Dunno wtf MJ was on back then those tracks were fire, and anyone listening to Justified knew it had heavy MJ influences, that shyt was literally made for MJ
MJ went with Rodney Jerkins and that shyt sounded wildly outdated in 01
with all due respect to Rodney, he probably was fatigued after You Rock My World and it shows. Michael saw him as Teddy successor since Teddy mentored him.
Turning down those Justified era records gotta be the biggest Michael Jackson blunder ever since not doing a Thriller in favor of his brothers and being in a position where anyone could accuse him of anything regardless of how innocent his intentions were.
Dude could’ve locked Pharrell and Chad into a 10 year contract, got first pick of their track AND have a great co-writer in Pharrell.
Them dudes were studio junkies and workaholics and would’ve had his album done in months.
Imagine an album with 8 Neptunes tracks, 2 from Rodney, the Floetry shyt, one from Kellz and then 2 from his longtime usual suspects (Bill Bottrell and Bruce Swedien). Then spend 2 months in a bunker to get it mixed and mastered. Haven’t the creative team cooked 4 dope as videos and only release 4 fukking singles.
Do a lil promo + media tour and have a NYC residency and do another in London and then Tokyo.
