How much of his music has actually written? I've always kind of wondered about that.

up until Invincible I always assumed he wrote and/or co-wrote most if not all of his best work. Honestly I never really looked on the older stuff but after listening to Invincible I opened that CD booklet up and sure enough his name was no where to be found on most (if not all, it's been a while) of the songs. I think he hired a team to write him songs that would fit into the trends at the time, which was the worst thing he could have done. Michael Jackson is best at starting trends, not following them... as a follower he stinks.

I would have thought that something as bad as Earth Song could only come from one mans ego.

lol... Earth song was on the History album (and he actually did write it), I like "Stranger in Moscow" and "They don't really care about us" from that album.

I just looked up Thriller, looks like he wrote 4 of the 9 songs on it: "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", "The Girl Is Mine" (with Paul McCartney), "Beat It" and "Billie Jean". On Invincible it looks like he wrote or co-wrote all but one of the songs.

Really? like I said it's been a while... I remember not just seeing his name by most of the songs (didn't really recall seeing it by any). Was he the main writer of any of them? was his name always last as co-writer? it just doesn't seem like the kind of music he is known for.

never mind, I see it now... my apologies for the false info, for some reason I remember not noticing him as the writer. Maybe it's because there seems to be so many writers on most of the album.

Now that I look at his other albums I see he always had numerous writers... I guess Invincible was just a bad attempt at making a come back or just too many chefs in the kitchen... there is up to 6 writers on some of the songs on that album, wtf???

I'm sure he still knows... he just needs the right team of people around him I think.

Interesting thing I found out in reading up on which songs he wrote: He played drums on "Beat It". It's funny, for some reason I have I hard time picturing him playing drums.

I never knew that... pretty interesting tidbit of info. I remember hearing for Billy Jean they mic'd and recorded the drums in a more elaborate way then usual, also... Michael worked for 2 weeks on the opening bass line as he wanted to create the "perfect" bass line. I think he came pretty damn close if you ask me.

like it or not, MJ is one of the best pop acts EVER!!!! granted he is a freakazoid, you cannot deny that he is musical genius!!! no way!