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Michael Jackson Beatboxed His Songs Before Recording Them

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When Michael Jackson had an idea for a song, he didn't just write down some lyrics. He would go into a studio and flawlessly beatbox the bassline, string arrangements, and drum patterns onto a cassette tape. His raw vocal demos were so terrifyingly complete that the studio musicians basically just had to mimic his mouth noises to get a hit record.

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