While “Girls, Girls, Girls” is already in the history books for the biggest bone thrown to the Golden Age rapper (it features Biz Markie, Q-Tip & Slick Rick on the background vocals), according to XXL, allegedly there was another legend lurking underneath all that Just Blazed soul.
According to the Brooklyn rapper, Michael Jackson sang on “Girls, Girls, Girls” on the original Blueprint album. “He was on my song ‘Girls, Girls, Girls’, singing these background vocals and I didn’t even put his name on it,” Jay wrote.
O.K., you’re right.
Now even the most casual of fans have been listening to The Blueprint for a good 6+ years and nobody has stopped and said “Hey! I think I hear the King of Pop on Jigga’s record.” Of course they didn’t. Because he’s not on the damn song. Me thinks, Mike swooped through after giving the thumbs up for the “Izzo (H.O.V.A.)” (which sampled The Jackson 5′s “I Want You Back”) and probably harmonized to the coinciding track’s melody but nothing was ever laid down officially.
As celebrated as that Jackson 5 sample was, why wouldn’t he “put his name on it???” Listen for yourself.
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Jay-Z – “Girls, Girls, Girls”
Regardless, here’s an encounter that actually did take place for old time’s sake.
HOT 97 Summer Jam History – Michael Jackson & Jay-Z
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All very cool stuff.
I think that’s Jay down there pulling on pant leg though. (II)
isn’t Mike in the booklet? I thought for sure I saw him in the booklet as an appearance…if someone got it, take a look
I read about this earlier on EW, I thought it referred to the remix, hidden on the original album. I seem to remember though when the album came out Jay wanted to get him on a remix to the song. I never thought he actually recorded anything or it was the remix that appeared on the album.
“Girls, Girls, Girls” Just Blaze “There’s Nothing in This World That Can Stop Me from Loving You” by Tom Brock
“High Power Rap” by Disco Dave & The Force of The Five MC’s
Features uncredited vocals from Michael Jackson
DAMN …..Jigga my NICCA!!!
“WE DON”T BELIEVE YOU>>>>WE NEED MORE PEOPLES”"
“Ah baby, aaah babaaaay”
I always thought that was MJ, even though it sounds like a woman.
lies,rumors,rumors and lies…word to k solo
listen to the Girls Girls Girls remix (you know the one hidden at the end of Blueprint).
Listen carefully. In the choruses there is a female voice and another male voice harmonizing along with the vocals in the sample.
The girls part is clear, the sampled parts are easily identified…
But is that other voice Mike.. do I look like a mind reader sir? I don’t know…
I actually for a long time thought that Michael Jackson did the background vocals for “All I Need”. I was wrong though.
biggie freestyled on my pagers voice mail service in 94.
word is bond son.
Is that him doing Ahh baby? For reals? It sounds like him but then it doesn’t, crazy.
Yeah MJ sang on Girls, Girls, Girls and Kiashine gets 15% off of it. lol
1:00 minute in, peep right before he says “indian squaww”
the “uh uh” part in the background is very reminiscient of a mj adlib
@Danke410 -Brampton
Where the hell did you get that info from?? Not ‘The Blueprint’ CD booklet cause that appears nowhere in it. It doesn’t say that Michael Jackson has uncredited vocals on the song, just listing Q-Tip, Slick Rick, and Biz Markie as the additional vocals (which you can clearly hear on the chorus/hook parts).
@Chris Searl
That’s not MJ saying that, that’s the actual Tom Brock sample. Just listen to the original and you’ll immediately notice that part.
I agree with TC on this one that Michael Jackson didn’t appear at all on “Girls, Girls, Girls” and probably just might have been there during the session for the song singing and harmonizing in the studio. I couldn’t imagine Jay-Z being so lazy as to not credit somebody like Michael Jackson in the song credits or the song’s engineer not making his vocals more prominent in the mix if he indeed did sing on the track.
@Jay-Z
To quote Mr. Ed Lover… C’mon Son!
@SpeakerHead
Just took a listen and you’re right, thanks for the heads up homie.
@SpeakerHead
Just took a listen and you’re right, thanks for the heads up homie.
^
No problem fam.
I always thought it was him too
What reason would Jay have to lie though?
That is what I wish to know.
If the song were on BP3… that I could see (but even still, with someone of his stature… and with the album already selling so well… enh).
But an album that has already done its numbers and of which people in 2009 can easily download the song and not purchase it?
It makes absolutely no sense to lie.
(IMO anyway)
I’ve listened to this album all the time. In the car, at work, at home, and I’ve never heard MJ on Girls, girls, girls.
1:00 minute in, peep right before he says “indian squaww”
the “uh uh” part in the background is very reminiscient of a mj adlib
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If that ain’t about the reach of the century.
For some of y’all to see he was talkin’ bout the Remix makes no sense either, because it’s not in the credits in the first place and I’m sure there would’ve been clarification as to what version of the song they were actually talkin’ about.
@The Real Anonymous
Who knows why Jay would lie about this especially after MJ’s death. But bring Just Blaze, Young Guru, and Kamel Adbo into the conversation and then we can talk cause they would know above anybody else if Michael was involved with this song cause they would have been in the studio session and recorded his vocals.
Either Jay did not say it (perhaps XXL wanted some publicity) or it is true.
Only two possible outcomes.
Either way, we will know for certain tomorrow.
1:00 minute in, peep right before he says “indian squaww”
the “uh uh” part in the background is very reminiscient of a mj adlib
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That shit is hilarious… C’mon Son! I really don’t think that’s Mike either as it’s the same voice (female??) that spoke at the beginning of the song. Agreed TC, the “Girls, Girls, Girls (Remix)” ain’t cutting it either for a MJ feature. That’s all The Persuaders sample on that track. Try again!
And SMH at all of you who could not simply pull out (II) the album and look directly at the credits.
The Blueprint for Free 99?
lol.
I am about to hit up Jason Goldstein.
No.
I thought this was a certified fact. Jay did the “Rock My World (Remix)” around the same time as the BP. I’ll have to hear the sample, but I’m pretty sure Mike is wailing in the background at certain points. His voice is too damn unique for me to have been mistaken for damn near a decade. This could change everything! Arrrgh!
@Bigga
LOL @ Yeah MJ sang on Girls, Girls, Girls and Kiashine gets 15% off of it. lol
How DARE ya’ll question the word of god?! I believe it 100%!
@ TRA, Mike’s name is nowhere in there.
@ Oh Dear
Exactly.
The hidden track on Blueprint – the remix with the Intruders “Trying Girls Out” sample, this version doesn’t feature Biz, Q-Tip and Slick Rick – That’s the one that has MJ on it. I remember when Tim Westwood first played this track on his show he credited it to Jay-Z featuring Michal Jackson.
That’s why there’s no MJ credit in the liner notes, because it was a hidden track!
i’m with nas. peep “indian squaw”
@ meezy, don king
you guys are right.. its the remix (at the end of BP)..
listen with headphones will help you hear it..
you can here him the best on the end of the track! (around 11.10 and 11.20)
and on the right (if you listen stereo)
or im just stupid and i wanted to hear it… but you should check it out… and we are talking about background vocals.. no feature, so ofcourse it isnt really clear to hear…
(like john legend and neyo on Kanye’s Good Life, although they were credited for it)
you belong to the city
you belong to the night
Wasnt Jay on the Invincible album by BIG MIKE JACKSON??
Hmmmm
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1450083/20011017/jay_z.jhtml
(published in 2001)
he did a verse or two for MJ during his comeback around this time.. I’m very sure MJ is on this song and they just chose to not run with it probably due to controvery.. a mistake but hey..
It is on the remix people. Why would Jay-Z lie about anything when it is so easy to Google things and/or do the research ourselves.
Folks always want to pull down the stars. Idiots!!!
MJ IS INDEED ON THE REMIX, NOT THE ORIGINAL. CASE CLOSED!!!
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1450083/20011017/jay_z.jhtml
Oct 17 2001 10:08 AM EDT
Michael Jackson To Join Jay-Z On ‘Girls’ Remix
Gloved One repays Jigga for hip-hop ‘You Rock My World’ rhymes, track due in late December.
By Teri vanHorn, with additional reporting by Tina Johnson and Shaheem Reid
LOS ANGELES — Jay-Z and Michael Jackson won’t stop ’til they get enough (remixes).
Since Jigga rhymed on a hip-hop version of the Gloved One’s single “You Rock My World,” Jackson plans to return the favor by singing the hook on a “Girls, Girls, Girls” remix.
“My mom likes it because she gets to see how successful her son is. ‘You’re working with Michael Jackson, you must be all right; you must be pretty good,’ ” Jay-Z said while lounging in a Beverly Hills hotel suite Saturday. He had just returned from working on the track at a nearby studio.
The “Girls, Girls, Girls” remix, produced by Kanye West, will be released around Christmas, Jay said.
The Jay-Z/Jackson alliance became public when the rapper brought M.J. onstage during a Long Island, New York, festival concert last summer (see “Jay-Z’s Special Guest A Thriller For Summer Jam Crowd”). “Izzo (H.O.V.A.),” the first single from Jay-Z’s recent The Blueprint, samples the Jackson 5′s “I Want You Back.”
Jay said he and Jackson haven’t discussed shooting videos together but said he’s open to the possibility. “I’m working on my dance moves, so we’ll see. No, I’m joking — no dancing. I have rhythm, but I’m cool to leave that to Mike.”
The Roc-A-Fella clique was in Los Angeles to wrap up Jay’s Blueprint Lounge tour Saturday at the House of Blues. The rapper opened every show on the trek with a freestyle about the September 11 attacks; one of his live raps appears on DJ Clue’s mix album, Stadium Series Pt. 3.
Jay said he didn’t take any extra security precautions on the tour in response to the attacks. “Faith has to be in the right place,” he said. “I’m not gonna walk around every day in fear. It’s just not me. It’s just not cool.
“We’re trying to show strength,” he continued. “We’re trying to show that we as Americans have to keep moving on and not harp on this. We really got to be strong. We have to keep on moving ’cause if we don’t, it’s not America, you know what I mean?”
Jay plans to donate money from the sale of Roc-A-Wear shirts and $1 from each ticket sold to relief efforts.
You have to remember MJ has crazy voice range. His natural voice wasnt high and nasally either. And it wouldnt be far fetched for him to alter his voice..On the Invincible Album he altered his voice on that 2000 watts joint, in fact, if someone told me that was MJ on that tack I wouldnt believer it. Mj sang background for mad people back in the day..doobie brothers and all types of shit
Are you sure Mike is not around 4 minutes in the”Girls, girls, girls”
chorus? It sounds like an extra voice in there.
I actually have the album (OK so it is the UK pressing, but I don’t think that makes a difference as it still has the extended bonus track).
There is NO mention of any additional vocals, so unless he was fully uncredited then I do not believe he was.
As somebody mentioned eariler, yes it does link up with the timeline and back then there was a culture of swapping features, but why the fully publicised Jay-Z remix but not even a booklet mention for Mike? Doesn’t seem logical.