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From his Off The Wall tribute album. Another attempt for a buzz artist to capitalize off MJ’s death? Not exactly. As Esso explains:

This is one of the hardest things that I’ve ever had to do in my career. I was scheduled to announce this project on Wednesday of this week, but in light of Michael’s passing on Thursday, Woody & I feel like the world needs to know what we’ve been working on for the last few months and why this has been so hard for me to deal with. I’ve been recording my own version of MJ’s Off The Wall album for the last few months now in honor of it’s 30th Anniversary which is on August 10th, and will release it 30 years to the day his original album came out. We were working on this project long before his passing, and will not change the date to even 1 day earlier given the significance of August 10th.

And if you really think about it, this is Michael Jackson we’re talking about. Coincidences for honoring and sampling his music is not only second nature in Hip-Hop, it’s human nature as well.

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Download — Esso – “Don’t Stop” (Produced By Woody)

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Esso & Woody Discuss Off The Wall

Previously Posted — “Lifestyles Of The Young And Ignorant”