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It's been two years since i've done my last Michael Jackson tribute mix. So, in honor of his birthday I mixed up another batch of his tunes. Don't forget about the previous tribute mix I did in 2011 that's still available on the same page as this mix. Hope you enjoy!
For those about to take your lunch break, central time of course, here's a mid-day melody for you from New York City based songwriter and drummer Anu~Sun, who is the godson of Jazz legend Lionel Hampton. Anu recreates Michael Jackson's classic "Off The Wall" by altering the timing and the adding of Rhodes type chords to give it more of an abstract jazzy feel. Accentuating the track are the vocals of Augi and Robert Glasper tapping the black and whites.
For fans of Robert Glasper, Grammy Award winning collective The Robert Glasper Experiment will be doing a free show at Houston's Miller Outdoor Theatre on August 16th.
From time to time I make it a point to give back to the community in various ways, especially through music. This past Friday I took the time for more children and families in a low income neighborhood to provide tunes for a fall festival that a local organization threw for them. Since many communities like this are more into mainstream and "booty music", I set up and show them there are alternatives to what they consider "the norm" by playing music they are more than likely not familiar with, but still showing them that other music outside of what they listen to regularly or exposed to can still sound good. This time around, I played about 10 to 15 Tall Black Guy cuts in a row, and for every song I played, a few people would come up and ask who it was. Seriously, there were even 60 and 70 year old men and women nodding their heads to his music. So today, The Record Realm is proud to feature another smash from the beat surgeon titled "Shake It Baby". ENJOY!
We salute and honor the "King of Pop", Michael Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) on today, his date of birth. Your memory lies deep in us, those who love you and cherished your many works. Plenty of lives are thankful for you and your humanitarian efforts that touched regions around the globe.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the release of BAD, which dropped in 1987 during the month of August. The Michael Jackson tribute mix I did last year is still available for free download via my podcast page here on the blog. Be sure to check out my Dilla Jackson remix project. Here's one of the remixes I did from the mixtape titled "They Don't Care (F--k The Police)". ENJOY!
Birthday wishes are going out to The King of Pop, Michael Jackson, who is recognized by the world as being the most successful entertainer of all time. During the late 70's and 80's, Jackson became a dominant figure in popular music. By the mid-1980's, he became a permanent fixture in pop music and a staple of MTV (Music Television), having several music videos in heavy rotation. Jackson also is a pioneering figure in making music video more artistic.
Jackson's 1982 album Thriller is the best-selling album of all time. His other records, including Off the Wall (1979), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991), and HIStory (1995), also rank among the world's best-selling. Jackson is one of the few artists to have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice. He was also inducted into the Dance Hall of Fame as the first (and currently only) dancer from the world of pop and rock 'n' roll. Some of his other achievements include multiple Guinness World Records; 13 Grammy Awards (as well as the Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award); 26 American Music Awards (more than any other artist, including the "Artist of the Century"); 13 number-one singles in the United States in his solo career (more than any other male artist in the Hot 100 era); and the estimated sale of over 750 million records worldwide. Jackson won hundreds of awards, which have made him the most-awarded recording artist in the history of popular music.
Below is a tribute mix I did in his honor. The cover art for this mix was done by me as well. To view complete track listing, visit my podcast page here. Enjoy!
This is the day when we pay homage to our beloved Michael Jackson, the undisputed King of Pop, who was a man of many hats. Singer, songwriter, producer, dancer, inventor, activist, philanthropist, actor, and so on. Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29, 1958 in Gary, IN, the eighth child of Joe & Katherine Jackson. Starting from humble beginnings with his family in a small home, The Jackson family would eventually take the world by storm. From his start with the Jackson Brothers, later changed to The Jackson 5, Michael gained more success as both a solo act and with The Jacksons.
Michael Jackson recorded ten studio albums with Thriller being the greatest selling album of all time worldwide. Estimates have reached far over 110 million in album sales. Seven of the nine songs off the album were released as singles and all seven of the singles reached #1 on Billboard music charts. BAD would come in second with more than 30 million copies sold and is considered his best musical project of his career. Despite it's commercial success, BAD is considered a relative failure in comparison to Thriller. Off The Wall is his third best selling album with more than 20 million copies sold. Michael Jackson was disappointed with the one Grammy it received and vowed to never let that happen again.
In honor of the King of Pop, who we all refer to the GREATEST ENTERTAINER OF ALL TIME, DJ Jazzy Jeff, the Greatest DJ of all time put together a mixtape of Michael Jackson tunes and included a few rare remixes. Take a listen or download from the player below. Enjoy!
