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The Discussion of MJ's Unreleased Tracks

NeoGardiV12 said:
I don't get this take, I never will.
I always thought the remixes were just weak and quick beats slapped together so they could throw MJ's lead on top and call it a day.

It's also why I dislike 90% of all the house, club, dance etc MJ remixes from his 90s singles, there's literally zero hint of the original song present in those.

To each his own I guess, but I never thought the majority would agree with ya lol
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From a producer's standpoint:
It's really hard to remix a track and make it sound top-tier. You really have to do a good job to come up with completely different melodies / instrumentation and still make it fit the vocals. Especially if you're only familiar with the vocals.

Imo Dr. Dre is a producer who failed at doing remixes. Plus some years ago I tried remixing a track myself and my version sounded cheap and like doodoo. And I've been producing beats for years.

Many MJ remixes sound cheap. But I can't take you serious if you really think, that the new versions of (lets say) Loving You and Chicago were weak. Yes, they don't sound like their original counterparts, but they do sound like Michael + still modern / cutting edge.
 
JEMFTV said:
From a producer's standpoint:
It's really hard to remix a track and make it sound top-tier. You really have to do a good job to come up with completely different melodies / instrumentation and still make it fit the vocals. Especially if you're only familiar with the vocals.

Imo Dr. Dre is a producer who failed at doing remixes for an example. Plus some years ago I tried remixing a track myself and my version sounded cheap and like doodoo. And I've been producing beats for years.

Many MJ remixes sound cheap. But I can't take you serious if you really think, that the new versions of (lets say) Loving You and Chicago were weak. Yes, they don't sound like their original counterparts, but they do sound like Michael + still modern / cutting edge.
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Yes, Chicago and Loving You are good remixes.
It is unfair for me to group every single remix on Xscape together when clearly there's outliers.
It is also true though, that the majority of remixes featured in the album are not up to the level of those two.
And i'm not even gonna count Love Never Felt So Good (In my opinion, the only other good remix) as a Xscape remix, you know why?
Because that one wasn't even made DURING or even FOR the Xscape project. It was made along with the other remixes meant for the Michael (2010) album, and that one IS a great example of an album that does sound like Michael. Perhaps not nearly as "modern", but MJ's music was never that "modern" sounding to begin with, we are talking about the man who released a record that featured an entire half of New Jack Swing songs in late 1991...
 
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