Michael: Always Work With The Best

Michael Jackson punya cerita sana-sini. Sampai tahap kerani aku tanya, "Michael Jackson dikebumikan macam mana?".

Aku pun nak cerita jugak.

This is what I call a true entertainer and a musician. His music have effects on people's life and last forever. Aside from his personal life, as a musician he is truly a genius. I notice that one of the way he marketed his album was, hiring the best, the most hyped & the most popular guitarist on planet earth to play on his album. That was his niche.

Beside making your album looking supercool, when you work with the best, you can expect the outcome of the end product. That's why he managed to break the barrier between artistry and commercialism. This level of coolness was when people say "ehh...itu Slash siottt perform dengan Michael...!" That was 1992.

And you know what, Puff Daddy, Jay-Z, MC Hammer and the rest need to thank MJ, because, regardless what color MJ's skin was, in 1982 MJ was the artist that initiate the pressure on MTV to play a Black artist video clip. At that time, MTV primarily prefer to air white rock group videos.

The Thriller album was a huge pressure for MTV to mount at that time and MJ simply paved ways to other Black artist, and Billie Jean video was a breakthrough and the rest was history. This story was highlighted in MTV's Rockumentary last Saturday. Needless to say, one man, one album, did it all.

Michael Jackson (1958-2009)

Always go with the best. Below are the list of guitarist that worked with MJ.

Eddie Van Helen. "Beat It."

Steve Stevens. Billy Idol's guitarist, "Smooth Criminal."

Slash. Brader ni contribute dalam lagu "Black or White", &
"Give It To Me".

Carlos Santana. Track: "Whatever Happens",
album "Invincible".

p/s: The guitarist list was from him and the images are googled, banyak la free time arini. I must have rub some salt into Udin's wound to write this entry 90% in english....auww. Ha ha.