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Set against the backdrop of the 1972 presidential election and conceived as the centerpiece of his next album, You’ re the Man, Marvin Gaye’ s vision for the project was scrapped when Motown CEO Berry Gordy refused to promote it out of fear of alienating his conservative fan base.Marvin moved on to the Trouble Man soundtrack and the sexuallyfueled Let’ s Get it On after You’ re the Man was scrapped but much of the album’ s material including all three versions of “You’ re the Man” was later released on Let’ s Get it On’ s deluxe edition in 2001.In 2019 it was announced that the album would finally be released under its original title as the soul singer’ s fourth posthumous album.The title song’ s lyrics are extremely politically charged, challenging conservative norms and labeling Richard Nixon a “demagogue and admitted minority hater” in what would make excellent social commentary in 2019.
