Props to my man Aqua Boogie over at SLANGRAP DEMOCRACY for starting this but I had to update this list for MJ’s birthday. The hip-hop song is followed by the MJ original:
LL Cool J “Hey Lover”
Michael Jackson, “The Lady In My Life”
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth “Appreciate”
Sadly, probably the last song Pete & C.L. will record together.
“2-4-6-8”
De La Soul “Breakadawn”
“I Can’t Help It”
Jay-Z “Izzo”
The Jackson 5 “I Want You Back”
Mos Def “U R The One”
One of the more interesting songs from an otherwise ho-hum album, True Magic.
“If I Don’t Love You This Way”
If I Dont Love You This Way – Jackson 5
Ghostface, “All That I Got Is You”
“Maybe Tomorrow”
Naughty By Nature “OPP”
The Jackson 5 “ABC”
Fabolous “Baby”
“Can’t Help It”
Big Pun “You Ain’t A Killer”
“With A Child’s Heart”
(Producer Young Lord really worked to pull the TWO NOTES from this and flipped it)
Heavy D & The Boyz “Peaceful Journey”
The Jacksons “Heartbreak Hotel”
Kanye West, “Good Life”
“PYT”
Nas, “It Ain’t Hard To Tell”
Michael Jackson “Human Nature”
