2 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart, and at #1 on the Billboard Black Albums chart..

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Sex symbol - Barry White - Teddy Pendergrass - Rick James - Prince - Kufi - Run DMC - What's Going On

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