Assuming this will be a good biopic, this could be Kravitz's first real starmaker. Jamie Foxx in Ray and Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon in Walk the Line all saw their careers take a turn for the Oscar-y after they handed themselves over to play other famous people. Kravitz might even have an advantage since he's already an established musician, unlike the aforementioned actors, who were merely musically inclined. Temple's movie will be primarily about Gaye's struggle with sobriety while he stayed in Europe in the 1980s, so this will also be a nice dose (no pun intended) of heavy subject matter for Kravitz to tackle.

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Lenny Kravitz Is Set to Star in Marvin Gaye Biopic [Vulture]

I've got chills. Listen to it on SoundCloud.

Update: W.T. Snacks pointed me to their cover of the Tom Tom Club's Genius of Love, which he used for a spaztastic birthday party invite last year. There's a whole album of this powerfully awesome stuff on Amazon.