Iced-out glove on a Bentley wheel? Picture Michael Jackson rolling. LL Cool J raps from the perspective of the King of Pop on a new freestyle that came out Monday called “Billie Jean Dream (Michael Jackson Tribute).” Giving new meaning to the term ghost writer, one of rap’s all-time greatest MCs tells listeners at the end of the record that the late singer gave him inspiration while he slept.
“The crazy thing is, I had a dream. Michael Jackson wrote that for me in a dream. That’s crazy, right? I had a dream, and homeboy wrote it for me in a dream. I saw it on a paper. I woke up and just jotted it all down on paper. Michael Jackson, that’s for you, baby. I love you.”
In the verse, Cool J raps over Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” beat.
“Number one in the world, imagine how it feels to hit up Sony for a billion on a deal,” the Queens legend rhymes. “Buy out the Beatles, tell Paul to chill / Too live to talk, y’all read it in my will/… There’s one King of Pop, nothing else poppin’ off, comparing him to me, oh, please knock it off/ All of y’all emanating from one source/ Try to imitate it, but you can’t pull it off.
“Hold my umbrella, give me some support,” LL adds. “While I dance on the roof of the truck after court/ Can’t pull me down, I don’t know what y’all thought.”
In addition to releasing the track, the rapper announced a Michael Jackson tribute contest on his Web site, . Fans are encouraged to write their own MJ tribute songs, remix classic Jackson tracks or create music videos, and the winners will be promoted on the site.
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LL Cool J Releases Michael Jackson Tribute ‘Billie Jean Dream’
