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Can yall please explain why was it bizarre for you guys????
Michael Jackson Hologram Lures Most ‘Billboard Music Awards’ Viewers in 13 Years Michael Jackson's hologram helped Sunday's “2014 Billboard Music Awards” earn a trophy of its own: the most viewers in 13 years. It also tied an 11-year high in the key demographic ratings. ABC was first in ratings with a 3.0 rating/9 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and first in viewers with an average of 9.5 million, according to preliminary numbers. “America's Funniest Home Videos” at 7 p.m. had a 1.6/6 and 6.6 million viewers. The “Billboard Music Awards” followed at 8, earning night-highs 3.5/10 and 10.5 million viewers. http://www.thewrap.com/billboard-mus...bc-tv-ratings/ |
I placed another Hologram link guys so the above Hologram performance link should work this time until it gets taken down
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I agree they should have picked a better single. They could have picked the lead single or Blue Gangsta or Xscape. I don't particularly care for the re-worked version of Slave to the Rhythm. I think the demo is WAY better. Yes, it is very exploitative which is why I did not like the idea but since they were hyping it up like it was going to be something interesting I went along with it but now I feel horrible that they did do it. I just hope they do not do a Hologram tour. Some of the fans liked the Hologram and some did not. So the reviews are split in the middle. |
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MICHAEL JACKSON ESTATE INVITES H.S. IMPERSONATOR TO LAS VEGAS EXCLUSIVE 17-year-old Michael Jackson fan Brett Nichols didn't just win his school's talent show with his MJ routine ... he caught the eye of MJ's estate ... who have invited the kid to Las Vegas for a show ... TMZ has learned. A rep for the Jackson estate tells TMZ ... the executors saw Nichols' impressive performance and were blown away ... so they put together a package to send to Nichols to show how much they liked his act. The rep says they sent Nichols two CDs (no iTunes cards?) and an invitation for Brett and his family (mom, dad and sister) to all attend a performance of Michael Jackson ONE in Las Vegas. We're told they contacted Nichols' principal, who in turn told Nichols and his family this afternoon ... who were predictably beyond excited. Much better than some stupid trophy. He performed better than the Hologram lol |
Ahaha that is so weird. I actually didn't see the Hologram but I feel like it would have been really eery and sad to watch. I don't know why they keep doing it. It was already weird enough when they did it @ Coachella.
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A week after becoming the first artist to reach the Billboard Hot 100's top 10 in five different decades (and six including his work with the Jackson 5), as "Love Never Felt So Good," with Justin Timberlake zoomed 22-9, Michael Jackson makes news again, as his 1983 No. 1 "Billie Jean" returns. The song re-enters at No. 14 thanks to the popularity of a viral video featuring the track. [*]Meanwhile, Jackson scores his milestone 50th Hot 100 hit, as "Slave to the Rhythm," from his new album "Xscape," debuts at No. 45. "Billie Jean" revisits the Hot 100 with 95 percent of its chart points from streaming. It debuts on the Streaming Songs chart at No. 2 thanks to the stylings of Brett Nichols, a junior at Pitman High School in Turlock, Calif. Nichols performed Jackson's iconic dance sequence from 1983's "Motown 25" TV special for his school's talent show, with the clip featuring the song's original audio. The video went viral and Jackson's classic bows on Streaming Songs with 11.2 million U.S. streams in the week ending May 25 (a 320 percent surge), according to Nielsen BDS. It debuts with 95 percent of its streams from YouTube (non-Vevo) activity. "Billie Jean," from "Thriller," the best-selling studio album of all time (it's been certified 29 times Platinum by to the RIAA), spent seven weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100 in a 24-week run in 1983. It and 1991's "Black or White" mark the longest reigns of Jackson's 13 Hot 100 No. 1s, the most leaders among solo males. On Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, "Billie Jean" re-enters at No. 6. It spent nine weeks at No. 1 in 1983, passing "Rock With You" (six weeks, 1980) for his longest command on the genre tally. Jackson also earns his landmark 50th Hot 100 entry, as "Slave to the Rhythm" begins at No. 45. With 75 of its chart points from streaming, the song enters Streaming Songs at No. 11 (3.9 million, up 345 percent). Fifty-six percent of its streaming activity is owed to the official Vevo video of the much buzzed-about virtual Jackson performing the song at the Billboard Music Awards on May 18. Jackson becomes the 30th artist to collect at least 50 Hot 100 hits and the 20th solo male to earn the honor (tying Eminem's sum). Lil Wayne leads all male soloists with 121 entries, followed by Elvis Presley (108), James Brown (91), Jay Z (82) and Ray Charles (74). Among all acts, Lil Wayne trails only the cast of Fox's "Glee," which has made 207 Hot 100 visits. On Hot R&B/Hop-Hop Songs, "Slave" soars 38-12. Jackson also debuts at No. 50 with "Chicago." "Love Never Felt So Good" (which drops 9-16 on the Hot 100 dated June 7), "Slave" and "Chicago" are from Jackson's posthumous album "Xscape," which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 dated May 31. It ranks at No. 3 this week with 67,000 copies sold (down 57 percent) in the U.S. in the week ending May 25, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Its two-week sales total stands at 224,000. |
Infographic: Michael Jackson's Multibillion Dollar Career Earnings, Listed Year By Year
http://blogs-images.forbes.com/zacko...4/05/Mjmag.jpg Michael Jackson’s latest posthumous album, Xscape, debuted earlier this month with opening week sales of 157,000, landing at No. 2 on the Billboard albums chart. That will undoubtedly fatten the total amount the King of Pop has raked in since his death—well over $700 million in the past five years. But Jackson earned far more than that during his life, thanks both to his musical prowess and his far less celebrated business savvy. In addition to releasing the best-selling album of all time and grossing hundreds of millions of the road, Jackson paved the way for modern musician-moguls by launching his own sneakers, clothes, video games and other ventures. His lifetime total: $1.1 billion, or just shy of $2 billion when accounting for inflation. Add adjusted posthumous figures, and the number soars to nearly $3 billion. “He was extremely smart,” says rapper-actor-entrepreneur Christopher “Ludacris” Bridges. “From my perspective, because I’m business-oriented and savvy, I noticed and even read up on everything he did.” Jackson helped create a fundamental shift in the monetization of fame, and that’s the notion at the core of my book, Michael Jackson, Inc, the first business-focused biography of the King of Pop, which will be published on June 3rd by Simon & Schuster’s Atria imprint. At the end of the book is a table of annual earnings estimates for Jackson’s entire adult solo career, formulated by talking to over 100 entertainment industry insiders over the course of two years. But today, FORBES readers get a sneak peek at that research. Highlights include the $134 million he made in the two years after the release of Thriller (an inflation-adjusted $306 million), the $125 million he banked in 1988 at the height of the Bad Tour (an inflation-adjusted $247 million), and the $118 million he earned in 1995 after scoring a nine-figure payout for merging his ATV publishing catalogue with Sony ’s own (an inflation-adjusted $181 million). “He had good instincts . . . more, more, more; better, better, better,” says manager Sandy Gallin, who managed Jackson for much of the 1990s. “He would, in his mind, negotiate the same way. No matter what anybody would offer, he wanted more.” Jackson’s earnings prowess was so great that, even after child molestation allegations rocked his career in 1993, he recovered and had one of his best years ever in 1995. But after a second round of accusations turned into a lengthy trial in 2005, the King of Pop was unable to regain his peak financial form—in his lifetime, that is. Only after his sudden death in 2009 did Jackson once again start earning nine-figure sums annually. The executors of his estate scored a whopping $250 million new record deal from Sony, released concert film This Is It (which grossed over $260 million), and launched two Cirque du Soleil shows. Jackson’s gaudy postmortem totals were also boosted significantly by earnings from the assets he accumulated in life—namely, the Sony/ATV publishing catalogue that contains the copyrights to most of the Beatles’ biggest hits, as well as other songs by the likes of Lady Gaga, Eminem and Taylor Swift. Today, Jackson’s heirs still own half of that company, worth about $2 billion, through his estate. The King of Pop purchased the catalogue’s core in 1985 for $47.5 million, and it adds tens of millions to his bottom line every year. “He had a kid’s heart, but a mind of a genius,” Berry Gordy told me in an interview for Michael Jackson, Inc. “He was so loving and soft-spoken, and a thinker. . . . He wanted to do everything, and he was capable. You can only do so much in a lifetime.” http://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomal...-year-by-year/ |
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Throw back: JET Magazine issue 1984- "The Michael Jackson Nobody Knows"
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Loving you - Xscape.
So so good. As is 'Love Never Felt So Good'... but the rest of Xscape wasn't amazing... |
Madonna callled Michael her "boo" on instagram lol
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Going to discuss another MJ album now that I got the new Xscape album out the way. I will only be discussing underrated gems, non-singles, music videos and special behind the scenes photos, facts, etc. If anybody wants any info or requests let me know! I think I am going to switch it up for my boo... you hear that Madonna, MY BOO;)... this time as well, xxx
Next up, Dangerous Dangerous is the eighth album by Michael Jackson and was released on November 26, 1991 by Epic Records Stay tuned... |
Dangerous was an eclectic work of art that demonstrated Michael's growth as an artist and songwriter. The album covers a wide range of subjects such as racism, injustice, self esteem, poverty, love, lust, infidelity, Michael's personal problems, social issues and philanthropy. For Dangerous, Michael broke away from Quincy Jones, his long time producer for his first three previous adult albums. The album covers a wide range of genres such as Rock, Folk, Rap, New Jack Swing, Opera, and Gospel. It took a year to record the album. Dangerous showcases Michael's best work to date and some of his most iconic pieces of performances, songs, music videos and choregraphy. What inspired Dangerous? Michael hoped for a more darker and edgier sound for Dangerous and was heavily inspried by the new upcoming genre, New Jack Swing at the time.
http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps2bcd3db2.jpg The first page in the Dangerous Cassette/CD booklet begins with a poem written by Michael Jackson titled, "The Dance". The Dance http://asset-d.soup.io/asset/6334/5927_d02f.gif "Consciousness expresses itself through creation. This world we live in is the dance of the creator. Dancers come and go in the twinkling of an eye but the dance lives on. On many an occasion when I am dancing, I have felt touched by something sacred.In those moments, I felt my spirit soar and become one with everything that exists. I become the stars and the moon. I become the lover and the beloved. I become thevictor and the vanquished. I become the master and the slave. I become the singer and the song. I become the knower and the known. I keep on dancing then it is the eternal dance or creation. The creator and creation merge into one wholeness of joy. I keep on dancing...and dancing...and dancing. Until there is only...the dance.” - Michael Jackson Throwback: Dangerous Cassette http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps799ab9d6.jpg http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/a...psde755bb3.jpg http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps13acb51b.jpg http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps3479d36b.jpg Producers: Michael Jackson, Teddy Riley, Bill Bottrell, Bruce Swedien Teddy Riley Talks About MJ's Album "Dangerous" Teddy Riley Talks About MJ's Album "Dangerous" | Michael Jackson Beat by R.J. on Thursday, April 02, 2009 http://www.nndb.com/people/755/00008...ddyriley02.jpg Producer Teddy Riley Michael Jackson had just launched the best selling New Jack Swing album of all time! The year was 1992 and anticipation had driven the largest viewing audience of all time for "Black Or White". 5 years had already passed since the King of Pop released his last studio album "Bad" in 1987. Yet a lot has happened within those gaps. Mr. Jackson bid farewell to Q in favor of the more industrial sounds of New Jack Swing producer Teddy Riley. Whom he first met on the set of "2300 Jackson Street". The last Jackson's studio album which led them to break up eventually. The singer was said to be so impressed that he invited him to recording sessions for an upcoming album(then just a rumor). This is also when Michael was introduced to Hip-Hop for the first time. So after the album and all subsequent singles were released, Riley agreed to get interviewed by Keyboard Magazine on his many ventures. Including his crowning work with Michael Jackson which I have excepted right here. -------------- When you do have a bass part, it often has a strong analog feel, as on "Remember the Time." For me, that song was true R&B. I didn't put hip-hop into it until the remix. For that, I used a real upright jazz bass on a hip-hop beat. I really like that one. I also changed the organ part on the remix and did it with my voice through a vocoder. Some of Michael's early work with Quincy Jones was much more fully orchestrated. Were you consciously deciding to go in an opposite direction in your collaboration? As far as my production, yeah. I didn't want to go the same way Quincy went, but I also didn't want to leave his style. So I took a little bit of each. I had my style and his style in my head, and I put them together. What is there on "Dangerous" that reflects Michael's earlier style? On "She Drives Me Wild," for example, there seem to be some chordal echoes of "Thriller". Well, that's what he wanted. He said, "You know what I'd like to have overlaid to new jack swing? I'd still like to have my strings. I want the strings to be really wide." So that's what we did, even on "Dangerous." Michael also seems to be referring to "Bil-lie jean" in his falsetto vocals on "Dangerous". "Dangerous" had already been recorded by Bill Bottrell [co-producer of four cuts on Dangerous), but the music didn't move Michael. I told Michael, "I like Billy. I like his producing, and everything about him. But this is your album, Michael. If this is the right tune, I can utilize what you have in your singing. Let me change that whole bottom and put a new floor in there." He said, "Try it. I guess we gotta use what we love." And we did. I'm quite sure that if anyone else had come up with a better "Dangerous," he would have used that. So it's not actually about me or Billy; it's about the music. I always say that the music is the star. Was there an element of having to follow in the formidable footsteps of Quincy Jones on this project? Well, that's my plan. I want to be like Quincy Jones. I've always looked up to him, more than to any other producer out there. He's the one. Like Quincy, I just can't stay in one category. I'll do any kind of music. It's like being a scientist: You have to find the right method for solving a problem or curing a disease. That what producers do. When you're working with someone, you've got to find the right style, the right sound, for them. You have to draw a circle around each artist and make them fit into that circle. How much of your work on Dangerous was based not just on finding a sound that works, but on finding a sound that contrasts with the one that Michael and Quincy developed? Almost all of it. So if you came up with something that sounded a bit too much like Thriller, for example, that was reason enough to abandon that approach and search for something different. Yes. We didn't want to sound like another Thriller. We wanted to top it, even though that's impossible. I guess some people are saying that Dangerous is better than Thriller or Bad. But I won't say it's better until it sells as much as those albums. If Dangerous doesn't sell more than Bad, even with the recession that we're having, then I don't feel that it's better. You play keyboards on all of the cuts that you produce on Dangerous. But a number of players in addition to you are also credited as keyboardists on the opening song, "Jam." Well, "Jam" was brought to me as just a drum beat. Rene Moore and Bruce Swedien came up with the idea and gave it to Michael as a beat, so you can't take that credit away from them. But it was just a stripped tune until Michael did his vocals and I came in with the icing. I actually added most of the keyboard parts, all of the percussion elements, all of the horn parts, and all of the guitar parts to make the tune what it is today Producer Bruce Sweiden and Michael RARE behind the scenes video of making of Dangerous http://home.mj-upbeat.com/wp-content...obhoffman1.jpg Producer Bill Bottrell and Michael http://home.mj-upbeat.com/wp-content...10/111eeee.jpg Bill Bottrell answers questions about the "Dangerous" album to fans Gearslutz.com - View Single Post - Post here if you worked on Michael Jackson's DANGEROUS album I was doing remixes that John McClain would bring me. It was early in his career and he became quite the cheerleader for me. He went to school with the Jacksons and convinced them, one at a time, that I was the best. I started with Jermaine's solo album and moved into the Victory album, when I met Michael, who brought me the tapes of State of Shock with Freddy Mercury to mix. Michael talked like it was purely fictional, a feeling, really, that of poor southern country folk doing mischief to each other. I can't know if there was anything autobiographical about it, but I believe the title didn't help get it released after not making the Dangerous album. Michael told me he was hurt by some statements Sheryl made to the press about her touring with him. I just let the two worlds stay apart. I, too, remember the booze, etc. Mostly, it went very easy. Slash wanted to bring his own engineer, and I didn't like that idea too much but I went along. The other song was the "intro" to Black or White, the scripted vignette. The way the credits were eventually printed seems to have made it unclear who played the hook on Black or White. Slash played the scripted vignette, I played the song. No, that was my demo to play my words to MJ. He fell in love with it immediately, much to my surprise, and we never touched it again. I wrote on Monkey Business, Dangerous, Black or White, Give In To Me. The core of my work during the Dangerous period, was, for me, Black or White, Earth Song, Dangerous, and Monkey Business. Who Is It and Give In To Me were late bloomers, and didn't, I feel, have as much of my influence. I was dissapointed when Monkey and Earth didn't make the record, but I got over it. I have to look through my tapes to see what else is there, I can't remember. But I do remember If You Don't Love Me, always was a bit of an orphan, but somebody leaked it on Youtube and now it sounds pretty fun. There was also "Streetwalker" a true orphan, I made that track while MJ was on tour for Bad. Holed up at Smoketree for a couple weeks, played all the stuff, and my friend Jasun Martz came and played the blues harp solo, when I sent it in Michael said, "Billy that harmonica is ignorant!" (and not in a good way) I wrote the whole thing off until noticing a week ago that they released it! As is. During the Bad sessions, Michael asked me to drive him home to Westwood one night. During the drive, we played lots of Beatles songs he had compiled on a tape, he was pretty interested in my opinion, and I told him we should pick Come Together. Within a couple days I had thrown a track together playing guitars and using some crude midi stuff. (This was 1985) I never intended that track to be released that way They put it out without informing me, and I still don't know what the credits say. Michael was growing and wanted to experiment free of the restrictions of the Westlake scene. That's why he got me and John Barnes to work at his home studio for, like, a year and a half? On and off. We would program, twiddle, and build the tracks for much of that album, send the results on two-inch down to Westlake and they would, at their discretion, re-record, and add things like strings and brass. This is how MJ started to express his creative independance, like a teenager leaving the nest. 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I personally think one of the best songs that Michael Jackson ever recorded, was a song written by Smokey Robinson in 1960, Who's Lovin' You, while he was with the Motown label during 1969.
The song was also recorded by various other major artists through the years as well like The Miracles,iThe Temptations, Brenda and the Tabulations, The Supremes, Terence Trent d'Arby, and so on. Its quite amazing hearing so much soul, passion, and feeling emulated by an eleven year old with a perfect voice. Some of the best falsetto I've heard by any artist. |
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Hands down Michael Jackson is the King of Pop! Though his character was rather sketchy there's no denying his unbelievable talent. I mean he has influenced everyone from Eddy Murphy to Justin Timberlake through fashion and music. Not to ignore his issues with the kids but he's actually done a lot for the people of the world. I think the number is about $350 million in donations to charities. So I say let his memory live on!
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How's Soulflower going to break her 18 consecutive posts record with comments like that interrupting them?
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Dangerous- The Outtakes (The ones that are public)
Serious Effect
Michael Jackson ft. LL Cool J Fun facts: Written by Teddy Riley and Michael Jackson Song features rapper who was also a friend of Michael's, LL Cool J The song was recorded in 1991 and was suppose to be released on a special edition of Dangerous She Got It Michael Jackson Not sure who wrote this song, sounds like an unfinished track, demo Genres: Rock, Jazz, New Jack Swing, sounds like a Prince song :hphones: To Satisfy You Michael Jackson and Bryan Loren Written by Michael Jackson and Bryan Loren This song was recorded in 1990 during the Dangerous sessions On this sexy Jam, Bryan sings lead and MJ's smooth vocals escapes in the backgrounds. I might have to snoop some more to find the song where MJ sings lead. This is the demo. Fun fact: Michael did not like this and gave it to Bryan Loren for his 1992 album Music from the New World Michael Jackson Work that Body Written by Michael Jackson and Bryan Boyen Originally written for Dangerous album |
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"Black or White" is still a fun video, as are many of his still. Yeah, when I was little, when the video came out, I thought the morphing was so weird!
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The King of Pop reigns Supreme
Michael Jackson Tops Forbes' List Of Top-Earning Dead Celebrities With $140 Million Haul
http://www.lipstickalley.com/attachm...2&d=1413387243 Michael is also once again the top-earning celebrity dead or alive. :beer: Being alive is so overrated. The 13 late luminaries who rank on this year’s list of the Top-Earning Dead Celebrities brought in a total of $363.5 million over the last 12 months. While living, celebrities can be temperamental and demanding. In death, they simply become brands to be managed. Their images can be attached to everything from T-shirts and posters to fragrances and lingerie, and they can even return from the dead in the form of eerily life-like holograms. Few celebrities prove the point that there is (financial) life after death better than Michael Jackson. The King of Pop tops our list yet again with $140 million in earnings. This year, the singer had his second posthumous album release with Xscape, which debuted at No. 2 on the charts. He also appeared (in hologram form) on stage at the Billboard Music Awards. The hologram performance left some fans thrilled and others a bit freaked out, but expect to see more of the same from other dead celebrities as the technology advances to the point where we won’t be able to tell the difference. Bettie Page, who ties for ninth on our list with $9 million in earnings, is also about to get the hologram treatment. The star’s iconic look (severe bangs, jet black hair, pin-up girl clothing) is making a comeback and now CMG, the company that manages Page’s estate, is working on a show about the star’s life. Set to open in Vegas next year (a venue has yet to be determined), the show will feature a hologram Page doing one of her famous striptease acts. To compile our list we talk to estate managers, agents, music publishers and other in-the-know folks to come up with estimates of what each estate brought in between October 2013 and October 2014. We don’t deduct for taxes or things like management fees. Ranking second behind Jackson is Elvis Presley with an estimated $55 million in earnings over the 12-month period. Authentic Brands Group bought the rights to Elvis last year for a reported $125 million. Presley’s estate still rakes in millions thanks to the throngs of tourists who visit Graceland each year and Elvis’ extensive music library. But ABG plans to boost earnings with (you guessed it) a hologram Elvis. ABG CEO Jamie Salter told Ad Week that hologram Elvis will be up and running in the spring and that he might return to Las Vegas or even perform with hologram Michael Jackson. Cartoonist Charles Schulz ranks third with $40 million. Schulz’s Peanuts characters have never really gone away thanks to online versions of the comic strip, successful merchandising and the ubiquitous MetLife MET -3.13% ads featuring Snoopy and the gang. But now the Peanuts are being introduced to a whole new generation with an upcoming 3-D movie from Fox studios. The movie is slated to be in theaters in November 2015. If it’s a hit, expect Shulz’s earning to climb the following year. Elizabeth Taylor ranks fourth with $25 million in earnings. Thanks to her best-selling perfume and her old movies, Taylor still rakes it in. But as the last embodiment of old Hollywood glamour, everyone believes there’s a lot more that can be done with her brand. Expect more Elizabeth Taylor merchandise to roll out in the coming years. Rounding out the top five is reggae singer Bob Marley with an estimated $20 million in earnings. The singer’s mellow mug can be seen on everything from messenger bags to T-shirts to a line of fruit-flavored drinks. The Marley beverage company’s motto: Live Relaxed. http://www.forbes.com/sites/dorothyp...d-celebrities/ One word: LEGEND! Congrats Mike! We love and miss you!!! xxx |
Dangerous- The Outtakes (The ones that are public)
Someone Put Your Hand Out
Written By: Michael Jackson and Teddy Riley Fun facts: "Someone Put Your Hand Out" was a Pepsi-supported cassette single released in Europe to promote the Dangerous World Tour. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t3dQhDdrzB.../s1600/mj1.JPG http://pictures2.todocoleccion.net/t...2/34039595.jpg Fun facts: "Someone Put Your Hand Out" was also released in MJ's "The Ultimate Collection" in America on July 25, 2005. http://img2.imagesbn.com/p/827969260...1_s260x420.JPG This song always makes me cry. Its a very powerful balled that is filled with so much emotion. When Michael sings " I live my life so lonely" you can definitely tell that he is pouring his soul into those lyrics since he often said he felt that way in his personal life. Monkey Business (previously unreleased) Written by: Michael Jackson and Bill Bottrell Fun facts: This song was due to be on Dangerous but was cut. However, MJ released the song his "Ultimate Collection" box set in 2005 I LOVE this song. Its so jazzy and funky! Michael melts me with his vocals. He knows how to make the panties wet. Michael slays on this song. |
Dangerous Music Video behind the Scenes and Makings
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Crazy Guy, Great Music.
MJ was a prodigious talent. His music was a truly eclectic fusion of genres into his own unique but highly accessible and contagious idiom, with shades of funk, soul, rock, pop, rap, blues, jazz and even classical. He invented his own style of vocalisation, with his throaty punches and stutters, his exquisitely sweet vibratoed croonings, his gutsy grunts and growls, all articulated and punctuated by his outstandingly syncopated sense of rhythm. He reflected and expressed the zeitgeist of his time, and looked and sounded like a total superstar.
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