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Is R. Kelly singing on ''One More Chance''?

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I don't think so - but he is on OMC, so I can't say for sure...
 
JichaelMackson said:
And then it dropped like a stone... A hit must have longevity more than a high peak imo. It's better to have a song peak top 20 if it stays thereabout for 2 , 3 months, then 2 or 3 weeks in the top 20 but a top 5 peak.
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Well it was an extremely busy Christmas period in the singles market. And in those days singles rarely hung around - albeit Christmas is slightly different in the UK.

I get what you're saying, but top 5 is nothing to be sniffed at.

Also Kelly did not sing on the finished YANA unless he's buried somewhere in the backing vocals. Kelly is absolutely singing the "ME" line in OMC.
 
ChrisC said:
Well it was an extremely busy Christmas period in the singles market. And in those days singles rarely hung around - albeit Christmas is slightly different in the UK.

I get what you're saying, but top 5 is nothing to be sniffed at.

Also Kelly did not sing on the finished YANA unless he's buried somewhere in the backing vocals. Kelly is absolutely singing the "ME" line in OMC.
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Singles did hang around back then.

Earth Song was number one for 6 weeks, including during the lead up to and including the Christmas chart.
Top 5 is ok, but as said earlier, a true hit is judged by total sales (now streams) not by its peak.
OMC was not a big seller. It was not a big hit.

I was VERY Surprised at the time that it hit Top5 but I specifically recall that in my area a local radio station played it every night because they ran a show where people would call in or register their favourite tracks on the website. OMC was #1 on that chart for quite a long time. Must have been some supportive fans out there.

But the general public didn't buy into the single, and generally radio stations didn't play it.
 
MJTruth said:
Singles did hang around back then.

Earth Song was number one for 6 weeks, including during the lead up to and including the Christmas chart.
Top 5 is ok, but as said earlier, a true hit is judged by total sales (now streams) not by its peak.
OMC was not a big seller. It was not a big hit.

I was VERY Surprised at the time that it hit Top5 but I specifically recall that in my area a local radio station played it every night because they ran a show where people would call in or register their favourite tracks on the website. OMC was #1 on that chart for quite a long time. Must have been some supportive fans out there.

But the general public didn't buy into the single, and generally radio stations didn't play it.
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Earth Song was 1995, One More Chance was almost 10 years later.
 
ChrisC said:
Also Kelly did not sing on the finished YANA unless he's buried somewhere in the backing vocals. Kelly is absolutely singing the "ME" line in OMC.
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R. Kelly was the one who made the song and gave to Michael because he felt it would better for him to sing it. R. Kelly made you are not alone. Michael was one who sang it. it's a good song but not my favorite.
 
Hess said:
Not fair to say it was a shame MJ ever associated himself with R. Kelly. - Back in 1994/95 when they collaborated on YANA R. Kelly was a big name and no one knew the dirt about him back then.

With that logic you can never work with anyone - becuase you never know what they might do in the future... - or already has done that is not yet discovered.
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That's your opinion. no knew about what r kelly was doing. while his music good he still guilty. Michael probably knew too but still wrote a song because he probably liked the way he made his music etc. Michael shouldn't never worked with r. Kelly after the things came out. but like i said Michael was pure.
 
Themidwestcowboy;4284429 said:
That has never been confirmed by anyone. If i remember correctly someone, i think it was brad buxer or Michael prince, said that this song was made in 03 and was not made for a studio album.
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That’s what Michael Prince said on the MJCast. The vocals (at least) on the version we have, have been confirmed to have been recorded in June/July 2003.
 
NatureCriminal7896 said:
That's your opinion. no knew about what r kelly was doing. while his music good he still guilty. Michael probably knew too but still wrote a song because he probably liked the way he made his music etc. Michael shouldn't never worked with r. Kelly after the things came out. but like i said Michael was pure.
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You think MJ knew R. Kelly had done those terrible things and still wanted to work with him. MJ went thru hell in 1993 with those allegations. I am absolutely 100 % sure if MJ knew he would never associate with R. Kelly. - To make that connection just a few years after he himself was accused...? Makes no sense.

MJ did not want to work with a man who had produces gay porn... - so I highly doubt he would work with a person he knew/thought was a criminal.
 
NatureCriminal7896 said:
R. Kelly was the one who made the song and gave to Michael because he felt it would better for him to sing it. R. Kelly made you are not alone. Michael was one who sang it. it's a good song but not my favorite.
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I was only talking about who was singing on it, not who wrote it.

But while we're on the topic, I strongly suspect Michael had no hand in writing One More Chance and unlikely he had much to do with the arrangement and other such credits. Michael made a deal with Kelly similar to the ones he pulled for the writing credits on the Invincible tracks - is my strong suspicion.
 
Hess said:
You think MJ knew R. Kelly had done those terrible things and still wanted to work with him. MJ went thru hell in 1993 with those allegations. I am absolutely 100 % sure if MJ knew he would never associate with R. Kelly. - To make that connection just a few years after he himself was accused...? Makes no sense.

MJ did not want to work with a man who had produces gay porn... - so I highly doubt he would work with a person he knew/thought was a criminal.
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He had to knew. it was all over the news and everything. wait maybe i'm confused....? anyway, i still feel it wasn't right for Michael to make songs with him.
 
Tbf it was pretty well known what R. Kelly was doing at the time he was doing it. Especially in the entertainment industry.
 
Didn't the allegations about R.Kelly come out after MJ died?
 
I tried to do some research, the earliest time I could find when people were aware of the child porn allegations was 2002. But it was confirmed to the public that he married Aaliyah, a 15 year old girl, in January 1995. Now YANA, I’m pretty sure was already recorded by then. I guess it makes Cry and One More Chance a bit more problematic.
 
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Always found omc boring.ontop of the timing of it.it has nothing but bad memories so a song to forget. I hate songs that just repeat the title over and over again. Its like they cant be bothered writing any more lyrics.
 
To be honest, I never found any of the songs written by R.Kelly to be that great. Even You Are Not Alone I find to be incredibly overrated
 
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See what i mean now? i like one more chance but i don't like the fact he did the song with r. kelly. the song is good and both are very talented but it was a bad idea because it made Michael look bad. i mean look that picture. Michael is innocent and all. but put him and r. kelly together people must of though Michael was guilty.

As for Aaliyah she probably did love him because she did make songs about him. like age is just number. i think if she did love him she should of wait until she was at least she 18 or older than that.

may she r.i.p me and my mom both liked her music.
 
I don't know a whole about R Kelly's allegations, but it's wrong to blame MJ for working with him, based on the allegations. It's like people wanting to stop working with MJ after the 93 allegations or 2003 allegations. Now, I am not comparing the two, as R Kelly is guilty as sin and Micheal is innocent. What I'm trying to say is that we now know a lot more about what R Kelly did than we did when Michael worked with him, so it's unfair to blame Michael for working with him, especially when he was one of the biggest artists around at that time.
 
R.kelly wasnt a huge artist outside of the usa. You hadm to be into R&B to really know of him until i believe i can fly became a .W.W hit and another ten years or so later ignition. I have all his albums from the 90's and into the 00's

His marriage to ayliah (sp) was known about but not really mentioned outside of the USA. It wasnt until the porn trial that it became world womide headlines. To which he was aquitted thanks to the police. That was it until the latest claims.
 
Themidwestcowboy;4284429 said:
That has never been confirmed by anyone. If i remember correctly someone, i think it was brad buxer or Michael prince, said that this song was made in 03 and was not made for a studio album.
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dethorro;4284716 said:
That’s what Michael Prince said on the MJCast. The vocals (at least) on the version we have, have been confirmed to have been recorded in June/July 2003.
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Kit O'Toole confirmed in her ‘Michael Jackson FAQ: All That's Left To Know About The King Of Pop’ book that ‘One More Chance’ was originally intended for the ‘Invincible’ album.

I confirmed that information also by several other, reliable sources.

So, ‘One More Chance’ was made for a studio album (2001), but it eventually ended up on a greatest hits collection album two years later.

Michael Durham Prince has a memory like a sieve.

If you listen to his interviews, whenever he is asked about dates or titles of songs, especially regarding the early/mid ‘00s period, he finds it very difficult to remember certain things and he often gives incorrect answers.

Hess;4284541 said:
Not fair to say it was a shame MJ ever associated himself with R. Kelly. - Back in 1994/95 when they collaborated on YANA R. Kelly was a big name and no one knew the dirt about him back then.

With that logic you can never work with anyone - becuase you never know what they might do in the future... - or already has done that is not yet discovered.
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Hess;4284764 said:
You think MJ knew R. Kelly had done those terrible things and still wanted to work with him. MJ went thru hell in 1993 with those allegations. I am absolutely 100 % sure if MJ knew he would never associate with R. Kelly. - To make that connection just a few years after he himself was accused...? Makes no sense.

MJ did not want to work with a man who had produces gay porn... - so I highly doubt he would work with a person he knew/thought was a criminal.
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Michael Jackson knew that R. Kelly had already been arrested and indicted on a case of having sex with an underage girl.

It was R. Kelly’s highly publicized case in 2002 of the 21 counts of child pornography.

Despite that, Michael Jackson decided to include ‘One More Chance’ on his own greatest hits collection album even as a lead single one year later (2003).
 
Mj was hardly gonna judge others after what he went through. especially when at that time kelly hadnt been convicted of anything.He supposedly gave OJ money aswell to help his kids

If ppl in the industry never worked with those had been accused then no one would work with anyone
 
mj_frenzy;4284994 said:
Michael Durham Prince has a memory like a sieve.

If you listen to his interviews, whenever he is asked about dates or titles of songs, especially regarding the early/mid ‘00s period, he finds it very difficult to remember certain things and he often gives incorrect answers.
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He literally had his laptop in front of him during that interview and read out the dates on which they worked on the song.
 
You can also hear R. Kelly on the song around 2:52 singing something like “love is a heartbeat!” Or something like that. Not sure of the exact lyrics, but it’s clearly R. Kelly.

It was probably all done for fun, R. Kelly often tried to sound like MJ. You can hear R. Kelly giving straight-up MJ impressions on his songs You Are My World, and the end of Number One Hit and Same Girl remix.
 
dethorro;4285028 said:
He literally had his laptop in front of him during that interview and read out the dates on which they worked on the song.
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Even if Michael Durham Prince literally had his laptop in front of him during that interview and read out the dates on which they worked on the ‘One More Chance’ song, he sounded very unsure of what they were exactly doing in those song’s sessions in 2003.

Despite what Michael Durham Prince says in that interview about that song, ‘One More Chance’ has been described by several reliable sources as an outtake from the ‘Invincible’ album that Michael Jackson included it later on his ‘Number Ones’ compilation album as part of his contract’s settlement with Sony Music.

Mike Smallcombe, Kit O'Toole and several other sources have confirmed that ‘One More Chance’ is an outtake from the ‘Invincible’ album.

It appears that Michael Durham Prince actually means in that interview that they slightly re-worked the song in 2003.
 
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