(February 14, 2016) When Michael Jackson released his hit album Dangerous in 1991, he recorded several songs that didn’t make the cut. One of them that reportedly was dropped was a song he co-wrote with Teddy Riley and Tammy Lucas, that you may have heard in another form. “Joy” went on to become a hit for Riley’s group, BLACKstreet, in 1994.
The original Michael version was just leaked on YouTube by a DJ. The midtempo still sounds a little unfinished, but it is definitely a worthy cut. Here is the rough Michael Jackson cut and below it is the version from BLACKstreet that you may know better.
Publisher’s Postscript February 16, 2016: After we posted this, a SoulTracker posted a comment that this is actually the remix of a Michael Jackson soundalike named Marcus Williams. We’ve posted his version below. So what do you all think? Real or fake?
