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We are excited about this documentary especially as we have blogged about all these people. Once you have finished watching you can look at some our posts. Let us know what you think about the documentary. It has been getting good reviews.
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Loyal Reader Phyl sent us this article but she did not know who the engineer was. So we did some digging and we think it was by Ron Hoffman.
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Back Row: Craig, Andrew Scheps, Rob Hoffman, Brad Sundberg, Matt Forger
Front Row: Bruce Swedien, The Glove, Eddie Delena
Memories of Rob Hoffman
I was fortunate enough to work with MJ early in my career. He was an incredible artist. Talented beyond your wildest dreams. Extremely generous, and a hard worker. I actually went from a staff assistant at the Hit Factory in NYC to freelance engineer under Swedien and MJ. They were due to start in Los Angeles when the Northridge earthquake hit so they moved to New York. One room was all Bruce, the second room was the writing room. I started assisting Bruce’s writing partner Rene Moore. I would track stuff with Rene, and Bruce would come in and tell me what I did wrong, sit in for a few hours and set us straight.
After a couple months MJ arrived and the entire tour rig was moved in along with Brad Buxer, Andrew Scheps, and Eddie Delena. I continued to assist them until the whole crew moved to L.A., they decided to take me with them. I would assist Bruce during the day, and help out every where else at night – assisting, engineering, programming, and on one song playing guitar. We had two rooms at Record One, and two rooms at Larrabee where I met John. At one point in NYC we had just about every room at the Hit Factory. The crew was great, and I learned so much from all of them. I learned to engineer from Bruce Swedien, John, and Eddie, and got to sit in with producers like MJ, Jam And Lewis, Babyface, David Foster, Teddy Riley, and Dallas Austin.
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We don’t want ‘Howard the Hunter’ (our little nickname for him) from the ‘MJ Estate’ to come after us with any lawsuits. O and Teddy Riley would surely fix our business too. Remember what he said about Quincy?
Check this guy out below he is amazing. Thanks Beth.
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Sony Music and The Michael Jackson Estate gave Ellen DeGeneres a copy to debut on her show and ‘homegirl’ can groove. We don’t know about you but we are going HOLLYWOOD tonight. This track is a ‘TEDDY’s JAM!
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Theron Feemster is the guy in the white shirt. He is an American 2x Grammy Award Winner record producer, songwriter, musician, and singer. He rose to fame in 2006 with featured production on singer Ne-Yo’s album In My Own Words, and has since worked with many high-profile artists, including Keyshia Cole, Busta Rhymes, Nelly, Mary J. Blige, Ashanti, Jamie Foxx, Musiq Soulchild and Keisha White.
These photos were all taken in 2007
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Remember when we blogged that Quincy supposedly said…
“The new Michael Jackson album should not see the light of day”
WELL apparently Teddy has hit back with…
“Look at his [Jones'] age. He can barely hear you talk. How the hell could he hear Michael? Anybody who says [it is not Jackson on the album], I do have a comeback, because you’re not right. That’s just the bottom line.”
This sounds like a MONSTER brewing to us. Rappers are beefing and now producers! Can’t we just HOLD HANDS and get along…smh
READ THE FULL REPORT BELOW
Teddy Riley, one of the key producers behind the first posthumous Michael Jackson album Michael, has struck back at the criticisms of Quincy Jones relating to the album’s release.
Riley contributed 3 songs to the album, and says that the 77 year-old Jones’ hearing is not good enough to determine whether or not it’s actually Jackson on the album. Originally, Jones was quoted as saying that there is “no way ['Michael'] should be coming out”. Jones was the man behind the classic Jackson albums Thriller and Off the Wall.
Riley responded that with this: “Look at his [Jones'] age. He can barely hear you talk. How the hell could he hear Michael? Anybody who says [it is not Jackson on the album], I do have a comeback, because you’re not right. That’s just the bottom line.”
Riley also said it is “disappointing” that Jackson’s family have also been critical of Michael, as they are set to be “reaping the benefits” of sales of the album. Last month, MJ’s brother Randy contested the authenticity of the vocals, saying “some of the songs are him and some aren’t”.
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A special Oprah show has been recorded which is to air on December 6th. Oprah Winfrey will be talking about Michael and the upcoming album Michael. Today, Teddy Riley confirmed that he has attended the show.
On Twitter Teddy informed the MJ fans:
“I’m sorry yall I got a call from my publicist I can’t talk about the show til after it airs. Yall know I got a whole mouth fall. Yep Yep!!! Ok this is all I can say it will air on Dec 6th. I wish I can talk to yall but I can’t…MJ fans much love to all of you.”
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Howard Weitzman
As the Michael album was being put together, it was decided to bring Teddy Riley on board to work on several songs, including “Breaking News,” a song Michael recorded with Eddie Cascio and James Porte in late 2007 while living at the Cascio… family home with his children.
Riley produced and submitted “Breaking News” to Sony for inclusion on the album. At that time, no one ever mentioned that the vocals we heard on the Cascio songs, which were basically in demo format, might not be Michael. It was known, however, that the background vocals were a combination of Michael and James Porte.
After the tracks were submitted to Sony, three of these Cascio songs were selected to be on the album, and “Breaking News” was one of the three. The day after the submission and selection of the album tracks, for the very first time, the authenticity of Michael’s vocals on the Cascio tracks was questioned.
Because of these questions, I was immediately asked by co-Executors John Branca and John McClain to conduct an investigation regarding the authenticity of the lead vocals on the Cascio tracks. Six of Michael’s former producers and engineers who had worked with Michael over the past 30 years – Bruce Swedien, Matt Forger, Stewart Brawley, Michael Prince, Dr. Freeze and Teddy Riley – were all invited to a listening session to hear the raw vocals of the Cascio tracks in question. All of these persons listened to the a cappella versions of the vocals on the Cascio tracks being considered for inclusion on the album, so they could give an opinion as to whether or not the lead vocals were sung by Michael.
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WE ASKED
artluvahcOOp <—Sounds like Mike 2 me…
llozada93 @thebestofwho I believe ut’s him singin’. But probably he was a lil’ tired. I liked the song though. Great rythm, the vocals are kinda vague
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Belle received his first break in the late 1980s. His sister Regina Belle, a Grammy Award winning background vocal singer with R&B group The Manhattans, recommended him to play guitar for the group.
Bernard Belle is notable for his partnership with producer Teddy Riley and his collaborations with Michael Jackson. He is credited with writing and co-writing Remember the Time, Privacy and Why You Wanna Trip On Me.
He began working with Teddy Riley in 1986. Together, they became the pioneers of the New Jack Swing era of music, paving the way for new and existing artists. He has written and produced for artists such as Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown, Patti LaBelle, Aaron Hall, Keith Sweat, Al B. Sure! and Today.
After dedicating his life to Christ in 1994, Belle remains one of the most sought after producer/musicians in the Gospel music industry while continuing to be an icon in the R&B sector. He plays for such artists as Donnie McClurkin, Shirley Caesar, Richard Smallwood, Marvin Sapp, Fred Hammond, Yolanda Adams, Tye Tribbett, Mary Mary, Kirk Franklin, Donald Lawrence, Smokie Norful, Hezekiah Walker and BeBe & CeCe Winans.
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REMOVE THAT SCARF! YOUR HANDSOME!
Awww… 
