Jermaine Dupri is none too pleased that Rolling Stone has placed Michael Jackson‘s “The Lady in My Life” on a list of “terrible songs” on otherwise “great albums.”
Rolling Stone‘s new piece, written by Andy Greene, ranked 50 “terrible songs” on otherwise “great albums.” MJ’s track was at number 20 on the list. (The number one spot went to The Police’s “Mother” from their classic 1983 LP Synchronicity.)
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Greene wrote: “If Michael Jackson had just capped off Thriller with track eight instead of track nine, he would have created one of the most flawless works in music history. But for reasons that are hard to fathom, he tacked ‘The Lady in My Life’ onto the end. He did deliver a strong vocal, but it’s in service of a song that has no business on the same album as ‘Billie Jean,’ ‘Beat It,’ ‘Human Nature,’ ‘Thriller,’ and ‘Wanna Be Startin’ Something.’”
Dupri screenshotted Greene’s blurb on X, soundtracking it with an excerpt of Jackson’s ballad and adding his own angry commentary.
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“Like this is the reason R&B music no longer gets the love that it’s supposed to, the Grammys, don’t televise the categories and then one of our longest lasting music publications @rollingstone prints some bullshit like this, who eva wrote this needs to be thrown out the building, like Eddie Murphy and Beverly Hills cop,” he wrote.
Check out Dupri’s message below.
Like this is the reason R&B music no longer gets the love that it’s supposed to, the Grammys, don’t televise the categories and then one of our longest lasting music publications @rollingstone prints some bullshit like this, who eva wrote this needs to be thrown out the building,… pic.twitter.com/wg9vYdLmLJ
— Jermaine Dupri (@jermainedupri) February 24, 2025
In other Michael Jackson news, a physical copy of one of his unreleased collaborations with LL COOL J was recently discovered in a storage unit.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, former California Highway Patrol officer Gregg Musgrove found multiple DAT tapes featuring unreleased MJ songs in a storage unit he bought in Van Nuys, California.
The unit previously belonged to music producer Bryan Loren, who Musgrove says he’s unable to locate.
The tapes were recorded from 1989 to 1991, and contain 12 songs in total. One of them, called “Truth on Youth,” was labeled “duet rap with LL COOL J” by Musgrove.
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Musgrove plans to auction the tapes off, but the songs will not be released and likely not be heard by many others, as MJ’s estate has made it clear they own the copyright.
“The Estate of Michael Jackson was presented with DAT copies NOT master recordings of Michael’s music, and we confirmed that the actual master recordings were in fact already located in the Estate’s vaults,” a rep for the Estate told THR. “It should be clear to all that ownership and rights of exploitation to the recordings remain vested in MJJP Records and that nothing commercial or otherwise can be done with the DAT copies.”
