The Front - The King: Michael Jackson (Part 2) - Thriller

For this episode, we revisit a song from an album by a group...and they all got slept on. Chocolate Milk was an incredible Funk band from the early 70s into the 80s and this is their very best ballad. It also completely changed my life and the story of how that happened is included in this video. Check it out! Frank Richard interview from https://www.youtube.com/c/FunknstuffNet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqCAhrkuzjc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWdc53l0IjY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PkFloAXx5k

El DeBarge is one of the greatest high tenor singers in history. His falsetto is immediately identifiable and so are his songs - even before you hear him sing. This time, I go into a record that didn't sell like it should have: "Heart, Mind, and Soul." On that record is a timeless ballad: "You Are My Dream." El never sounded better and his production is just perfect.

This week, we visit both an album and a song that were overlooked. I also talk a little bit about how both were as overlooked as they are. Wanna learn some of the machinations of Motown? You'll get a taster here. Here's the album artwork for "Hear to Tempt You" and the promo photos that go with it: http://vinylalbumcovers.com/the-temptations-hear-to-tempt-you/ P.S.: All the albums spoken of in this videocast are available on all the streamers.

Our second episode gets us to not only a slept-on song, but also a slept-on album. This is their best album...and most have never even heard it. Had to give it props as quickly as possible. Enjoy!

At the risk of this turning into the "Michael Jackson Channel," I just had to touch on this one to begin this series. We barely talked about it in the videocast you'll get next week and that's entirely on me. It got buried on "Dangerous" because it musically doesn't belong. A beautiful tribute to his friend, Ryan White, and one that you GOTTA listen to again if you haven't in a while.

We've finally arrived at the last album Michael made during his lifetime: "Invincible." We had opinion here for sure but we kept to the music as we have the entire time. This closes our Michael Jackson series. Thanks so much for watching it. We've already got another idea for another series but it'll take a little while we can get to it. In the meantime, we'll still be posting more episodes of "The Front." We'll also have plenty more content on the way as well. Stay tuned!

Now, we dive into Michael's double-album hybrid "Greatest Hits" and new album. There's some interesting stuff here. Watch as we tackle this one with our special guest, Ed Bowser. Ed Bowser's website: soulinstereo.com Ed's podcast home: @YouKnow IGotSoul ​

Our discussion about the King of Pop, Michael Jackson continues with an album that's been given some fond reappraisal over the last few years: "Dangerous." Join us as Ed Bowser, Dre, and the other Ed go into detail about the album and what we remember of its release. P.S.: We are not responsible for the comments of Ed Bowser...LOL!

Our third installment takes us to Michael's last record with Quincy Jones - "Bad." We see just what a great songwriter he really was. We also pass out flowers to all those involved with the record. We've stayed away from personal stuff up until now but we had to touch on it a little bit given that it informs the songs. Joining us again this week is SoulInStereo's Ed Bowser. Join us as we go through this near-classic album.

On Part 2 of our discussion, we arrive at the highest-selling original album in music history: "Thriller." We did a track-by-track analysis of the whole record including notes on the session musicians who played on it as well as stories about each of the songs. We went DEEP here and we hope you enjoy this one. Thanks again to our guest, Ed Bowser from  @YouKnowIGotSoul 's SoulBack podcast for joining us on this one. SoulBack Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVyB7WCEUIPl_CYZFTwiNLHqtCHaK2GcK Ed's website: soulinstereo.com