Jay-Z blogs MJ songs and concerts with NME: 'The Michael I knew was just a musician who loved music'

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Here is a fact you may not know. The legendary King of Pop, Michael Jackson sang on the remix of Jay-Z's hit song, "Girls, Girls, Girls." In a new interview with NME, Jay - Z talks about the Michael Jackson he knew.

Jay-Z on all the MJ tributes: "I think it gave Michael a chance to be celebrated for the genius he was without all the other stuff in the way,” Jay-Z writes, “and I don’t know if that would ever have happened had he been alive.”

Jay-Z on the MJ he worked with: "He played a concert with me in New York, which was great. He got up and he walked out and the place went mental, guys were just grabbing their hats and throwing them like, 'Aiiiiiiiiiieeeeee!' After that, he did a song called ‘You Rock My World’, and I did a remix with him. Then he was on my song ‘Girls, Girls, Girls’, singing these background vocals and I didn’t even put his name on it. I remember him calling me and him just talking about, you know, ‘syncopation’ and musician stuff like that. The Michael Jackson I knew was just a musician who loved music."

Listen to the song:

Michael Jackson appears at Jay-Z concert, walks out on stage:

[Source: NME]

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Jay-Z blogs MJ songs and concerts with NME: 'The Michael I knew was just a musician who loved music'

Katrina K Wheeler, Pop Media Examiner

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