http://nypost.com/2015/02/07/eddie-murphy-on-reggae-career-flops-and-michael-jackson/
Q: What about the later music you put out?
A: A lot of critics also s–t all over “Whatzupwitu,” which I recorded [in 1993] withMichael Jackson. But 20 years later, Michael Jackson is gone, and not a lot of people have footage of them dancing around in the clouds with him [as in the video for “Whatzupwitu”]. That’s part of my history, now.
Q: How did you get him to be on that song?
A: I asked, and he did it! I knew Michael since he was 19. The whole Jackson family was really warm to me. I was just hanging out with Jermaine a couple of months ago.
[video=youtube;D9cQOcAC_K8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9cQOcAC_K8[/video]
Michael wasn’t “***** *****” when he was with me. He was a real person with his family and kids, but he could turn on the persona of Michael Jackson instantly.
I remember being three feet away from him on the video for “Remember the Time” [which starred Murphy]. When someone yelled “action” and he started dancing and doing all that s–t, it was like he plugged into a wall.
Q: What about the later music you put out?
A: A lot of critics also s–t all over “Whatzupwitu,” which I recorded [in 1993] withMichael Jackson. But 20 years later, Michael Jackson is gone, and not a lot of people have footage of them dancing around in the clouds with him [as in the video for “Whatzupwitu”]. That’s part of my history, now.
Q: How did you get him to be on that song?
A: I asked, and he did it! I knew Michael since he was 19. The whole Jackson family was really warm to me. I was just hanging out with Jermaine a couple of months ago.
[video=youtube;D9cQOcAC_K8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9cQOcAC_K8[/video]
Michael wasn’t “***** *****” when he was with me. He was a real person with his family and kids, but he could turn on the persona of Michael Jackson instantly.
I remember being three feet away from him on the video for “Remember the Time” [which starred Murphy]. When someone yelled “action” and he started dancing and doing all that s–t, it was like he plugged into a wall.