What did he mean to me? I couldn’t pull off a red, multi-zippered leather “Beat It” jacket, but my little Onkyo boombox in high school was red, and my laces were red and the one breakdancing move I ever mastered was his moonwalk. He was the Jackie Robinson of MTV and, in many ways, the Google of pop dancing. No male pop star who wants to dance on stage has any chance of avoiding Jackson’s choreography, not that many of them try. (See Usher, Ne-Yo, Justin Timberlake, any boy band.) Two albums he made with Quincy Jones—“Off The Wall” (my favorite), and “Thriller”—redefined so many different kinds of music. Why couldn’t a pop song also contain an enormous, barn-burning guitar solo? Why couldn’t a dance hit verge on Afropop? Why did a creamy ballad about human nature have to sound like humans were singing it? Pop has in no way exhausted all the questions he and Quincy posed.For the moment, I leave the life aside. It made me nothing but sad—no change of venue,no new home, no new friends could anchor or comfort the most important musical ghost of the twentieth century. I often thought of a veal calf when I saw him—he had been raised to perform under extreme pressure before he had any idea of what life could be beyond performing for others. Then he spent decades trying to build a life without ever having seen one. He had the best ear in the world but he had no apparent idea of how people experienced everyday comfort, or even boredom. Good bye MJ -you touched my world......
Cookin Soul Tribute To MJ
Tracklist
01 - Intro 02 - Beat it feat. Kid Cudi 03 - Remember the time feat. 50 Cent 04 - Bad feat. Ludacris 05 - Skit 06 - I Want You Back feat. Lil Wayne 07 - Don’t stop ‘Til You Get Enough feat. Jay-Z 08 - Black or White feat. Eminem 09 - Thriller feat. Notorious B.I.G 10 - Rock with you feat. Notorious B.I.G 11 - Smooth Criminal feat. 2Pac 12 - You Rock My World feat. Nas 13 - outro 14 - I can´t help it (Cookin Soul Band Remix)
DJ Premier - R.I.P. Michael Jackson Tribute Mix
DJ Ayers MJ Mix.
Ayres on the Mix said:
I got the bitten by the nostalgia bug a few weeks ago listening to an old Jackson 5 record and got kind of carried away, so I did a mix of Michael Jackson joints for Rub Radio (http://brooklynradio.net/the-rub/). I started in 1970 with the Jackson 5 and went all the way up through 2001, not always mixing because I wanted to go in chronological order. I skipped over some of the more obvious songs (ABC, I Want You Back, Billie Jean, PYT) - if anybody is dying to hear those, please come see me DJ in real life. I hope this mix brings up as many happy memories and good feelings for you when you listen to it as it did for me making it.
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I Can't Help It
Part of Me
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