![]() ![]() ![]() Lorely Rodriguez, aka Empress Of starts off the song by singing, “I’d rather be nothing to you than something that I didn’t do.” It’s a slightly familiar trope, a sort of riff on Gladys Knight’s “ I’d rather live in his world than live without him in mine” from “Midnight Train to Georgia.” But here it feels that much more hopeless, because neither option leads anywhere good. But there’s also the narrative at the heart of the song, ostensibly a love song-an intimate, sad and desperate romance that tugs at questions of identity and self-worth. It’s a hypnotic synth-pop track that’s infused with the polyrhythmic percussion of Afro-pop, undercut with a melancholy streak of cello seemingly borrowed from Arthur Russell’s back catalog. There’s a lot going on in “Best to You,” a standout among an entire album’s worth of standouts on Blood Orange’s 2016 album Freetown Sound. – JTīlood Orange with Empress Of – “Best to You” “ You’re all I need to get by” is as comforting as messages of love come, made all the more tender by the sweetly harmonized voices delivering that message. ![]() But to hear these two singers together on this brief, beautiful, inspirational single, one wouldn’t necessarily know of the darkness behind it. She succumbed to brain cancer in 1970, and Gaye never fully recovered from his partner’s death, the grief of which partially inspired his 1971 album What’s Going On. She was diagnosed with a brain tumor shortly thereafter, and ended up recording her vocals for “You’re All I Need” while in a wheelchair and after recovering from surgery. When Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell began recording duets together in 1967, they became an instant hit for Motown, including “Your Precious Love” and “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.” Yet less than a year after their rise, Terrell would collapse into Gaye’s arms onstage during a performance. One of the sweetest and most inspirational R&B songs from the 1960s, with one of the most heartbreaking behind-the-scenes stories. Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell – “You’re All I Need” ![]()
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