Everyone who's anyone has goons.
Had no idea MJ had them goons :ohhh:
- Thread starter Tommy Knocks
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Goons or no goons, fukk this c00n. 
Music is timeless though.
Music is timeless though.
Tommy Knocks
retired
How did you cast the real gang members?
It was Michael. He went out and he got 'em through, I guess, the LAPD's gang squad and he convinced them that, with enough police presence, this would be a smart and charitable thing to do; get them there to like each other and hang with each other for two days doing the video. I didn't like the idea because it was hard enough to direct actors and dancers, let alone hoods.
So he tried to use the video to foster peace between them?
Michael was always about peace. He was always about some sort of peace offering. That was his idea and the cops did go along with it and as history has it, we were almost shut down the first night because, as you know, film sets get to be very boring after the first hour.
I guess the Crips and Bloods started to get on each other's nerves - they are mortal enemies - and we had a few incidents and two cops came to me and said they wanted to close it down. I somehow convinced the cop squad guy to just let me [shoot the] dance. I was gonna hold the dance for the second night of shooting. I said, 'The only thing I can think that'll save this is to let me just blast the music. I have a feeling it'll calm everything down. Can't get any worse, just give me a chance.' And the cop was cool, he looked at me and said, 'OK, not much more.' I couldn't go much more because it was volatile - no question about it - and scary. So we were in that warehouse, change of plans we're going to do the dance, get Michael out of the camper, here we go.
What happened next?
The gang members couldn't dance so they formed the ring and watched. And the [dancers] all started to dance with Michael Peters and Vince Paterson. When Michael Jackson comes down and does what he does, I remember looking at the faces of all the Crips and Bloods lined up and their expressions as they listened to that music and watched those kids dance. Those kids were basically, most of them were gay... and when they started to dance, the Crips and the Bloods had that look like, 'You know what? With all our wars and vendettas and stuff, that's cool right there. That's something we'll never be able to do.' And that's what made that evening work.
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THIS DUDE MIKE!!!
da fukk u talkin bout cac. mike from the hood. he was born in gary indiana. don't let that sweet voice and perm fool ya. mike would that put work in.
Mike ain't need goons though, ain't this the same dude that climbed through Jermaine Jackson's window to throw hands about the diss track he made??
Tommy Knocks
retired
link?Mike ain't need goons though, ain't this the same dude that climbed through Jermaine Jackson's window to throw hands about the diss track he made??
KinksandCoils
African American Queen
MJ is GOAT
Mike ain't need goons though, ain't this the same dude that climbed through Jermaine Jackson's window to throw hands about the diss track he made??
MVike28
right around the ACC
wipe ya face breh..your bloody those negs
link?
there was a thread on it...
here it is
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/cliv...ckson-over-diss-song-word-to-the-badd.180826/
MVike28
right around the ACC
Mike ain't need goons though, ain't this the same dude that climbed through Jermaine Jackson's window to throw hands about the diss track he made??
Breh im a legit MJ stan never heard of this shyt
edit: checked the thread you linked
newworldafro
DeeperThanRapBiggerThanHH
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I just watched a couple of these "real true hip hop stories" ..one with Outkast and one with GZA .... . Frames... really funny interesting... good stuff
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Larry Lobster
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Go neg your mom u faqwipe ya face breh..your bloody those negs
MVike28
right around the ACC
DaRealness
I think very deeply
Was just gonna post this. Those favelas were/are WAY more dangerous than any hood in LA or the entire western world for that matter. I read that apparently they had to get permission from the drug lords to film there. Once the kingpins heard it was MJ they were like "sure, you don't even have to ask!"
There will NEVER be another entertainer remotely close to MJ ever again.