One day before his 46th birthday…

Marvin Gaye was killed this day in 1984.

Hard not to think about what we lost.

Because if you look at his catalogue up to that point…

it feels like he was still evolving.

From Motown soul to socially conscious albums…

to the electronic, drum-machine driven sound of “Sexual Healing.”

You can almost hear where he might have gone next.

Into the mid-80s. Into the club era. Maybe even into the 12-inch culture that was exploding around him.

Feels like we missed more than just a few records.

👉 What do you think he would have sounded like in the late 80s?