Pharrell Williams says nearly all the songs on Justin Timberlake's 'Justified' album were originally written for Michael Jackson

[PickleSpears]

Pharrell said all but 1 song from Justified were written for Michael Jackson.

Pharrell said:

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“John McClain was [MJ’s] manager at the time. We sent him pretty much all the stuff y’all are hearing on the ‘Justified’ album. That’s all the Michael stuff."

John McClain was like, ‘Man Michael don’t want that ****. He wants that **** you’re giving Noreaga….he want that ‘Superthug.’”

All but one song was written for Michael. Probably "Cry Me A River."

Here's a link to the Billboard article and the video of the original interview: 

 

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[Stefani]

No wonder that's his only good album. 

[ColdAsFire88]

No wonder it sounds like an MJ ripoff 

[OnlyBeyonce]

[GMFlop]

That thumbnail said it all. JT is MJ's wannabe. 

[2K16NEY]

I figured. Rock Your Body and Like I Love You sound very Michael and I’ve always thought so.

[S jones]

And artists like Halsey and Megan criticize Britney for not writing her own songs 

[Blackout2006]

Wow and isn’t Britney continuously pandered by the Janet Stans for her self-titled album being a “Janet copy” when it only had just having on 3 songs originally meant for Janet?

[Busybee]

I dont know that I believe all but one. Because we know for sure cry me a river wasn't michaels and he wrote never again with Brian McKnight in studio.

[bas che]

First Janet and Slave and now this. Pharrel spilled some really hot early 2000s tea and I’m so here for it.

Skipping those records feels like the two Jacksons are passing the torch to the next gen through Britney and Justin. I love this.

[PickleSpears]

16 minutes ago, Busybee said:

I dont know that I believe all but one. Because we know for sure cry me a river wasn't michaels and he wrote never again with Brian McKnight in studio.

Maybe he meant all but 1 of his songs on the album, not the entire album

[MIKE_INT]

Funny Justin has writing credits on all songs, so Beyonce was not the first one to change one word and take writing credits?

[DearBritney00]

I wonder why they all reveal these information? Do they want to other celebs to be dragged?

Imagine if he would say in 20 years that Ariana stole writting credits on Sweetener to get a Grammy or something like that.

[PickleSpears]

7 minutes ago, JustLuvMe07 said:

I wonder why they all reveal these information? Do they want to other celebs to be dragged?

Imagine if he would say in 20 years that Ariana stole writting credits on Sweetener to get a Grammy or something like that.

Pharrell is a good guy, he was just telling stories. It happens where songs are written for certain artists and then ultimately given to other artists. It's happened to Britney a lot. I don't see it as a bad thing, I like hearing behind the scenes stories about pop music.

[popprison]

Pharrell said this in 2002. Also, Justin Timberlake wrote most of those songs

 So he wrote them for MJ I guess 

[Oxic]

13 hours ago, Stefani said:

No wonder that's his only good album. 

You know it's not. Future***/LoveSounds exists 

tbh *****fied Justified sucks

[THE BAJAN VIBE]

Well, he tried to emulate MJ's performance style back in the day. Sadly. All the material and he only got success after using Britney in Cry Me a River.

[Alestaos]

1 hour ago, Blackout2006 said:

Wow and isn’t Britney continuously pandered by the Janet Stans for her self-titled album being a “Janet copy” when it only had just having on 3 songs originally meant for Janet?

[Busybee]

43 minutes ago, popprison said:

Pharrell said this in 2002. Also, Justin Timberlake wrote most of those songs

 So he wrote them for MJ I guess 

This sounds more accurate. He wrote *Nsyncs gone for MJ and MJ rejected it.

 

[CandyCoatedHeartShapes]

51 minutes ago, popprison said:

Pharrell said this in 2002.

 

Yep. He probably meant all but one of the Neptunes tracks on the album.

 

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So the producers decided to use Michael Jackson’s Off the Wall as inspiration. In fact, they dusted off five songs they submitted for Jackson’s HIStory Volume 1 and Invincible albums that were rejected. Williams rewrote parts of those songs with Timberlake and created new versions of “Senorita,” “Let’s Take a Ride,” “Last Night,” “Nothin’ Else,” and “Take It From Here."

 

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