Marvin Gaye: Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) vs. Stevie Wonder: Living for the City

[Big Boss]

 

[Black Lightning]

Inner City Blues is perfection

 

[Rawtid]

I like both, but the lyrics to inner city blues still relate to what's going on today. It doesn't feel like an "old" song or message to me.

 

[Peak]

I listen to Living for The City more but Inner City Blues is the better song.

 

[ORDER_66]

Living for the city had that soulful 80's grime to it tho.. I heard that alot when I was a kid...

 

[lurkinlikeamf9]

Living for the city

Can't go wrong on either choice..

 

[CEITEDMOFO]

Marvin.

 

[jackson35]

kudos for this threads. i'm choose the both of them. the epitome of black excellence.

 

[SuikodenII]

Makes me wanna holla.... The way they do my life

 

[Tribal Outkast]

Living for the city is fukkin dope but Inner City Blues is probably my favorite song of all time! Any song that sampled it gets play in the rid.. I also loved Angela Winbush's version of it.

 

[Lady.Libra.]

Living for the city is fukkin dope but Inner City Blues is probably my favorite song of all time! Any song that sampled it gets play in the rid.. I also loved Angela Winbush's version of it.

You beat me to it...was just coming to mention her. I would love to hear Layla Hathaway do a rendition.

 

[JamilALAmin]

And then locked up

@4:18

"Hey bus driver I'm getting on that bus, hold it....Thanks a lot"

Breh sounded green as shyt, it's like you already knew what was about to happen to him

The early 70's NYC hood dudes accent

This poll should be tied at least tho. The range Stevie showed on that song was amazing. How he switched it up at the end with the band and went baritone on em

 

[Dr. Narcisse]

Gotta go w/ Inner City Blues. That song will have a nikka in tears.

This is a hard 1 tho. Cause Steve sang his ass off on Living For The City.

Remember how that song was used in Jungle Fever

 

[Archangel]

Tough choice

2 of my top 3 singers all time.

Gotta give the nod to Marvin. The music is just haunting once that piano drops on the intro. You can just picture the scene when Inner City is playing. I feel like I'm actually in the 70's. No slight to Stevie though.

 

[I love Latina women]

Remember how that song was used in Jungle Fever

Yes! The Taj Mahal scene.