Jermaine dupri said if him and Chris Brown gets in the studio they would make another Thriller

[ajnapoleon]

JD is just gonna rehash a bunch of 90’s beats and make dude sing over them. Ain’t nothing Thriller about that

I respect JD but c’mon man

I always wanted someone very notable to go grab made in the beats by someone who still have them laying around


And pick the right beats and great song writing



And make a classic with that same feel we used to have

 

[GunRanger]

Yall taking about talented guys like they’re average. Chris brown is a great artist and JD is a great producer. I don’t think JD is literally saying they’ll make another thriller

JD was great before. Is he still great? Chris Brown is still relevant. JD hasnt been, despite Atlanta running things for a decade+.

 

[alpo]

folks be hatin but ima just put this on here

SZA’s ‘SOS’ Breaks Michael Jackson’s Record for Most Weeks at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

SZA's 'SOS' tops Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' for the most weeks at No. 1 in the 60-year history of the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, with its 38th.

www.billboard.com

we not waitin on jd and brown, we really out here

Mann come on this ain’t organic at all

 

[JustCKing]

But JD still put together the project...
And the timing with usher going through his stuff with Chili in public was added promo and Usher leaned into the blurred lines of JDs life he was singing about...


Now Usher had much more input on 8701 cause it leaked a couple times so he did a lot of songs solo dolo and Usher's stuff was actually better than the original record label plan.

No he didn't. Usher and L.A. Reid were the executive producers of that album. Ya'll don't be giving Usher the credit. JD was a huge part of that album, but the majority was Usher and other producers. We are also glossing over Brian Michael Cox who was integral as JD. Also, Lil' Jon as "Yeah" is the biggest song off the album and possibly Usher's biggest song.

 

[Awesome Wells]

Yea, wrong. She had dropped some duds once we hit the turn of the millennium. Emancipation alone has outsold every album she’s dropped in the 2000s combined. None of them shyts after mattered like that one did for her or even remotely came close to going diamond.

And Glitter was a soundtrack like Superfly was a soundtrack for Curtis. It counts

Your posting your opinion, on what "matters", to you.

I'm posting facts.

Like any artist, she's had projects that were more successful than others. But we're talking about one of the most iconic and successful artists of all-time. She was selling 10,000,000 copies on albums before and after JD. And sold 5,000,000 on projects with Puff and Trackmasters that she did after working with JD, that he didn't work on, at all.

What it says is that no one person makes a difference for her. She's done it with Babyface, Dave Hall, Puff, Dave Cole, Trackmasters, JD, etc. What matters with Mariah is whether or not she's locked in and has the music to match her status.

 

[Street Knowledge]

Nah

 

[kevin arnold]

I fukk with JD heavy

But usher should slap that shyt out that nikka next time he sees him

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

Your posting your opinion, on what "matters", to you.

How am I posting opinion? The mf link I provided listed the album sales. You can do the addition (if you can) yourself. She hasn’t gone diamond since Emancipation and none of her releases since have even come close to matching it. And the that’s with an all star lineup of producers.

And the numbers show was even with those producers you listed, she was dropping duds and going platinum off name recognition. She dropped a fukkin greatest hits album around this time that went platinum. Come on dog. By your logic, not even Tommy Mottolla mattered

 

[M4T]

As long as Chris Brown isn't doing the writing. MJ had writers but also wrote a lot of classics himself. Chris Brown isn't a good song writer when it comes to pop music. He can write decent raps and ratchet RNb but that's about it.

 

[M4T]

JD doesn't have the same musical depth that Quincy had that produces tracks like Human Nature.
JD would make an R&B classic, but Thriller is a POP classic, which is different.
I actually think the Neptunes would be the best bet to pull it off since Justified was nothing but throwaway tracks meant for MJ in the first place



Pharrell and Chad sampling Human Nature here makes me think he'd get the closest to the sound that Chris would need to do it.

The Neptune's could do it but only with Chad involved. They would need real instruments, actual guitars and pianos and Pharrell can't do that but Chad can. There needs to be a rock element that JD can't bring

 

[Awesome Wells]

How am I posting opinion? The mf link I provided listed the album sales. You can do the addition (if you can) yourself. She hasn’t gone diamond since Emancipation and none of her releases since have even come close to matching it. And the that’s with an all star lineup of producers.

And the numbers show was even with those producers you listed, she was dropping duds and going platinum off name recognition. She dropped a fukkin greatest hits album around this time that went platinum. Come on dog. By your logic, not even Tommy Mottolla mattered

Tommy Mottolla wasn't making her music. That has nothing to do with what's being posted.

For those of us who know math, her highest selling album worldwide was before JD. She sold 28,000,000. Right after that, she did the Christmas joint. That did like 18,000,000. After JD came in, he did a couple of songs on the next joint. They did 20,000,000 on it. She was already starting to sell less than the last actual album. 28, 18, 20. The next album, he wasn't on. Still sold another 10,000,000, lol. He hopped on the one after that, and that one sold LESS!

So again, stars are stars. But everyone is selling less records as time goes on because people stopped buying as much. You mentioned Charmbracelet, but JD worked on that album. So which one is it? We give him credit for the successes but not the "flops". On the album you're claiming he saved her on, he was like 1 out of 10-11 producers, which included dudes like Neptunes, Kanye, Rodney Jerkins, Swizz, and mad other people. And I think that did like another 10,000,000 for her worldwide. Which is where she's been multiple times in her career. And not with one producer! So clearly, the ticket to this is that Mariah is a super icon and has a ridiculous following.

JD was on the albums that flopped, just as he was on the ones that worked. And he's only doing 2-4 songs per album. These albums are packed with legends producing. Difference is, she's shown that she doesn't need one person behind the boards to sell mad records. Because she's done it without that. More than just once.

 

[Hersh]

He has it

He has a great catalog with a lot of great music. Most of his fans specifically the ones who grew up with him in the same age have his 1st album as a classic.


JD should be quiet tho as these type of announcements never work. Nobody was going around calling Confessions the new Thriller before it dropped

I don't think he has an album as good as my way.. let alone confessions... but his first 1 is close. imo

 

[JustCKing]

And no The Neptunes could not pull it off. Chad or no Chad. Here's why, they had Justin Timberlake out here sounding like sounding and looking like a knock off Usher/Michael Jackson hybrid with "Like I Love You". While I love the song, it wasn't the breakout song Justin needed. Enter "Cry Me A River". This song was Justin coming into his own. And no this doesn't sound like something Ginuwine would've. It was big and orchestral in contrast to the smooth, futuristic sound of Ginuwine's 100% or The Bachelor. The Neptunes don't even have a 100% or Bachelor, so its confusing how they would pull off a Thriller for Chris Brown. There's not even a 20/20 Experience in The Neptunes catalog, which is why I could never put them above Timbaland.

JD doesn't have the same musical depth that Quincy had that produces tracks like Human Nature.
JD would make an R&B classic, but Thriller is a POP classic, which is different.
I actually think the Neptunes would be the best bet to pull it off since Justified was nothing but throwaway tracks meant for MJ in the first place



Pharrell and Chad sampling Human Nature here makes me think he'd get the closest to the sound that Chris would need to do it.

 

[Black]

All ill say is he has the name Breezus Christ for a reason.

 

[Walt]

Jermain Dupri as Quincy Jones is actually more comical/absurdist than CB as MJ. Which is saying something.