Rate The Darkchild Songs

[ChanceToDance]

1. Heartbreaker
2. Xscape (2001)
3. Threatened
4. Unbreakable
5. We've Had Enough
6. Invincible
7. Get Your Weight Off Of Me
8. You Rock My World
9. Ride With Me
10. Privacy
11. Xscape (remix)

 

[AlwaysThere]

Not gonna include GYWOOM since we haven’t heard the full thing yet, nor Ride With Me since it’s technically not an MJ song.

1. Escape (Original Version)
2. Unbreakable
3. You Rock My World
4. Threatened
5. Heartbreaker
6. Escape (Remix)
7. Privacy
8. We’ve Had Enough
9. Invincible

 

[Agonum]

1. We've Had Enough
2. Xscape
3. Invincible
4. Heartbreaker
5. Unbreakable
6. Threatened
7. You Rock My World
8. Privacy

🤔 Kinda hard, Xscape can take the top spot some days…

 

[ChanceToDance]

Not gonna include GYWOOM since we haven’t heard the full thing yet,

We do have a snippet of every section of the song and a full minute of it in total so it's enough to know how the song sounds like, I feel like it's valid enough to rate it.

nor Ride With Me since it’s technically not an MJ song.

Maybe not as a full MJ song but it's a Rodney Jerkins track with MJ's voice throughout the entire song so it's a valid inclusion in this thread. It's ok to go all in lol.

 

[AlwaysThere]

We do have a snippet of every section of the song and a full minute of it in total so it's enough to know how the song sounds like, I feel like it's valid enough to rate it.

Maybe not as a full MJ song but it's a Rodney Jerkins track with MJ's voice throughout the entire song so it's a valid inclusion in this thread. It's ok to go all in lol.

I dunno, I feel like it’s unfair to judge a complete song based on snippets. I also don’t think using a Jerkins song with a random ad-lib scattered throughout should count either. But that’s just me! I can’t judge them fairly.

 

[Prince Of Pop]

From 1 star to 5...

1. Heartbreaker- 2
2. Xscape (2001)- 4
3. Threatened-4
4. Unbreakable-3
5. We've Had Enough- 5
6. Invincible- 1 (MJ's worst title track ever, and the worst track on Invincible)
7. Get Your Weight Off Of Me- 2
8. You Rock My World- 2 with the intro, 4 with it gone.
9. Ride With Me- never heard of this one
10. Privacy- 2
11. Xscape (remix)- 1

 

[Mister_Jay_Tee]

Maybe not as a full MJ song but it's a Rodney Jerkins track with MJ's voice throughout the entire song so it's a valid inclusion in this thread. It's ok to go all in lol.

Terrible criteria. That's like saying the Brandy song with the same sample should be on this list

 

[ChanceToDance]

Terrible criteria. That's like saying the Brandy song with the same sample should be on this list

That song is different because he only appears a few times on it and his voice isn't the main focus.

 

[filmandmusic]

1. Escape (Original Version) 2/5 not a fan
2. Unbreakable 3/5 ok
3. You Rock My World 3/5 ok
4. Threatened 2/5 not a fan
5. Heartbreaker 5/5 great
6. Escape (Remix) 1/5 hate it
7. Privacy 1/5 hate it
8. We’ve Had Enough 4/5 good
9. Invincible 3/5 ok

 

[Niteline]

Threatened 10 /10
Xscape (2001 Original) 9 /10
We've Had Enough 8 /10
Rock My World 7 /10
Unbreakable 6 /10
Heartbreaker 5 /10
Privacy 4 /10
Xscape (2014 remix) 3 /10
Get Your Weight Off Of Me 2 /10
Invincible 1 /10

 

[ChanceToDance]

1. Escape (Original Version) 2/5 not a fan
2. Unbreakable 3/5 ok
3. You Rock My World 3/5 ok
4. Threatened 2/5 not a fan
5. Heartbreaker 5/5 great
6. Escape (Remix) 1/5 hate it
7. Privacy 1/5 hate it
8. We’ve Had Enough 4/5 good
9. Invincible 3/5 ok

Heartbreaker gang 💪💪💪💪

 

[filmandmusic]

Heartbreaker gang 💪💪💪💪

It is particularly great with headphones. Multitracks of this could be interesting. Most interesting beat since anything he did on dangerous

 

[Mister_Jay_Tee]

That song is different because he only appears a few times on it and his voice isn't the main focus.

Well I can see you got this all figured out. I won't argue with crazy

 

[AlwaysThere]

Since we’re doing numerical ratings:

1. Escape (Original Version) 5/5
2. Unbreakable 5/5
3. You Rock My World 5/5
4. Threatened 4.5/5
5. Heartbreaker 4/5
6. Escape (Remix) 4/5
7. Privacy 3/5
8. We’ve Had Enough 2.75/5
9. Invincible 2/5

 

[Zeus 7]

Since we’re doing numerical ratings:

1. Escape (Original Version) 5/5
2. Unbreakable 5/5
3. You Rock My World 5/5
4. Threatened 4.5/5
5. Heartbreaker 4/5
6. Escape (Remix) 4/5
7. Privacy 3/5
8. We’ve Had Enough 2.75/5
9. Invincible 2/5

No WAY is Privacy better than We've Had Enough lol

 

[mj_frenzy]

Heartbreaker gang 💪💪💪💪

Most interesting beat since anything he did on dangerous

The only interesting thing about 'Heartbreaker' is that this song was a precursor of the dubstep genre.

Other than that, 'Heartbreaker' has serious issues:

Lyrically, the lyrics are very plain and simple.

Vocally, Michael Jackson sounds hoarse and he struggles to sing his lines, especially the bridge part ("I never thought ... got away").

Musically, towards the end (from 03:48 onwards) they included sound effects that come from arcade video games, which was not a good idea because the sound of 'Heartbreaker' from that point becomes very cheap and unimaginative.

 

[ChanceToDance]

The only interesting thing about 'Heartbreaker' is that this song was a precursor of the dubstep genre.

Other than that, 'Heartbreaker' has serious issues:

Lyrically, the lyrics are very plain and simple.

Vocally, Michael Jackson sounds hoarse and he struggles to sing his lines, especially the bridge part ("I never thought ... got away").

Musically, towards the end (from 03:48 onwards) they included sound effects that come from arcade video games, which was not a good idea because the sound of 'Heartbreaker' from that point becomes very cheap and unimaginative.

 

[filmandmusic]

The only interesting thing about 'Heartbreaker' is that this song was a precursor of the dubstep genre.

don’t care

Other than that, 'Heartbreaker' has serious issues:

Lyrically, the lyrics are very plain and simple.

don’t care, it’s a pop song not a book

Vocally, Michael Jackson sounds hoarse and he struggles to sing his lines, especially the bridge part ("I never thought ... got away").

don’t agree

Musically, towards the end (from 03:48 onwards) they included sound effects that come from arcade video games, which was not a good idea because the sound of 'Heartbreaker' from that point becomes very cheap and unimaginative.

And don’t agree

The beat is super imaginative, can’t get enough of it on headphones.

 

[AlwaysThere]

No WAY is Privacy better than We've Had Enough lol

I never thought We’ve Had Enough was as good as the fan community says it is. It’s good, but it’s nothing special imo. Privacy is a very weird track, but that’s part of its charm to me.

 

[Mister_Jay_Tee]

I never thought We’ve Had Enough was as good as the fan community says it is. It’s good, but it’s nothing special imo. Privacy is a very weird track, but that’s part of its charm to me.

Privacy is definitely a top 1000 song, and it's definitely dead last 1,000.

 

[Nite Line]

Heartbreaker - 3/5. I used to really love this song, but now not so much. It seems overproduced.
Xscape (2001) - 4.5/5. A shame Michael never got to finish and release it.
Threatened - 3/5. It is alright but not as good as people make it out to be.
Unbreakable - 2.5/5. I would have preferred it if it was shorter.
We've Had Enough - 5/5. My favourite MJ song released in the 21st century.
Invincible - 1.5/5. Michael's worst title track. Inclusion of FATS was pointless.
Get Your Weight Off Of Me - 1/5. From the snippets I have heard, it sounds like the first three tracks on Invincible and that doesn't excite me.
You Rock My World - 4/5. Right choice for the lead single.
Privacy - 0/5. From the awful heavily processed vocals to the annoying camera sounds, this is the worst song Michael ever released.
Xscape (remix) - 4/5. I think this was a very faithful reimagination of the original version.

 

[NetflexKingGR]

1.Unbreakable 5/5
2.We've had enough 5/5
3.You Rock My World 4/5
4.Heartbreaker 4/5
5.Threatened 4/5
6.Privacy 3/5
7.Invincible 2/5
8.Xscape 2/5