1973 USA Magazine a happy Marvin Gaye, back then.

[arista]

https://images.wolfgangsvault.com/m/large/CM7307-MZ/crawdaddy-vintage-magazine-1973-07-01.jpg

[Crimson Dynamo]

"The only thing between me and Beethoven is time"

and ego

[arista]

For sure

He Even recorded a great track in 1979
his last for Motown

"Ego Tripping Out"

https://e.snmc.io/i/600/s/fa34589d64550d811f02520815c37fd2/8839032/marvin-gaye-ego-tripping-out-Cover-Art.jpg


https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/X6oAAeSwTp9pEVPY/s-l1600.jpg

The Recording Love Man
was Cancelled by Motown around that time