Will.i.am, Michael, and Picking Apples

Will.i.am, a member of the Black Eyes Peas music group, said that while he was in Ireland with the King of Pop to record an album, they were picking apples while also working on songs in the studio. "I said, ‘I’m hungry!’ He said, ‘Why don’t you bring the horse here? Go get the horse and pick some apples. It’s amazing. We love doing this. The horses love picking apples.’ I said, ‘Okay, great. I’m going now.’ … I swear. I got on the horse. Michael was saying, ‘Wow! This is great.’ And the horse was picking apples. I was picking apples too, putting them in a bag, and thinking, ‘Oh my God! I’m picking apples with Michael Jackson on a horse right now.’" Besides the apples, they did a lot of dancing in Ireland and made music. Will.i.am says: "I don’t know which of the songs we made together he’ll use, but I have that memory. My work on the Thriller album was successful. If he uses the songs we made together, that would be great. And if he doesn’t, then I still have his memories in my mind, and what we did together is amazing. I learned a lot from this man. He’s a cool guy." In response to all the criticism and doubts about Michael’s return, Will.i.am says not to worry—Michael still has his abilities: "He was in my house. When you hear a rumor, the story is different. He was lying on the floor of my room, and when the music played, he said, ‘I liked the rhythm, William.’ Imagine him lying on the floor, lifting his legs and putting them on a chair, and shaking them to the beat. I told myself, ‘Man, Michael Jackson is lying on my floor!!!’" "Imagine he’s testing his voice and for three hours he keeps saying ‘mee mee mee mee mee mee mee mee, mee mee mee mee mee mee mee…’ and he does all that voice testing with pitch and tone, just because he wants to sing for five minutes. For the five minutes he wants to sing, he practices for three hours. I don’t know what that is. Pharrell doesn’t do that, Usher doesn’t do that. None of the people you think still have their voices do that, and they don’t practice that much. I saw it with my own eyes. In my house. The reason is that he’s a perfectionist and he really likes to test his voice. I was saying, ‘Man, can we please record? You’ve been testing for three hours—recording only takes five minutes.’ And Michael would say, ‘No, I just want to warm up my voice.’ I’d say, ‘Come on, it’s already hot!’ He has his abilities. I witnessed it. He was doing ‘mee mee mee mee’ for three full hours, with perfect pitch." Source: eMJey / starpulse.com