Ain't nothing like the real thing : Marvin Gaye's meaning -- What's going on : Marvin, Motown and me -- Stubborn kind of fellow : the search for a style -- If this world were mine : the politics of soul music -- Somethin' like sanctified : sexuality and spirituality -- How sweet it is to be loved by you : black love and secret romance -- Come live with me, Angel : eroticism and exodus -- Father, father, father, we don't need to escalate : Afroedipalism, corporal punishment, and the politics of self-destruction -- Troubleman : from the Prince of Motown to the Pied Piper of R & B.