Hip-Hop fans have spent years discussing the urban myth that Michael Jackson had delivered uncredited vocals on Jay-Z’s Just Blaze-produced The Blueprint standout track “Girls, Girls, Girls.”
Nearly 22 years after the release of Jay’s magnum opus, Just Blaze has confirmed that the MJ vocals do exist. The iconic producer detailed discovering the vocals in an interview with Complex’s former Chief Content Officer Noah Callahan-Bever for his Idea Generation series.
“So Michael Jackson is on the ‘Girls, Girls, Girls’ remix – the A version,” Just explained. “And I never knew that. I don’t know if I didn’t go to the studio that day. I thought it was an urban legend or something that Jay said like in jest one day or just was some kind of a myth.”
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