MJ Estate Statement Re: Justin Bieber Slave To The Rhythm Recording. [Merged]

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Michael's version is fantastic and should be released first but i have now heard the remix with Justin and as far as they go it's not bad and could be a hit. The estate is there to protect his legacy but also there to make money for the estate. All ready once again fans don't like it and ready to boycott. it's time to come together and support. The truth is fan's will probably never like any remix that is not fully Michael in the song. They are just trying to get a wider group to hear Michael's music since his own fan's won't buy anything they didn't ok first.
 
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Isn't it a fake account?

oh. yeah. i saw "VEVO", and then thought that this is the official channel.
 
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Explain to me two things:
1.how would the Jackson family have a master copy of the song to give away?
2. Does it sound very "Jackson" to just give away a source of income like that?
3. The Jacksons wanted mj to record with them soon long, if they have capability to use mj on one of there own records.. Wouldnt that sound much more Jackson familyesk? I mean they recorded and toured after mj passed I really would think tyd keep it themselves..
 
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Michael released an album called Invincible. One of the songs on that album is called Unbreakable, which features a Notorious BIG sample. He didn't record a new vocal for that song, he'd been dead for 4 years.
 
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So this is interesting...

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That story about the track being "unfinished" was made up by some Bieber fans.
The vocal track used for this particular remix with Bieber is the same as the one Tricky's team had been working on (DJ Stolen only had a work in progress mix). The production is also following Tricky's rework.
Jacksons have - fortunately - no access to such stuff. If they had, there would have been dozens of strange mixes like "Opis None".
 
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in the desciption of the youtube upload on his official channel there is this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH95bvedqwc

To the people saying this song belongs to Michael it does .. but Michael's family gave me this song last year? so I could do something with it since he is my idol.

and he still didnt change it to the correct title. what an asshole!

That's not his channel, hover your cursor over the link 'JustinBieberVEVO' and you'll see it goes to a random Youtube page. No way in hell it would be "feat Michael Jackson" when it's a Michael Jackson song. It would either be "feat Justin Bieber" or "Duet with Justin Bieber".

Edit: Sorry, just saw someone else had already informed you. Whoops :p
 
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Who asked him to do it?
 
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Deleted - fake twitter account
 
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It is quite obvious why they're doing it, though. By getting Bieber's vocals on it, it'll help push Michael Jackson to a younger audience. I mean it's just a leak and already Bieber's fans are going crazy about it.

Honestly though ? I kind of like it. I'd obviously prefer it without Bieber, but it's alright. I really wish they'd open with MJ instead of Bieber, or at least have them alternate more often. That new instrumental though ? Really digging the new chorus but I still prefer the older version in some parts. Hopefully they'll release an MJ only version alongside the duet though because that song goes even harder with MJ alone.

Is it even finished though ? I can't find those tweets above the post but it doesn't sound completely finished. The first chorus doesn't even feature MJ's vocals whereas the second chorus features both.
 
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Justin Bieber said:
No the family gave it to him a year ago to finish saying that is what MJ would of wanted"

Assuming this is really Justin Bieber talking about the song:

Look at this. Who is "him"? Tricky? It actually can't be "Max Methods" since Tricky was commissioned with the track in 2010.
And even if it was "Max Methods" ("a year ago" would not make sense regarding Tricky), the track was in the hands of the Estate that hired Tricky first.

I'm pretty sure if Justin Bieber really refers to the family with "they", then that's because he's a youngster who talked with the kids and has no idea that it's the estate that is in control of Michael's music and not the family. Artists usually don't know much about the legal aspects of their work, especially a youngster like Bieber.

"Max Methods" did almost nothing, he took out sections from MJ (from the vocal track finished by Tricky), putting in Bieber instead and replaced Tricky's production with some quickly done house stuff.
 
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Not just the 'they' but also the 'him', doesn't make sense.
 
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mkgenie or anybody in direct contact with the estate, could you PLEASE find out what the story is with this??
 
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Not just the 'they' but also the 'him', doesn't make sense.


^ You have to read from bottom to top. In that sense "him" would make sense if he means "Max Methods" or Tricky assuming Bieber is (most likely) clueless about the song being worked on by Tricky in 2010 - which he definitely is as he's thinking the song would have been unfinished.

It also makes sense that "Max Methods" would be given Tricky's work. The same was done with DJ Chuckie and the 2 DJs (Dave Pensado and Drew Adams) that mixed the Throwback Mix of "Hollywood Tonight", they were all using the vocal track from Teddy Riley's team, not the original. And these mixes were also fast jobs.
 
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And what they expect to react l'estate!!! they must attack now
 
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Im glad all has been cleared by the MJ Estate now, and im also happy that their will be no justin bieber on future albums. estate knows our concerns about quality and inclusions in releases by now. and im looking forward to the future with great hopes.
 
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And what they expect to react l'estate!!! they must attack now

i agree, they must sue him and take him to court!!
 
Re: Someone's mixed STTR with Bieber / Update: Estate says it is unauthorized and song is taken down

Meanwhile, we're all okay with Pitbull on a remix of Bad...
 
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Just reading through this whole thread i'm glad we have come close to the conclusion that this will not be officially released. I must say though I did prefer the updated instrumental to Tricky Stewarts 2010 version. MJ can rest in peace for now at least...
 
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I'm really confused about what happened here. JB did tweet this before the leak:




Then the leak happened. Then Estate comes out and says they did not authorize it. So what happened?
 
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Im glad all has been cleared by the MJ Estate now, and im also happy that their will be no justin bieber on future albums. estate knows our concerns about quality and inclusions in releases by now. and im looking forward to the future with great hopes.

Since when has this all been cleared? All the estate have come out with is that it is not authorised. That doesn't mean it isn't intended to be released.
 
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Meanwhile, we're all okay with Pitbull on a remix of Bad...

Difference there is that Pitbull did a remix of a song that was already released and was already a big hit. What Justin Bieber did was take an unreleased MJ song, removed some of MJ's vocals and replaced them with his own.
 
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Meanwhile, we're all okay with Pitbull on a remix of Bad...

The only track on a Michael Jackson CD I have never imported.

Im glad all has been cleared by the MJ Estate now, and im also happy that their will be no justin bieber on future albums. estate knows our concerns about quality and inclusions in releases by now. and im looking forward to the future with great hopes.

The MJ Estate just said that the song wasn't authorised [for release] and that they took it down. They haven't said anything at all on the possibility of it being included in a future album.
 
no but seriously this is à disaster!!! the song was released to radio, arrested the!!
 
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I'm very sketchy on this whole story to begin with.

What it sounds like is someone made a mashup and people think its some sort of official thing, is that right? (in which case, who cares? There's tons of mashups).

Or did Bieber record something for the actual track and someone mixed it together?
 
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no but seriously this is à disaster!!! the song was released to radio, arrested the!!

It hasn't been released officially.
 
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I'm hoping Branca and McClain found out how outraged we are and drop this horrendous idea IF they considered it. Michael doesn't need anyone to make Slave To The Rythm an assured hit, it's brilliant and was ahead of it's time just the way he recorded it. I though it was made early 2000's not for Dangerous.
 
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Justin tweeted that after it leaked people. frustrating to hear people say this could be a hit.. one more shot at the big time and we've missed out (possibly) I honestly now think Tricky's STTR mix should be officially released even as a standalone single. it would be a chart topper for sure, no Bieber involved. (he could be a b-side)
 
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I'm very sketchy on this whole story to begin with.

What it sounds like is someone made a mashup and people think its some sort of official thing, is that right? (in which case, who cares? There's tons of mashups).

Or did Bieber record something for the actual track and someone mixed it together?

It's no mash up. Justin is singing some of Michaels lines.
 
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