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Current Location: school library heading home
Current Mood: complacent
Current Music: That Day

         I am a huge Michael Jackson fan, and therefore make it a normal routine for me to look up any new information invloving MJ.  As it so happen's I've notice one thing that make's it seem like every music artist is somehow sampling music from his songs into theirs  (not to be confused with Fall Out Boy's cover of Beat it, beacuse that is a cover not a sample),  or not sampling but paying small tributes to him in their music or music videos.

       I first noticed this when I was looking up Soulja Boy's "Crank Dat"  It brought up several different versions of the song, two in particular of the same name but somewhat different.  "Crank Dat Michael Jackson" and "Crank Dat Mike Jack", both being songs about Michael.  A couple of days later I came across a British rap group call the Mitchell Brothers that had a song witih the name "Michael Jackson"  a song dedicating that Michael was indeed their idol.

      This was only the beginning.  I have probably heard more, and seen more Michael influences than I care to mention.  I would love to mention the most obvious like Usher, Justin Timberlake and the noob Chris Brown.  Yet they have been using some of Michael's dance moves and other things in their music.

     Later came Kanye West sampling P.Y.T. from the Thriller album.  Soon to follow was Rhianna, "Dont stop the Music."

    Most recently their is Madonna's "4 Minutes" which samples the song, "Off the Wall" from the 1979 Album Off the Wall.  Then Mariah Carey in her song, off her new album, "I'm that Chick" also samples the song "Off the Wall."  

  I've just read an interview article that features Ne-Yo, he has a new album with the song called, "Nobody" which is a tribute to the Gloved One. 

I suppose that I could go on and on with this.  Yet I really have nothing more to say except that Michael Jackson is everywhere.  Just look from the radio, to the television, even the internet.  He has great influence upon the pop culture, which is why I beleive Elizabeth Taylor gave him the title of the King of Pop, he deserves this title.  Why, just look all around.  Have you seen the Sobe Life Water Commercial with the dancing lizards?  Hello thrillicious?  Thriller, the thriller dance of zombies, only using lizards. 

        I'll shut up now.  Lol
****************************** Update*********************
Michael Jackson wrote the "Do the Bartman"  For the Simpsons.  

Far East Movement has a song called "Dance Like Michael Jackson"  Look it up on youtube

Usher has a new song called "Stop Playin"  it samples Rock With You, supposedly Michael is to record some vocals, but hasnt' yet.  

In 4 Day's Michael will Turn the big 5 0.

Michael is launching a dance game on 3 top networking websites, Myspace, Facebook, and Bebo.  You can win prizes by competing on these sites.  

King of Pop, another greatists hits album is coming out in different countries, except the united states.  I don't know why, and he hasn't said.  

~that's it for now~
******************************************Update Aug 27, 2008************************

MTV apparetnly wants to get Michael Jackson to perform at VMA's this year.   (like he would anything for them, after everything they put him through.  I doubt he would.  I dont' care if MJ and MTV helped build each other up.)

~Later~