Who Wrote These Unreleased Tracks...?

[blujein]

I hope I'm allowed to ask this, and that someone knows the answer, but I was wondering if someone could tell me who wrote and/or composed "Escape" and "Gangsta (No Friend Of Mine)"?

Any help would be appreciated!

 

[Upside]

As I stated on MJJVault.us a while back..

"Blue Gangster" was written by Elliot Straite (Dr. Freeze, the same guy that (co-?) wrote Break of Dawn and A Place With No Name) around 1999 - 2001 for the Invincible album. The song was fully completed, but never made the final cut. In 2006, Tempamental and Pras got hold of it, added their own rap verses and called it "Gangsta". It was available on Tempamental's MySpace page for a while and was later replaced with "No Friend Of Mine", an identical track, but the lyrics were tweaked and Michael's verse was different.

Michael had nothing to do with the production of Gangsta or No Friend Of Mine, as confirmed by Michael's PR in 2006 - it was just a matter of two relatively unknown artists having access to one of Michael's songs from the Invincible sessions.

As for Escape, according to Korgnex's almighty list it was written by: Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III, LaShawn Daniels and Harvey Jay Mason.

 

[blujein]

As I stated on MJJVault.us a while back..



As for Escape, according to Korgnex's almighty list it was written by: Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III, LaShawn Daniels and Harvey Jay Mason.

Oh, wow! Thank you so much for getting back to me so quickly.

So, is "Gangsta (No Friend Of Mine)" actually called "Gangsta" or "No Friend Of Mine"?

 

[Upside]

^^ There are two versions: Gangsta and No Friend Of Mine.

Gangsta was created first, obviously Tempamental and Pras didn't think it was good enough, so they tweaked it and named it No Friend Of Mine. The music is identical, but the lyrics are completely different.

The original, full Blue Gangster [Invincible sessions] (the song sampled on Gangsta and No Friend Of Mine) has not been released or leaked... yet.

 

[blujein]

^^ There are two versions: Gangsta and No Friend Of Mine.

Gangsta was created first, obviously Tempamental and Pras didn't think it was good enough, so they tweaked it and named it No Friend Of Mine. The music is identical, but the lyrics are completely different.

The original, full Blue Gangster [Invincible sessions] (the song sampled on Gangsta and No Friend Of Mine) has not been released or leaked... yet.

Okay, that helps me out a lot! Thank you so much for your help!

 

[The One.]

Yeah thanks Upside, I didn't know they were two different versions either!

 

[jemini515]

So helpful -- thank you Upside! I didn't know the story between the different versions.

 

[Miss_Dangerous]

The original, full Blue Gangster [Invincible sessions] (the song sampled on Gangsta and No Friend Of Mine) has not been released or leaked... yet.

Thanks so much for the information. I hope that we get to hear the real 'Blue Gangster' in full someday. From the leaked versions I've heard, it sounds really amazing.