A while back The Affiliates DJ Jaycee (who also DJs for Ludacris and DTP) put out this mixtape, Michael Jackson: The Soulful Years. More than just a collection of Michael’s many, many Top 10 hits (you can hear a great mix of those clicking here) it focuses more on his earlier,  more obscure gems. It’s a must-have for any MJ fan but especially fans of hip-hop who may or may not know how much of his work was sampled. Coincidentally I’ve seen quite a few blogs reposting it in deference to the late Michael Jackson so I decided to provide a few links and a tracklisting here:

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01)  Intro
(02) Sugar Daddy
(03) Abc (Jaycee’S ‘86 Ultrasound Mix)
(04) It’S Great To Be Here
(05) Jaycee Wants You Back
(06) My Girl
(07) I Wanna Be Where You Are
(08) Dancing Machine
(09) Dance In Peace Dilla! (Detroit Style)
(10) Mama’S Pearl
(11) The Boogie Man Interlude
(12)  Can You Remember
(13)  Ready Or Not (Here I Come)
(14) Never Can Say Goodbye
(15) If I Don’T Love You This Way
(16)  I’ll Be There
(17) My Cherie Amour
(18)  I Don’T Know Why I Love You
(19)  Born To Love You
(20) Don’T Say Good Bye Again
(21)  The Love You Save
(22)  Ben
(23) All I Do Is Think Of You
(24) I Am Love Ft. Jermaine
(25) Call On Me
(26) Ain’T No Sunshine
(27) Dear Michael
(28) Everybody’S Somebody’S Fool
(29) Got To Be There
(30) Maybe Tomorrow
(31)  La La La (Means I Love You)
(32)  People Make The World Go Round
(33) With A Child’S Heart
(34)  What Up Khrysis
(35)  2-4-6-8
(36) Ain’T Nothing Like The Real Thing
(37)  If I Have To Move A Mountain