He could’ve done anything he wanted, this is Mike motherfukking Jack breh.
Michael Jackson turned down a Makaveli feature due to loyalty to Biggie
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No he couldn't. Hip hop as a whole didn't give a damn about Mike jack in 96
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Superstar
It was supposed to be a mixtape that was free. So how is that possible he wanted Mike on there?
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Yeah...you weren't of age in the mid 90's
By the way, to elaborate a bit on the Notorious B.I.G. session, it was kinda like this. Michael used to call people to ask them to participate on albums. It was interesting knowing that nearly anyone on the planet would come to the phone if it were Michael calling. Anyway, I heard rumors that B.I.G. was going to come, and I was excited about that! I knew that I would be the one to record that, as I had recorded nearly all of that tune, "This Time Around".
So, Dallas and I were expecting him any minute, and pretty much on time, Notorious strolls in. He was quite an imposing figure when he walked in, as he was quite popular at the time. I had no idea what to expect from him in terms of attitude, but he seemed nice when he walked in. No problem. But almost immediately, he blurted out, "Yo, Dallas, can I meet Mike?" To which, Dallas replied that he thought so. Biggie went on to talk about how much this opportunity meant to him, as Michael was his hero. Anyway, Dallas tells him that we're going to lay down the rap first, so Biggie heads in the booth, we get some headphone levels and get ready to start recording.
So, we hit the big red button (on a Sony 3348 machine), and away we go. During his first take, Dallas and I looked at each other, because it was spot on. wow. I was impressed, and so was Dallas. We listened back, and Dallas was like, "Wow, I think we got it". As I recall, we took another take for good measure, but I'm fairly certain that we ended up using the first take. So, Notorious comes in, and asks if he can meet Michael now. We sent word to the back room where Michael was working that Biggie was finished and wanted to meet him.
Simply for security, Michael's security would enter and make sure that no one was in the room that shouldn't be, and once that was confirmed (it was just me, Biggie and Dallas), Michael came in. Biggie nearly broke out in tears...I could tell how much this meant to him. Well, Michael could have this effect on anyone, even the most hardcore rappers! Biggie was tripping up on his words, bowing down and telling Michael how much his music had meant to him in his life. Michael was, as always, very humble and kept smiling while Biggie just went on and on how much he loved Michael. I watched Biggie just become this big butterball of a man, and it was really very sweet to witness. After all, we are all just people.
Michael finally asked to hear what we had done, and we popped it up on the big speakers and let her go. Michael LOVED it and was excited to tell Biggie that! "Oh, let's hear it again", I recall Michael saying, and we listened again. Michael just loved it...and thanked Biggie for coming all the way from Philadelphia. Biggie asked rather sheepishly whether he could get a photo, and Michael agreed. A shot was taken, we listened again, and Michael thanked Biggie. Michael said goodbye and stepped out, leaving Biggie standing there looking completely stunned.
It will always remain a great, great memory.
Exactly these ducktales are getting outrageous and of he really wanted a sample cleared like some in the thread are suggesting it wouldn't of been no issues Mike never ever said no to sample clearing.
Considering Makaveli wasn't meant for retail release and was going to be a mixtape it seems a bit odd that Pac would reach out to MJ for a feature as that goes against its whole anti AEOM, wack room beats, gritty, noncommercial aesthetic. For another project? Sure but even then Pac tended to use his tracks to help lesser knowns shine via their association with him as opposed to trend hopping or feature chasing.
Still, we don't know for sure but one thing I'm quite certain of is that since we entered the clout chasing era people have become a lot more liberal with their tales about Pac and some of them are verging on being of the duck variety.
Not saying thats the case here but virtually every single person ever saw him in hospital, virtually everyone was about to do a project with him and virtually everyone was his ace.
Having said that hearing MJ on Makaveli would've beenand so unexpected whilst being in keeping with his own brand of duality.
More like 2pac loved Prince!!
I believe it, it makes sense, as far as straight up talent and genius goes, MJ recognized what he was to his genre, Big was to his his genre. Pa was a lot of things overall, but Big is the greatest emcee of all times,
Don't forget QD3 was also producing for Tech N9ne at that time
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Their styles just worked so well together, even if these are generally blends. Mixing is off in the last one but the concept is