Short interview with Will.I.Am about four new songs from his upcoming album.

;) Nice dj, thanx for that lol even though I already knew what was up. I can't wait for MJ to come back but he should definitly be back some time next year. Its no guarente those songs will make the album because u know MJ he cuts down all the songs until he picks the top ones he wants but either way, it don't matter, I'm just waiting for my boy to come back

I'm into MJ. Burnt out on it, but it's good stuff.

Michael Jackson is one screwed up guy! But his tunes are good, so thats all i care about.

He'll always be the King of Pop, regardless of anything else that happens *child-molessssss-whaa?*

His msuical abilities have nothing to do with him being a pedo. Enjoy his music, disregard his Jesus Juice. It's just like Chris Benoit, enjoy his wrestling, disregard his murderings (if that's even possible).

OK i'll judge him by his music.

Oh look he's released nothing but sh*t for the past 20 years.

he started out a stellar artist though.

although it is true that some of his bigger hits weren't written by him at all. which always interested me. I don't think for example he had anything to do with the writing of either Billie Jean or Beat It.

I doubt Jackson ever actually wrote a song for himself. So you should say Quincy Jones musical talents.

The Sony BMG Thriller 25 Press Release (formerly General T25 Discussion)
 

ALL of MJ hits Mike has written himself. Billie Jean and Beat It MJ wrote his own damn self. If you people are not sure or have no clue about facts just say so but don't come out with "he didn't write his hits" when for a fact he did.

Sony BMG just sent MJNO the official information for Thriller - 25th Anniversary Edition:
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EPIC RECORDS/LEGACY RECORDINGS UNVEIL
THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
OF MICHAEL JACKSON'S THRILLER
THE WORLD'S BIGGEST SELLING ALBUM OF ALL TIME

Newly Expanded Deluxe Edition of Multi-Platinum Grammy-Winning Album
With New & Previously Unreleased Bonus Tracks
Including Remixes By Akon, will.i.am & Kanye West
+ Bonus DVD Featuring Digitally Restored Short Films
& Michael Jackson's Historic Breakout Performance
From "Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever" Television Broadcast

Thriller - 25th Anniversary Edition
Available Worldwide Week Of February 11, 2008

Epic/Legacy Recordings proudly celebrates the 25th anniversary of Michael Jackson's Thriller, the world's biggest-selling album of all time, with a newly expanded deluxe edition of the phenomenal record-breaking pop culture touchstone, available worldwide the week of February 11, 2008.

The Michael Jackson Thriller 25th anniversary celebration kicks off in December 2007 and continues throughout 2008 with the release of a new single and a multi-faceted global marketing campaign featuring high-profile television, radio and online events around the world.

The Thriller - 25th Anniversary Edition will include the original album in its entirety as well as eight bonus tracks and a DVD featuring Michael Jackson's groundbreaking short films from Thriller ("Thriller," "Beat It," and "Billie Jean") and the artist's Emmy-nominated breakout performance of "Billie Jean" from the legendary "Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever" television special (first broadcast on NBC on May 16, 1983).

The newly expanded version of Thriller premieres five tracks previously unreleased in any form: a new Kanye West remix of "Billie Jean"; a new 2008 version of "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" with Akon and will.i.am; will.i.am remixes of "The Girl Is Mine" and "P.Y.T."; and "For All Time," a rare unreleased cut from the original Thriller recording sessions, newly mixed and mastered by Michael Jackson.

Additional bonus material on the Thriller - 25th Anniversary Edition includes "Someone In The Dark," "Carousel," and Michael Jackson's original demo recording of "Billie Jean."

The deluxe Thriller - 25th Anniversary Edition packaging contains a personal greeting from Michael Jackson to his fans penned exclusively for this special release.

Originally released 25 years ago early December 1982 by Epic Records, Thriller, Michael Jackson's sixth solo album and second with producer Quincy Jones, rocketed the former child-star lead singer for the Jackson 5 into the stratosphere of international superstardom. Introducing the "robot" and the "moonwalk" into the international lexicon of clubland dance moves via the pulsing sounds of Thriller, Michael Jackson revolutionized all aspects of mainstream pop culture -- from radio airwaves to the newly emerging art form of music videos -- becoming the world's most popular entertainer in the process.

The original Thriller spent an astounding 80 consecutive weeks in the American Top 10, 37 of those at #1. Seven of the album's original nine tracks became Top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 while Individual singles from Thriller reached #1 chart positions in the US, the UK, France, Italy, Australia, Denmark, Belgium, South Africa, Spain, Ireland, New Zealand and Canada.

Thriller made history as the first and only record to be America's top-selling album two years running (1983 and 1984).

Thriller has been certified 27x platinum by the RIAA, giving it Double Diamond Award status in the US. In addition, the album has achieved Diamond or Multi-Platinum status in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. Thriller was named the Best Selling Album of All Time by the Guinness Book of Records in 1985.

In February 1984, Michael Jackson held a record-breaking 12 Grammy nominations, going on to win eight, which stands as the record for most Grammy Awards to be won by anyone in a single year. Seven of Michael's Grammys that year were for Thriller: Album of the Year; Record of the Year ("Beat It"); Best Male Pop Vocal Performance ("Thriller"); Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical (Thriller); Best Male Rock Vocal Performance ("Beat It"); Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ("Billie Jean"); Best R&B Song ("Billie Jean"). (Michael's eighth Grammy that year was in the Best Recording For Children - Single or Album, Musical or Spoken category for "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial"). That same year, Michael Jackson took home eight American Music Awards and three MTV Video Music Awards. The following year, "The Making of Michael Jackson's Thriller" took home the Best Video Album trophy at the 27th Annual Grammy Awards.

Named the "Most Successful Entertainer of All Time" by the Guinness World Records, Michael Jackson is among the most highly acclaimed and influential artists in pop culture. He was named the World Music Award's Best-Selling Pop Male Artist of the Millennium and received the American Music Award's Artist of the Century Award. He has been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice: in 1997 as a member of the Jackson 5 and as a solo artist in 2001.

THRILLER - 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

Thriller - original track listing - US Billboard Chart Peaks
Thriller - original track listing - US Billboard Chart Peaks[/U][/B]
"Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" - (#5 Hot 100, #5 R&B)
"Baby Be Mine"
"The Girl Is Mine" (with Paul McCartney) - (#2 Hot 100, #1 R&B, #1 Adult Contemporary)
Thriller" - (#4 Hot 10, #3 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks)
"Beat It" - (#1 Hot 100, #1 R&B)
"Billie Jean" - (#1 Hot 100, #1 R&B, #9 A/C)
"Human Nature" - (#7 Hot 100, #2 Adult Contemporary)
"P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" - (#10 Hot 100)
"The Lady in My Life"

Bonus Material:
10. Someone In the Dark ^
11. Billie Jean (Michael Jackson's original demo recording) ^
12. Carousel ^

Previously Unreleased Tracks For 25th Anniversary Edition
13. The Girl Is Mine 2008 with will.i.am*
14. P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) 2008 with Michael Jackson and will.i.am*
15. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 2008 with Michael Jackson, Akon and will.i.am*
16. Billie Jean 2008 with Kanye West*
17. For All Time (unreleased track from original Thriller sessions)*

^From 2001 Thriller Special Edition
*-previously unreleased

Bonus DVD
The Videos
Thriller
Beat It
Billie Jean
Billie Jean performance from Motown 25: Yesterday, Today and Forever
25th Anniversary Executive Producer: Michael Jackson
Original Album Produced by Quincy Jones for [Quincy Jones Productions logo]

PACKAGING PHOTOS FROM AMAZON.COM
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COVER PICS
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My first concert was Jacko on the Bad tour.

He's kind of a creep today, but that doesn't mean Thriller, Bad, and Off the Wall are completely useless nowadays. Those things still hold up...

There will always be a place for michael in my heart . . . just not in my bed :)

michael is amazing. he will never be let down.

I know what can you say.
Great to Weird

Mj
 

The way i feel is..he was found NOT GUILTY so to say that hes a pedophile i think is just ignorant. Fact - he was found not guilty. Fact - hes the most successful single artist of all time. I think thats what we should judge him on. Who gives a damn about his skin disease, his plastic surgery, the BS rumors...hes a LEGEND!

Micheal jackson's music was awesome and still is

Ha Ha
I went out and bought his greatest hits CD, and man it is so awesome. I wish there was some way I could defend his behavior. And the one guy was right, I don't think he's a pedophile. That whole baby-dangling incident, that was just a big media-hype thing they blew way out of proportion to take people's minds off wars and other important things going on in other countries.
However, the one incident that I cannot defend is his 'impromptu' kiss with then-wife Lisa Marie, it was so fake and staged, and why did he play right into the media's hands like that? Why does he care what people think about him? That moment was the single lamest in Michael's career in my mind.

Yeah! Michel is still awesome in Music Industry,I wanna to see him back in singing.

I dont think I want to see MJ come back. Id dig it if somehow, after all this time, he managed to make a great comeback but lets face it he's gonna come back older, slower and not even a shadow of what he once was.....again.

Saying that, I'd still love to see him live. It'd be an experience.

MJ is a complete twat and theres no way to defend that at all. Forget legal verdicts, you take all of that away and he's STILL a twat! However I'll always have time for his music. Dangerous was the first record I ever bought (or the first record someone bought for me, i forget which) and I digged him then. Now, 13 or 14 years on I may not like his latter material quite as much but Off The Wall is absolute genius.

dude here is a legend, he can probably say who whoo, in a track, and it becomes a hit

michael has definately got some awesome music but ever since becoming a white girl has become messed up in the head

Akon's 'Hold My Hand' Ft. Michael Jackson Streamed


July 01, 2008 08:22:00 GMT Add Comment

by Staff Writer

The audio from the R 'n' B superstar for his new song which features a duet with the king of pop has been leaked.
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A new song from the collaborative work of Akon with the king of pop Michael Jackson has just been streamed. The new track that could be one of the R 'n' B singer's new songs from his upcoming album "Acquitted" is being titled "Hold My Hand".

Akon himself has previously confirmed to the press that he wants Michael to be singing on one of the songs from the new LP and also will set the track as the lead single. "It's a worldwide record. The record is so huge. It's too big. (Michael's) the only person I could have collaborated with," he said.

Beside working with the pop legend on his album, the Senegalese singer reportedly also teams up with Michael to work on the "Beat It" hit maker's new studio set. According to the news, the two musicians have already started to record the new songs for the legendary singer's new LP in a studio in L.A. sometime in April.

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Michael Jackson is featured on the song, its NOT his song. Yea, yea the song is crap BUT Michael still sounds great most importantly.

Akon Ft. Michael Jackson- "Hold My Hand"

He might sound great, but a collaboration with Akon = a big NO for me.
Can't help it...It's just my mindset and i don't think it'll change :(. I'll pass.

DUDE ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? Micheal Jackson! yes, he is amazing. His Music of course so i know what you mean.

I agree it's brilliant, though I think Thriller was too. I rate them fairly evenly. Bad was also pretty great pop, though a tier down from Off The Wall and Thriller.

I was listening some of his stuff the other day cause I heard it was his birthday, and holy s&@t "Give in to me" is amazing!I forgot all about that one...

Off The Wall is his best I think.

Does anybody know if he's writing new music?

I know he's dating Pamela Anderson...

Wow, there's a plastic couple to rival Barbie & Ken and the bride and groom figures on the top of wedding cakes.

Invincible was very vincible... it sucked, the biggest disappointment I ever faced after purchasing an album I must say.

In my opinion Michael Jackson progressively became worse as a vocalist since he was a kid until now. I feel his vocal style in the 80's onward was/is an attempt to re-capture the sound he had as a kid.

I've enjoyed most of everything he has written up until the History album, he is a very talented artist and can write an awesome pop song. I wish he would stop trying to fit in with the current trends and just go back to doing what he is good at, no... not playing with little boys bum holes, catchy pop songs!!!

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!