The Thread "RIP Michael Jackson" Rap Tributes

Post 'em if you got 'em

http://nahright.com/news/2009/06/26/the-game-chris-brown-diddy-polow-da-don-mario-winans-usher-boyz-ii-men-better-on-the-other-side-tribute-to-mj/

The Game, Chris Brown, Diddy, Polow Da Don, Mario Winans, Usher, Boyz II Men - Better On The Other Side (Tribute To MJ)

"where the fuck has boyz 2 men been at? It’s more like men to old ass niggas now"

Should we do the "rap songs that sample MJ" or has every hacky rap blog already fought each other to the death trying to do that 100 times over?

i think a few blogs are already all up on that one, chris

and not just rap blogs!

anyway, songs that sample MJ aren't as interesting to me as the tributes

also: thanks mods for improving the title!

if you never got the rhymefest "man in the mirror" mixtape that is great.

The Game, Chris Brown, Diddy, Polow Da Don, Mario Winans, Usher, Boyz II Men - Better On The Other Side (Tribute To MJ)

lol @ this

isnt the second verse nas??

The Game, Chris Brown, Diddy, Polow Da Don, Mario Winans, Usher, Boyz II Men - Better On The Other Side (Tribute To MJ)

I should have locked the thread after this because really, what else can you possibly post?

No secret that MJ has emotional scars from getting hit by his dad, and dudes were simply raring to get world famous domestic abuser chris brown on the tribute track.

The Game
will do "hey look at me" songs about any damn thing

Chris Brown
interesting career rehab step #1 i guess

Diddy
most famous publicity whore in the whole industry

Polow Da Don
least famous publicity whore in the whole industry

Mario Winans
just clocking in for whatever project Diddy's doing on a given day

Usher
now him I'm sure he actually really cried and shit all day yesterday

Boyz II Men
happy to be asked to do anything these days

hahahaha

i really need to start fucking with my display name from time to time! i keep meaning to

isnt the second verse nas??

― matt h. (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, June 26, 2009 5:58 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

or am i crazy?

you're crazy for listening to it, yes. whether nas is on it, i am not going to try to find out.

:(

i'm out

"this the kind of song that makes the angels cry"

"god chose you/we'll never forget you"

"somebody tell usher/i seen him moonwalk, i guess the young thriller touched him"

(ouch)

props 2 ship

"no matter who/you knew/and whose boo-boos/you choose"

btw it was produced by dj khalil? lol random

"never seen barry gordy walkin' thru interscope"

this is like the "we are the world" of career-stalled rap/r&b stars

somewhere right now Ne-Yo and Ginuwine are curled up on bathroom floors totally unable to speak much less sing

Ben: (Motown 1972)
* "Ben"
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - "Rock the House"
Rebel MC - "Black Meaning Good"
* "People Make the World Go Round"
Mobb Deep - "Apostles' Warning"
Naughty by Nature - "World Go Round"
* "Everybody's Somebody's Fool"
Olivia ft 50 Cent - "Cloud 9"

Got to Be There: (Motown 1972)
* "Ain't No Sunshine" (Drums)
Masta Ace ft Paula Perry - "B-Side"
Raekwon - "Rainy Dayz"
Soul Supreme ft Big Daddy Kane, Checkmark & Dj Revolution - "Come Get It"
* "I Wanna Be Where You Are"
MC Lyte - "Poor Georgie"
Shyheim - "So Long"
* "Got to Be There"
Master P - "Time 2 Chill"

Music & Me: (Motown 1973)
* "With a Child's Heart"
Big Punisher - "You Ain't a Killer"

Off the Wall: (Epic 1979)
* "I Can't Help It"
Aceyalone - "B-Boy Kingdom"
De la Soul - "Breakadawn"
Ginuwine - "U Want to Be"
Mary J. Blige - "Sexy"
* "Rock with You"
De la Soul - "Cool Breeze on the Rocks"
Puff Daddy ft Ma$e - "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down"
* "Off the Wall"
Chubb Rock - "Enjoy Ya Self"
* "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough"
Ma$e ft Lil' Cease & Jay-Z - "Cheat on You"
Rebel MC - "Just Keep Rockin'"

Thriller: (Epic 1983)
* "Thriller"
Biz Markie - "Muddfoot"
Def Squad - "No Guest List"
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - "Rhythm Trax - House Party Style"
Large Professor - "Mad Scientist"
NWA - "100 Miles and Runnin'"
Public Enemy - "911 is a Joke"
* "Human Nature"
Nas - "It Ain't Hard to Tell"
SWV - "Right Here"
Tupac - "Thug Nature"
* "The Lady in My Life"
Gangsta Pat - "I Wanna Smoke"
LL Cool J - "Hey Lover"
Three 6 Mafia - "Porno Movie"
* "I Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
MC Lyte - "Poor Georgie"
* "Billy Jean" (Drums)
Aaliyah ft Slick Rick - "Got to Give it Up"
Blackstreet - "Billie Jean"
Ice Cube - "You Know How We Do It"
ODB - "Got Your Money"
Refugee Camp Allstars - "Avenues"
* "P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing)"
Kanye West ft T-Pain - "Good Life"
Memphis Bleek - "I Wanna Love You"
Monica - "All Eyez On Me"

Bad: (Epic 1991)
* "Bad"
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - "The Boy is Dope"
JAMS - "Burn the Bastards"
* "Liberian Girl"
MC Lyte - "Keep on Keepin' On"
Tupac - "Letter to My Unborn"
* "Smooth Criminal"
Ice Cube - "Givin' up the Nappy Dug Out"

btw, until yesterday i didn't even know that MJ and lionel wrote "we are the world"!

has prince responded to this yet? anybody know?

if will.i.am wasn't in jail for killing perez hilton he might've had something to say as well

i half wish you weren't joking

then again, i haven't cruised cnn.com today

Prince's whole thing w/ Michael is interesting to me (read in a bio about how apparently grew up totally envying the Jackson 5 and measured himself against MJ's career until they were finally peers) but I would be fine with him not saying anything publically, which I would guess he won't.

al, do you remember the name of the bio? i'm interested.

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS THING I AM LISTENING TO

it was Dance Music Sex Romance by Per Nilsen --- highly recommended by me

xpost

WHY AM I LISTENING TO IT AGAIN

"people can say what they wanna say about you, but we're gonna remember the miracles that you showed us"

YOU ARE LISTENING BECAUSE YOU NEED TO LOLOLOL THRU THE TEARS

you are not alone, d@n

i can hear your voice

One thing I have learned today is that I'm Michael Jackson, you're Michael Jackson; WE ALL MICHAEL JACKSON.

I know, right?

Has there been a tribute/charity record that involved Diddy that wasn't incredibly embarrassing to everyone involved?

that depends if signing Da Band or Cassie or Yung Joc can be considered "charity"

zingah!!

DAAAAD JOOOOOKE....COME OUT AND PLAYYYAYYYY

wtf why am I playing this again

also is it just me or are Boys II Men only on like 15 seconds of this

that happens when you put 20 people on a song

was this supposed to be for tribues after his death? cause Grampall Jookabox (or whatever it was) did a nice one ('I Will Save Young Michael') last year. "we're both from Indiana, that makes us brothers!"

was this supposed to be for tribues after his death? cause Grampall Jookabox

sb

yeah, for tributes post-mortem.

i guess people are still working on 'em.

yeah pretty pathetic if anyone still hasn't finished their masterpiece 20 hours after the news hit

sorry if i sounded like a douchebag, no need to snipe man

it's been a long day

haha no i thought i was just joking about the same thing you were joking about, no shots

this was totally a good idea for a running thread, btw, as stomach-turning as it's inevitably going to be over time

ak ok

i was kinda joking and kinda wasn't! this culture is so accelerated that i sorta seriously thought there'd be 30,000 hackneyed tributes on zshare right now

thanks

also i suck at knowing how to take things on msg boards even though i've been posting on 'em since like 95 or 96

tell you what, you can be the one person on here i am never snarky or sarcastic to

SIKE

people need to start using "SIKE" more again

sike el jackson

its spelled psych

OOP VG++ RARE UK SIKE

here we go: http://nahright.com/news/2009/06/26/more-tributes/

ok Game pronounces "vigil" like it rhymes with "visual" and Diddy says "philantropy"

this really is the kind of song that make the angels cry, look up in the sky and ask god why

CNN: At the end of the video, you reveal a new tattoo.

The Game: Yeah, I'll show you. I thought if I was going to get a Michael Jackson tattoo, I would get a more menacing one. (The tattoo shows the "King of Pop" with a bandanna over the lower half of his face.)

why does new answers say Dan just posted but i don't see any new posts since Friday?

okay weird

I posted, deleted, made a new post and now it's not showing up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJoMFiPF3mA&feature=player_embedded

^^^ I posted this, stolen from I Love Hoops

(actually I probably wrote out the post and then navigated away instead of submitting)

okay lol I made my followup post on the thread I was copying from

ANYWAY what the hell, Ron Artest

http://nahright.com/news/2009/06/29/the-roots-x-erykah-badu-billie-jean/