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Rap spots in MJ tracks

Favourite(s)? you can vote for more than one

  • [B]V Pippy[/B], [I]Thriller[/I] (1982)

    Votes: 26 19.4%

  • [B]Heavy D[/B], [I]Jam[/I] (1991)

    Votes: 68 50.7%

  • [B]Aqil Davidson[/B], [I]She Drives Me Wild[/I] (1991)

    Votes: 23 17.2%

  • [B]LL Cool J[/B], [I]Serious Effect[/I] (1991)

    Votes: 11 8.2%

  • [B]Macaulay Culkin[/B], [I]Black or White[/I] (1991)

    Votes: 24 17.9%

  • [B]Notorious B.I.G.[/B], [I]This Time Around[/I] (1995)

    Votes: 47 35.1%

  • [B]Shaquille O’Neal[/B], [I]2 Bad[/I] (1995)

    Votes: 15 11.2%

  • [B]John Forte[/B], 2 Bad [I](Refugee Camp Mix)[/I] (1995)

    Votes: 4 3.0%

  • [B]Treach[/B], Scream [I](Naughty Main Mix)[/I] (1995)

    Votes: 2 1.5%

  • [B]Ill Al Scratch[/B], [I]TDCAU (Charles' Full Joint)[/I] (1995)

    Votes: 4 3.0%

  • [B]Notorious B.I.G.[/B], [I]Unbreakable[/I] (2001)

    Votes: 35 26.1%

  • [B]Fats[/B], [I]Heartbreaker[/I] (2001)

    Votes: 10 7.5%

  • [B]Fats[/B], [I]Invincible[/I] (2001)

    Votes: 11 8.2%

  • [B]Jay-Z[/B], [I]YRMW (Trackmasters Remix)[/I] (2001)

    Votes: 9 6.7%

  • [B]Eve[/B], [I]Butterflies (Trackmasters Remix)[/I] (2001)

    Votes: 17 12.7%
  • Total voters
    134

arXter

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there aren't many impressive ones, and i know a lot of fans feel that the guest raps may have 'ruined' some songs. but a handful of decent to brill rhymes are still there, and wondering if you have favourite(s).

i've also included remixes since a couple of them outshine some album cuts. and just incase you haven't heard them, here they are:


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You Rock My World
(Trackmasters Remix ft. Jay-Z)










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Butterflies
(Trackmasters Remix ft. Eve)










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Scream
(Naughty Mix ft. Treach)










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They Don't Care About Us
(Charles' Remix ft. Ill Al Scratch)







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here's LL Cool J on the Teddy Riley-produced Serious Effect (taken from the unreleased Dangerous SE acetate):


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Serious Effect
(ft. LL Cool J)







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arXter said:
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I thought Bill Bottrell did the rap ;>
Same WTF @ "V Pippy", lol. :D

Anyway my favourite is Biggie from "This Time Around" - mostly because he's on some gangsta shit and because he made a statement with the last line in the rap.

EDIT: LOL @ me not seeing the connection between Vincent Price and P Diddy *sigh* :D
I'm in hibernation today :D
 
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Cam mate you went for 3/4 of my choices.

i voted:

Eve - the best rap feature on an MJ song imo, everything flowed so well together and she's a massively underrated mc.

This Time Around, mostly for reasons stated above by Batm.. i mean Mr. Wayne.

She Drives Me Wild - Wreckx-n-fx's Aqil really flowed nicely on that funky bridge and the bassline went so well together.

Heavy D - jackin’ his baby sis, Mike hit all the right notes with Da Heavster here.

and LL Cool J - because the ladies love Cool.


BruceWayne said:
EDIT: LOL @ me not seeing the connection between Vincent Price and P Diddy *sigh* :D
I'm in hibernation today :D
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.....there we are! wasn't hard was it... LOL.
 
I can't lie, the raps on Jam & She Drives Me Wild are on point.
If a rap itself can sound like NJS, then they both made a home run.
 
Great minds think alike hey arX?

Heavy D's rap is badly edited together if you hear the acapella of Jam.
 
i voted for a lot but shaq, biggie and heavy d were the best.
 
Gotta be Biggy on 'This Time Around' followed by John Forte '2 Bad' then Heavy D 'Jam'

Although Jay-Z is my favourite from all of above, lol
 
Is Biggy's rap from Unbreakable actually sampled from one of his songs? Where as TTA was an original rap?
 
Shaquille O'Neal - You Can't Stop The Reign (1996)

Dangerous Incorporated said:
Is Biggy's rap from Unbreakable actually sampled from one of his songs? Where as TTA was an original rap?
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yep, it was ironically from another guest spot for none other than Shaquille O'Neal back in '96.


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Still Can't Stop
The Reign







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Went with Biggie's spot on "This Time Around", and I see I'm not alone.
 
Superstition said:
Went with Biggie's spot on "This Time Around", and I see I'm not alone.
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To me this joint is one of the rare occasions where using the n-word actually have an uplifting meaning behind it.
I don't know if everyone feels that way, but to me it was more of an statement from Biggies side. You instantly recognize the use of the n-word and the meaning behind it - it wasn't drowned down and meaninglessly overused like in almost every rap song.
It was more a statement about he's still cool with Michael and the skin color has nothing to do with who Michael is underneath.
 
Eve and Butterflies are not getting the deserved love
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Eve > Jay-Z
 
I didn't care much for the Butterflies remix, and the YRMW mix was an acquired taste.
 
the Butterflies Eve mix was absolutely huge when it came out in London. i don't think i ever heard the original played (which is a shame because the album version is far superior).
 
Superstition said:
I didn't care much for the Butterflies remix, and the YRMW mix was an acquired taste.
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Touche!

arXter said:
yep, it was ironically from another guest spot for none other than Shaquille O'Neal back in '96.


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Ahh thats it. Another excellent post arX.

BruceWayne said:
To me this joint is one of the rare occasions where using the n-word actually have an uplifting meaning behind it.
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The only time someone can call Mike a nigga and it be ok.

I dont think the word nigga was even censored was it on the TTA mixes but Mikes swear words were?
 
MJ & Run DMC - Crack Kills (1986)

thanks to Chris Cadman (For The Record author and owner of MJ Archives), here's some retrospective material on what could have been a smashing collabo between two legends of two different worlds:


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MJ's handwritten lyrics to Crack Kills:

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And yet they had no problem recording a wrestling theme song for a former "blueblood", a former country-western singer and man who called himself "Mr. Ass".
 
To be fair, the song was pretty good though (DX's "The Kings")

Would loved to have heard that collab though.
 
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I believe there is a Greatest Hits CD that has Crack Kills Demo on it without Michael. I cant find it atm.
 
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