Michael Jackson JAM Original Studio Multitracks (Listening Session & Analysis) 

MJ's copyright owners will allow this video to remain on youtube but there must be consistent use of frequent stops. No one part of the the song in part or in whole can be played without frequent interruptions. This is partially why I stop and comment and sing during and after key sections that I play. If I just play the files, the video will be taken down. Presenting the files in this format with this kind of flow cements the FAIR USE intent which is why it can remain up on RU-vid. Along these lines, I can not reveal where or link to the source files or I'll get a takedown notice as well. Giving away content that is not mine to give also falls outside of FAIR USE intent. Thanks for understanding and for enjoying the video! I'm excited for you to hear all the wonderful nuances!

can you imagine Chris, how surprised we were in 1991, listening to Jam as the first song of Dangerous? This was completely different to listen to, we could hear how he developed himself, a complete new style, a complete new Michael. Therefore Dangerous will always be my favorite album.

I just can’t say it enough. Michael was an absolute genius. He knew exactly what he wanted and how he wanted his art to be. He lived along with his art and really appreciated every instrument and person that took part in creating such art. For me he is the best artist.

Excellent breakdown, Chris! Had the honor of co-choreographing this song with Michael too.🙏🏾

*who needs any music when you've got that kind of voice*

Jam is ao underrated. It’s got so much power

Watching your videos is like listening to and discovering MJ’s music all over again. It adds a whole new dimension.

Mj's BREATHING /inhalation alone sounds so musically/aurally on point. Who else in music history ever did that with their voice in their songs?

I was a studio runner on Dangerous. It’s so fascinating to break down all these tracks that I heard blasting out from those studio doors for two years straight! Excellent work. No idea how you get ahold of this stuff!

He said in an interview that when he would write a song he would beatbox the main foundation of the track and build the sounds around it. He was hearing all the instruments in his head, the base, the drums, everything! He was a music genius and an unbelievable talent.

He truly was a musical genius. I hope a lot more people start to wake up and realize that he wasn't the monster that the media portrayed him to be. He was innocent, and a beautiful human being and his music should be listened to and studied for eternity. Great video Chris!

That beatbox loop he does through out the whole song is simply genius. It so rhythmic, the true definition of a dance/soul/pop song. I love how he just looped that through out the whole thing, then lead vocals come in and fits beyond great. I never heard no artist do that. The King

There really should be an MJ Acapella album. The vocals are so much more soul than the final mix. great review dude

Jam, jam, here comes THE MAN, hot damn 🔥

This just shows how huge of a musical genius teddy riley really is. The synth/sampler programming on this track is out of this world, speacially for the 90s.

I'm a simple boy, I see Michael, I click instantly Btw also do listen all songs from ghosts short movie of Michael like is it scary, ghosts, they're all underrated masterpieces

Yes! Teddy & Michael were incredible together. Genius.

To match to a downbeat is genius. His ear for rhythm was simply amazing.

Can you please do "Who is it" this is 1 of my favorite song from Michael. He made the beat with his mouth and build the song around his beatboxing. He sings with so much emotions on this song. Thank You

Thank you for a year of great MJ breakdowns. I’d love you to breakdown “Scream” ft. Janet.

that song is the proof that Michael Jackson is genius even without Quincy at the production

Another amazing video! It’s amazing how rhythmic MJ’s vocals are along with his melodies on the isolated versions without all the instruments in the mix.

8:27 he really pushes the verse lyrics forward so awesome. the rest of the music industry is nowhere close

without a doubt one of my favorite Michael Jackson songs, I think the beat of this song is AMAZING, thanks again for bringing mj's multi tracks, always please❤️🇧🇷

I gotta stop by and give credit for Chris’s videos…Man U do educate ppl…with or without a music career in the future ppl learn from your videos…a lot. Thank u for making such high quality analysis…ur channel is no underrated.

Jam is one of my favourites from Dangerous. Alongside Black or White, Will You Be There and Remember the Time. Another great video Chris ;)

I love how passionate you are about music and especially Michael Jackson’s music! It’s such a delight to listen and watch! 🙌🤩❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💫💫💫💫

if you love this, They Dont care about us will be an eye opener...I always wondered how they did the rhythm on that track. on the mix you hear the kick and the stick but that's just 50%. The rhythm what we feel is his beat boxing. Masterpiece in rhythmic and vocal control

Perhaps his most underrated song. Pure rhythm and funk. Love it!!!

Hope you're having a great day Chris. Love your videos, especially these breakdown videos

as a I michael jackson fan since the day I was born, you make me discover his music again. precious work. thank you for this gitft

you really need to get morphine or something of the album "invincible" there are a lot of his vocals that gave me goosebumps ( I'm Brazilian and my English isn't the best but i love Michael and your channel are the best, you really helped me improve my voice and sing better.. thank you very much ❤️)

Really love the MJ sessions!! Thanks 👍Wondering who provide you the MJ master tracks...Thanks to him/her also for approving this and let us look deeper into MJ's work, with help from Bruce Swedien. Feel like every MJ fan should check your MJ sessions out!

Yes, Jam, up there as one of my all time MJ tracks. Love these videos. Would love it if you could get a hold of Why U Wanna Trip On Me from Dangerous.

The instrumentals are what make the song amazing! Also Michael’s voice too.

I never realized that pull &push thing! But you are so.. right! He adds just that what I feel "miss" in modern pop music, 'humanised' machine music. Even in a fixed tempo, he create an illusion of acceleration & slow down. He does the magic with his voices tracks [background]. Janet has same complexity but feel less humanised quantisation. No satiation in the REPEAT LOOP. That's the Magic of his songs...

man, u’re fucking killing me. i’ve already wrote somewhere in the comments to MJ video(s), that i enjoy your collection of his breakdowns particularly for the songs they feature - often not the most popular from the discography, but yet ones of the most defining and significant for the man’s artistry in general - like Dirty Diana, BOTDF, Earth Song, etc. But *Jam* - is by far my favorite one of the whole Jackson’s catalog. I guess it’s literally Christmas for me indeed. Thanks for this gem, so cool 🙏🏼

Forever etched in my memory as the first song during the Dangerous Tour concert.

If I wasn't already a huge MJ fan I would be for sure after watching your videos. Your enthusiasm is so cool. Thank you for sharing all of these multitracks.

You’d have a field day with Heartbreaker from the Invincible Album 😮‍💨

I will never tire of thanking you these analyses. Merry Christmas and more MJ for the coming year🤗

if i could afford to work with you i would chose you above all other coaches because of these videos, Mj is the biggest reason i make music and sing. thank you for these

his music is a soundtrack of my life ❤❤❤❤❤

Yessir let’s go. I hope one day you can do get on the floor, or heartbreak hotel.

13:04 amuch for me always cracked me up lol Mike will make up a word like nothing “shamon” 😂

Thank you so much for these videos Chris.. This one in particular is such an important reminder that if we want to have music that truly moves us as human beings, we have to learn to perform it ourselves and not defer everything to machines

I would love to hear these multitracks on a good studio setup.

Michael is A GENIUS! I know for sure if Michael was still with us he would absolutely love your channel and probably feature on it!!! AMAZING WORK

The main vocal line is also in trochee and not iambic pentameter like the majority of normal speech in English, this gives it that sense of urgency, FYI.

The bass part in this song is a masterpiece

Love your MJ videos man keep up the good work!

Brahhh this guys voice in the video is the highest quality an most well tuned iv seen. Trying to master it to get it this good. .. Mastery

incredible stuff! just getting into your channel; im a big mj fan and these breakdowns of the composition of these classics is captivating

This made my day! Indeed, made my week... Indeed, made my 2022!!!! Thank you Chris!

Your videos are always such a delight to watch, amazing analysis and passion in the diagnostics you share, as always great job brother!

Thank you again! That was awesome to hear. I hope to listen to it again with my grandsons. It is great to see your excitement in the music!

Thank you Chris for a new awesome video ✌️🙏

Appreciation for MJ’s stuff is amazing. I appreciate you for really getting into the details.

Loved it!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you Chris !

your analyse is gold 💥💯

I've been binge watching these breakdowns for the last few days. i hope they are never ending. so glad i came across your channel. great stuff. keep it up!

It’s amazing how much you actually care. Your work is phenomenal.

Yes!! I was hoping for you to analyze my favourite MJ track!

I love this man's passion and appreciation of music Chris always does a great job. Also you can hear so much of James Brown's influence on Michael's vocals on this it's awesome. Where he doesn't fully pronounce words as he sings. It's a James Brown technique. There's an old interview of Teddy Riley talking about recording Michael in the studio. It may have even been about this song but it was his Dangerous era of music. When he first started recording with Teddy Riley early on Teddy Riley thought Michael was making mistakes in the lyrics because he wouldn't fully pronounce the words in some of the lyrics and Michael basically had told Teddy Riley that this is how he usually sings and that he rarely pronounces the words all the way. Teddy Riley was just blown away by that method. I have a personal theory that Quincy Jones probably didn't like Michael doing that to lyrics when he was producing for him so when Michael switched over to Teddy Riley he had more freedom to express himself vocally and started using the technique more often because it's all over Teddy Riley era of music but only hints of it on the QJ era tracks but it was still present on tracks like Smooth Criminal and a few others on BAD. Just my theory.

I've finally given in and subscribed. Your analysis is too good.

Love your passion, thank you for these educational videos!

I so enjoy these and listen to a new one every couple of days. I then post them to FB and highly recommend anyone who is a musician or a fan of MJ listen to capture his brilliance. So. Well. Done.

Michael is so amazing ❣🙏🏾 I love Jam, i love the wholy dangerous album. Thank you for your new video. ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍

Great video again

wow. The inhalation in the upbeat, never noticed that. It really gives the beat a "train" feel

Thanks for another video, Chris. Jam is #4 on my list, yet I listen to it more than any other MJ song.

Hi Chris awesome video as allways and love the way you explain things i love learning from you !! Can't wait for the next one!! Oh and happy holidays and merry Christmas to you and your family 🎅☃️🎄🤘🏽😉🤘🏽

I should add: his tour drummer, Johnny Moffett, is known for his style where he plays slightly behind, that Funk style. Listen to him playing Jam on Drumeo (I think it is). You'll hear the same thing there.

Jam is a marvel - one of his very best IMO and that’s saying something - great analysis!

Love this!!

After being a fan for 30 years I didnt think I could gain a new appreciation for Michael's music. Somehow Chris has proved me wrong!

I really enjoy these MJ dissections and since I’ve adapted this very much into my own songwriting and soundscaping I must say that I’d really love a dissection from you ❤ it would be a future bucket list thing. Nerding down…

Loving all these break downs lol So interesting

As a huge basketball fan I was tempted to say well that was some really good from the vocals.

DANGEROUS nextt !!!!This was great!

It’s amazing to hear the parts within the song in these breakdowns. So much is lost in the mix especially with lower quality speakers. This one is truly a study in percussion too. Reminds me of Carol Kaye’s bass lesson on making your metronome groove. Syncopation in the pocket ❤

You are extremely inspirational!!

Oh lord! More of these. Yes!!!

This just gets better and better! My two favorite vocal coaches with my favorite harsh vocalist! Sometimes this world is amazing!

Go Michael Jackson-give in to me (dangerous)

Good job ❤

Oooh this is going to be good

Probably my favorite track of Michael Jackson

When I was a kid, I couldnt listen to any other music since I felt like all other songs were missing something. Now it all makes sense. No other songs has these many layers to it.

Would love to hear Tabloid Junkie broken down. That track is full of Michael beat boxing 👍🏻 Great videos by the way 🙌🏻

I love this song ♥️ One of my favorites from Dangerous album

Ohh my God. Love it

Great, love it :)

The universe exploded when I first heard JAM

Woaw! Tnx man! 🥳

Great vid! I’d love if one day you did Tabloid Junkie 😍 the beatboxing would be insane

Thanks for video ❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥

Thank you for this Dangerous is my favorite album. And it's sooo underrated.

Bravo..! 👏 The most prestigious Royal Academy in the solar system.

Love ❤️ it..