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It was released in 2003 that Rolling Stone magazine’s listed Marvin Gaye’s album, “What Going On” at number 6 of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Prior to the recording of the album, Gaye fell into deep depression after singing partner and fellow Motown artist Tammi Terrell who past away from brain tumor in 1970. Much to say of what went on during these drastic times and Gaye had a lot to ponder upon his first single release entitled, “What’s Going On”. The Single received a lot negative reviews before the release because of how political the topic was, and the record label thought it was too spiteful and ending up being one of the song greatest in the 1970s.

The album was produced by Marvin Gaye, and also had Songwriting credits on the album. The first single “What’s Going On” was on the charts for 5 weeks straight at number 1. Much emotion and thought went into the project that Gaye even sung all lead vocals on the album. When the album was release, much didn’t agree with the idea of having a concept album that revolved around political corruption, drug abuse, and the Vietnam War. Just to show that Marvin stood by what he spook about, Rolling Stone magazine music critic Vince Aletti was surprised on the success of the album that he said in a review for the album, “Guess I seriously underestimated him. I won’t happen again”. In the end of the media and critic doubting the album, even Gaye amazed with the results, let alone the impact the album had on the world. The album, in my opinion, was Gaye’s greatest work of all time. Also the album was Gaye’s highest-ranking entry on the list as well as several other publications’ lists.

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Dre 2001

Andre Romelle Young, primarily known by his stage name, “Dr. Dre”, has had a drastic impact in the Hip Hop industry. Now 46 year old Record Producer, Rapper, and entrepreneur is currently working on one of the most anticipated albums in Hip Hop, entitled, “Detox”. Dre always seems to stay relevant in Hip Hop, due to the production influences of Jazz, Funk, Opera, and Synthesizer sound that bring together the Dr. Dre sound known as West Coast G-Funk. Throughout the 90’s, Much of West Coast Hip Hop was popular and gained more ears when Dr. Dre’s 2001 album dropped in store.

Dr. Dre innovation has been a great inspiration to many young producer’s, as myself. He went through a lot in order to succeed in the industry, you have to be willing to make your own moves. Just to elaborate, Dr. Dre use to be in a group called N.W.A., which ended up becoming some of the most talked about Hip Hop till this day. Dre later went to start Death Row records with Suge Knight. The record was later much more known for their news headlines and less about the music. From there, Dre wisely reprieved himself from Death Row and went on to start a new record label called, “Aftermath Records”. When Dr. Dre began the label, one of the first artist signed to Dre’s label was a loquacious white rapper from Detroit named Eminem.

Later on, both Eminem and Dr. Dre went on to create some the greatest Hip Hop records to ever touch the shelves. With Releases like The Eminem Show, The Marshall Mathers LP, and Dr Dre’s 2001. Most of the albums were produced by both Eminem and Dr. Dre. This gave me inspiration to begin writing, producing, arranging music. Much of Hip hop has to do with vision, and Dre saw his vision. One of the main things to keep in mind during songwriting and development is to trust your own ears and contribute to the sound that most pleases yourself.

Revolver...betta put the safety on me

The overall image of Revolver was Experimental Psychedelic Pop Rock in a sense. While recording the album, the Abbey Road team invented a revolutionary system for automatic double-tracking. When this occurred, it opened doors for more sound ideas to be blended and to have sound images overlap. The Beatles quickly fell in love with new technology and applied to the whole Revolver Album. On top of the experimenting the Beatles were doing on the Revolver album, Some also of the band members were experimenting with psychedelic drugs that would twist and give the music a totally new view on how people looked at music.

The Beatles revealing establishments in the recording studio reached its peak with the album's final track, “Tomorrow never comes”. The Song was very surprising to the Public because of the Phasers, flangers and harmonizers in the song. When I first heard the single it seemed like dream on LCD. Which in humor that’s what the song was suppose to sound like, from the lyrics to the actual music. I was also intrigued by the beginning of the record, and come to find out that it was a distorted guitar loops, while sped-up guitars and treated wine-glass percussion is what brought the songs sound.

The Beatles have been a major influence in my career as far as to how I look at the industry. As for the experimenting goes, I’m a little skeptical about the Psychedelic drug treatment for musically performance, even though it is much relevant for artist today taking up conventional drug use with their music. It is because of the Beatles, artist much like today are stepping out of the box with creativity. There are many ways you can get the attention of your audience, the Beatles choice to grab their attention and enlighten at the same time.