Playback - The Night Marvin Gaye Made Motown Uncomfortable

Host Lenny Vaughn explores how Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" defied Motown's hit-making formula in 1971. Rejected by label founder Berry Gordy, the politically charged album became a cultural landmark, addressing Vietnam, police brutality, and environmental crisis through revolutionary sound layering and intimate vocals, ultimately reshaping what Black artists could achieve creatively.

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