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Michael Jackson
OffStereo builds narrated music history shows around real records. Michael Jackson runs through 6 of them, each one placing them inside a wider story. They appear most often alongside Chic, Prince and Stevie Wonder.
Shows where Michael Jackson appears
The LinnDrum: Decade's Defining Beat
The LinnDrum's digital samples and human groove features defined the 80s, shaping hits for Michael Jackson, Prince, and Madonna with its bright, punchy sound.
1 of 8 tracks — Billie Jean
Flash FM — Vice City's Pop Station
The glossy, synth-driven pop of the mid-80s, from Aneka to Laura Branigan, defines Vice City's Miami, capturing its hopeful outlook and MTV-era cultural fusion.
1 of 12 tracks — Billie Jean
Nas: The Sample Lineage
Nas's iconic sound transforms jazz, soul, and funk samples, from Joe Chambers' "Mind Rain" on Illmatic to Kurtis Blow's hook and Michael Jackson's synth on It Was Written.
1 of 8 tracks — Human Nature
Disco's Fiery Night, Unsilenced
Comiskey Park in July 1979 claimed disco was creatively dead, but Chic, Michael Jackson, and Blondie's chart-toppers prove the genre was thriving, evolving, and defying its critics.
1 of 7 tracks — Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
new jack swing
Teddy Riley's New Jack Swing revolutionized late '80s R&B, fusing hip-hop beats with soulful melodies on hits like Bobby Brown's 'My Prerogative' and paving the way for '90s urban music.
1 of 8 tracks — Remember the Time
The Weeknd: From Shadows to Starboy
The Weeknd's journey from Toronto's House of Balloons to "Blinding Lights" charts a path from trip-hop's dark mood to Michael Jackson's pop, shaping artists like Bryson Tiller.
1 of 7 tracks — Billie Jean