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I really like the demo, but this version has just had all the life sucked out of it. Neff U had a thankless job and the strings are a nice touch, but on the whole I see why this version was left in the vault.
IMO, 2010 version is better than original one. I like it's new modern touch. In case of HT - yes, TR's version was better. But this TYLA I like. Well I like both versions of TYLA, 2010 just a little bit better (due to modern sounds)
I believe SirRobowisan11 is behind all those edits. He does an awfully great job at keeping the wiki alive. Always when I passed by there was a lot of unreferenced or invented nonsense. I have created an account there as well (pepik778) and sometimes try to add some of the missing stuff or cleanup the general formatting or incorrect info.The Fandom wiki has all that info and it's accurate for the most part. Whoever cleaned up that place did a good job at it because it was filled with misleading trash before.
List of unreleased songs
For each album, Michael Jackson would write and record tons of songs. These would span from 30 to 50 or more, however majority of them would ultimately stay in the vault and never see a release, as only 10-15 tracks would be picked to make it on the artist's records. A lot of these would be...michael-jackson.fandom.com
It really took you this long to deduce that it's real? It was kinda obvious from the jump.
It's not bad, just very dated. Would not fit very well in the modern age. Even Bryan's newest music sounds like an old guy trying to be hip. Teddy on the other hand, knew of Michael's vision, and conducted it.
Even the worst New Jack Swing track sounds more hardhitting and appealing than Loren's brand. It's less "new jack swing" and more "half-baked soundtrack to an equally half-baked Film Roman cartoon."
Hey man, Superfly Sister and Mind Is The Magic is fire. Everything else is mid. Even for Bryan's standards.
Yeah. Dangerous is always getting the short end of the stick. No Dangerous Bonus Cuts, No Dangerous 30. It's always Thriller and Bad.
Thats correct, but categorically excluding vocally finished songs that may be not the very good songs feels just wrong. For a Dangerous reissue they are good enough for sure.
For a reissue? Yeah. They released DBMR on Bad 25, and it's very incomplete. So, i'd say they're good enough. As far as i know, everything that's vocally complete from Loren's catalogue has basically already leaked/released.
There isn't a single Loren song I like less than Slave to The Rhythm's original. That's a flavorless kinda dull song. Incredible vocals though, great.
Slave To The Rhythm is....something. No, like, that's actually all it is. Just something. Something that probably should've remained vaulted.
I love the vocal perfomance, I like the lyrics and the theme of the them, but the production is just boring. I think it is the song with the greatest quality level different between vocals and instrumentsation/production of MJ
I’m going to be fully transparent. I believe Slave To The Rhythm original is the worst song in MJ’s entire catalogue.
Well no because it's good to know it can only go up really. It is an interesting time capsule piece, very relevant and symbolic of the process of production.
I'm not gonna argue that. But that is wild to think about.
I cannot for the life of me figure out what he saw in that song. The only redeeming factor is MJ’s vocals. A brilliant vocal performance. But other then that, it’s a no for me.
About Shout.
Well very few of these vault songs are "special". People say most of MJs career post Thriller is "nothing special". That's not the right metric for this. In most cases it is as simple as "did he sing it from top to bottom" and if not, does it represent MJ working on his craft to the right degree?
Not at all, actually. The sound quality is horrendous. Plenty of us doubted its authenticity.
Why did MJ choose to work with Bryan Loren in the first place?
What makes this worse is that Babyface and L.A. Reid have done much better for artists who were lesser than MJ (Bobby Brown comes to mind), and Babyface has made some fine tracks for (Why, Willing and Waiting) and with (On The Line) Michael later down the line. Compared to even those tracks, Slave strikes me as a fourth-rate outtake from B. Brown's Don't Be Cruel.
