We can all agree that Marvin Gaye is such a beast within the music industry. In his music, every song has gotta have some sense of rhythm. It’s a must! And I’m pretty sure that you’ve never heard of a Marvin Gaye song that felt as if something was missing. The melodies, backbeat, rhythms; this man made sure that these staples were present in all of his records. And I’ve gotta add how I’ve always been impressed by his vocals. Whenever I hear him singing, I don’t know why, but it’s as if he’s trying to grasp deep into my soul, and fill it with nothing, but a good rhythm. It’s rare to find musicians who are deeply rooted within the music, and give it all they got to make sure that each song that gets interpreted. Do me a favour, and plug in your good headphones, or connect your device to good speakers, and watch his performance dating back during the 1980’s Festival de Jazz de Montreux. Your jaw will drop at not only how Gaye’s vocals were right on point, but the musicians were perfectly synchronized along to the music. I’m just jealous that he was gone too soon, I’m pretty sure that he would’ve performed at the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal. But if we’re gonna dig deeper within the music, it’s no surprise that right after Gaye released his masterpiece What’s Going On (1971,) and his instrumental record Trouble Man (1972,) he stepped up his game even more by releasing Let’s Get It On (1973.) First of all, man oh man, I can’t even tell you how much of a powerful record this is! And you can tell how the record revolves around some sort of sexual connotation. Just listen to the first couple of notes of his opening title track, Let’s Get It On, and you’ll understand. Sure we get the message, but what’s also important is the music as well. I can tell you that each song within this record is special. You could even tell how much variation within the instrumentation there is. Even if you tend to dismiss the vocals, just rhythm is enough to keep you in a special groove. But in this record, I need to point out how the melody, and the backbeat in Come Get To This can easily remind you of that 1960’s Motown sound. Or even the continuation of Let’s Get It On with Keep Gettin’ It On has such a killer bass line that will get the funk into you. It’s no surprise that this is one of my favourite records of all time. Listen to it, and see for yourself.