Having found lasting fame at an age where most people are still grappling with their multiplication tables, Jackson already had a sizable career behind him when he teamed up with the already legendary Quincy Jones to cut Off the Wall, his grand entrance into adulthood. Michael Jackson was a monumental figure in global culture, but before he secured that legacy, there was a time he had to break out of his mold and navigate the choppy transition from child star to solo icon. #2 Michael Jackson “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” And so “Rock With You,” while not often reaching the highest echelons of the MJ canon, is a triumph: a slightly surprising hit, a transformative moment, and a groove so moving, it can rock you still. 1, but it took someone like him to grow a bounty on ground no longer thought to be fertile. Jackson has been praised for defying trends and delivering greatness into the 1980s, when the song peaked at No. “Rock With You” is also a pure disco song, arriving at a time when the genre was on its way out. Instead of the falsetto of album opener “Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough,” he shows his range with a sensual lower register (by MJ standards, at least) like the 20-year-old he was, Jackson seemed eager to try out grown folks’ way of singing.
There is, of course, a timeless chorus, but the verses that bridge the hooks together cement “Rock With You” as the mature breakthrough Jackson wanted. The album successfully positioned MJ as a grown-up solo artist with a confident vision “Rock With You” is the sound of that confidence. “Rock With You” is something of an exception in that, while it certainly sounds immaculate on its own, it sounds even better in the context of Off the Wall, for which it serves as the sonic thesis. Obviously, Michael Jackson is in the mix and here the results:Īs the master of the single, Michael Jackson’s most memorable songs often feel like individually wrapped gifts of pop perfection-hits that contain entire standalone worlds within them.
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