. >> back in the '60s, marvin gaye wanted to be frank sinatra. >> clean shaven, debonair. tality ♪ talk to me so you can see ♪ oh, what's going on ♪ what's going on ♪ yeah, what's going on ♪ tell me what's going on ♪ whoo >> marvin gaye was affected by the vietnam war. he's brother was in vietnam. he's hearing stories of what's going on over there, seeing the protests here and it's changing him. >> he holds up a mirror to america. >> he's talking about the war, poverty, changing artist in ways berry gordy is not super happy about. ♪ everybody thinks we're wrong, they do ♪ >> initially berry gordy did not want marvin to do it. >> mo town is supposed to be nonthreatening. now you have him making a record that could ruin good money. you don't talk about the government. ments i want to know what's going on right now, people ♪ >> ultimately when he agrees to put out "what's going on" marvin said, if you're right, i'll learn something. if i'm right, you'll learn something. >> as berry gordy would say, i learn something. >> every artist at mo town wanted to try their chance at fre

marvin gaye. you have to really understand what it takes to not only write a great song not to fall into a great song but craft one and then be able to do it again and we're talking of the great i would be remiss if i didn't say on this new album there is 14. station it'll be released on march 5th by the way folks originals we have some originals but there are i think there's 5 originals on there. you know what again when we started to go into the studio and as this kept evolving i just started to think we need some we need one modern song not yet that it sounds modern but a song that transitions us seamlessly into the present and i wrote one and then i when we need to and the band was so fired up and everybody you heard some of my friends who were quite well known singers and songwriters and performers they've heard some of the album and go. it's seamless. one of my friends heard one of the originals and says who did that originally and i went what do you mean he goes well that's my favorite song

now we had marvin gaye earlier, now a little dylan. that's the sound track of these times we are in. >> next time we expect to you sing along. >> the times they are achanging zpl. >> reporter: no, you do not want that happening. >> thank you very much. i like it. >> it was good. at first i couldn't recognize they were playing. then it became clear. >>> cnn's coverage continues next. . >>> former president tried, president trump, in fact, his second impeachment trial hours from now house impeachment managers will make the ceremonial walk over to the senate, one we saw just over a year ago. this time delivering one article of impeachment against a former president for inciting an insurrection on the u.s. capitol. the trial officially began two weeks from today. that's a crucial 14 days for not only the former president's defense team but for the biden administration to attempt to make major moves on its legislative agenda. >> that's right. his pledge to divide a united nation put to the test. this morning senators from both parties are p

. ♪ let me work it ♪ >> the q queen of hip-hop, miss elliott -- ♪ the prince of soul, marvin gaye.e all influenced artists across genres for decades. ♪ and the living is easy ♪ now their careers are on display. ♪ at the new national museum of african-american music in downtown nashville. this is an epic story. >> it really is. >> reporter: h. beacher hicks is the president and ceo. >> it really walks through the history of american music told through an african-american prism. everything from slave songs to hip-hop and everything in between. and so really all of that is american music, and that's what we celebrate in the museum. >> reporter: that's what i love about music. everything's connected. ♪ that theme is woven through the museum's seven galleries, including "one nation under a groove," that documents the emergence of rhythm and blues after world war ii amid the civil rights movement. >> i think black music always represents culture and what's happening. ♪ >> reporter: gamy-winning r&b artist herr contributed to the gallery's history of r&b video. >> where were people's mind