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What's Going On is not only Marvin Gaye's masterpiece, it's the most important and passionate record to come out of soul music, delivered by one of its finest voices, a man finally free to speak his mind and so move from R&B sex symbol to true recording artist. With What's Going On, Gaye meditated on what had happened to the American dream of the past -- as it related to urban decay, environmental woes, military turbulence, police brutality, unemployment, and poverty. These feelings had been bubbling up between 1967 and 1970, during which he felt increasingly caged by Motown's behind-the-times hit machine and restrained from expressing himself seriously through his music. 

1 What's Going On
2 What's Happening Brother
3 Flyin' High (In the FriendlySky)
4 Save the Children
5 God Is Love
6 Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
7 Right On
8 Wholy Holy
9 Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)