Who Did It Better

Marvin OR Angie?

Marvin Gaye Marvin Gaye 1972

Trouble Man

Written by Marvin Gaye

Trouble man, trouble man
Don't give me no trouble, just give me some peace

What's this song about ↓

A theme for a man who has seen enough of the world to know that trouble is not something that happens to you. It is something you carry. Marvin Gaye wrote it for the soundtrack to the film *Trouble Man*, a song that captures the specific cool of a man who has been through every kind of trouble there is and come out the other side still standing. The bassline that opens the track is pure Marvin: funky, hypnotic, the sound of a man walking through a dark neighborhood without breaking stride.

That same cool gets a neo-soul update from

Angie Stone Angie Stone 2002

Variation A — side column

Marvin Gaye 1972
Angie Stone 2002

I already know

Play me a sample

Marvin Angie

I need to be convinced

Variation B — left & right edges

Marvin Gaye 1972

I already know

Play me a sample

Marvin Angie

I need to be convinced

Angie Stone 2002

Variation C — filled color-coded buttons

Marvin Gaye 1972
Angie Stone 2002

I already know

Play me a sample

Marvin Angie

I need to be convinced

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Who Did It Better

Marvin OR Angie?

Marvin Gaye Marvin Gaye 1972
Angie Stone Angie Stone 2002

Trouble Man

Written by Marvin Gaye

Trouble man, trouble man
Don't give me no trouble, just give me some peace

What's this song about ↓

A theme for a man who has seen enough of the world to know that trouble is not something that happens to you. It is something you carry. Marvin Gaye wrote it for the soundtrack to the film *Trouble Man*, a song that captures the specific cool of a man who has been through every kind of trouble there is and come out the other side still standing. The bassline that opens the track is pure Marvin: funky, hypnotic, the sound of a man walking through a dark neighborhood without breaking stride.

That same cool gets a neo-soul update from

Variation A — side column

Marvin Gaye 1972
Angie Stone 2002

I already know

Play me a sample

Marvin Angie

I need to be convinced

Variation B — left & right edges

Marvin Gaye 1972

I already know

Play me a sample

Marvin Angie

I need to be convinced

Angie Stone 2002

Variation C — filled color-coded buttons

Marvin Gaye 1972
Angie Stone 2002

I already know

Play me a sample

Marvin Angie

I need to be convinced

The Sunday Drop
One song. One story. Every Sunday.

No algorithms. No trending sections. Just a song someone loved and the story behind it. Delivered Sunday morning.

Free. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.

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