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All Star Tribute What's Going On Song written by Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Al Cleveland, and Marvin Gaye. Directed by Jake Scott. (C) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (C) Columbia Records.
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What's Going On es un álbum grabado por cantante de soul norteamericano Marvin Gaye. Lanzado el 21 de mayo de 1971 What's Going On significó el inicio de una nueva tendencia en la música soul. Con letras intimistas acerca del abuso de drogas, la pobreza y la guerra de Vietnam, el álbum fue una sensación inmediata y ha permanecido como un clásico del soul. Constantemente es nombrado en encuestas como una de las grabaciones fundamentales en la historia de la música pop y es considerado una de los más grandes grabaciones de todos los tiempos. Por ejemplo ocupó el sexto lugar en la lista de Rolling Stone de los 500 mejores álbumes de todos los tiempos y en 1999 una encuesta de críticos conducida por el diario británico Guardian/Observer lo nombró como "El álbum más grande del siglo XX".

El productor fue el propio Marvin Gaye. What's Going On es una álbum concepto que consiste de nueve canciones (todas las cuales excepto la primera están ligadas) vistas desde el punto de vista de un veterano de la guerra de Vietnam que regresa a Estados Unidos, el país por el cual ha estado peleando y no ve más que injusticia, sufrimiento y odio. Gaye parece haberse inspirado en la experiancia de su hermano que pasó tres años en el ejército durante la guerra de Vietnam.

What's Going On is the eleventh studio album by soul musician Marvin Gaye, released May 21, 1971, on the Motown-subsidiary label Tamla Records.[1] Recording sessions for the album took place in June 1970 and March--May 1971 at Hitsville U.S.A., Golden World and United Sound Studios in Detroit, Michigan and at The Sound Factory in West Hollywood, California.

The first Marvin Gaye album credited as produced solely by the artist himself, What's Going On is a unified concept album consisting of nine songs, most of which lead into the next. It has also been categorized as a song cycle, since the album ends on a reprise to the album's opening theme. The album is told from the point of view of a Vietnam War veteran returning to the country he had been fighting for, and seeing nothing but injustice, suffering and hatred.

What's Going On was the first album on which Motown Records' main studio band, the group of session musicians known as the Funk Brothers, received an official credit. Featuring introspective lyrics about drug abuse, poverty and the Vietnam War, the album was also the first to reflect the beginning of a new socially conscious trend in soul music. What's Going On was both an immediate commercial and critical success and has endured as a classic of early-1970s soul. A deluxe edition set of the album was released on February 27, 1972, and featured a rare live concert shot at Washington, D.C.'s Kennedy Center where the singer was given the key to the city.
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