Where I'm Coming From, an album released in April 1971 that pointed to greatness. On the cusp of 21, Wonder was taking control of his music and his life. His contract with Motown allowed him to void their decade-long agreement once he reached legal adulthood, giving him access to a burgeoning trust fund filled with previously earned royalties – and a new leveraging tool. If his hit-factory label boss wanted to keep Wonder, he'd have to renegotiate. "I wasn't growing," Wonder later told GQ. "I just kept repeating the 'Stevie Wonder sound,' and it didn't express how I felt about what was happening in the world."