Jackson also incorporates beatboxing, scat singing, and finger snapping throughout the album.ĭangerous debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 Top Albums chart and in thirteen other countries, selling 5 million copies worldwide in its first week and was the best-selling album worldwide of 1992. The album's tone is noted by critics as gritty and urban, with sounds including synthetic basslines, scratching, and drum machine percussion, as well as unconventional sounds like honking vehicle horns, sliding chains, swinging gates, breaking glass, and clanking metal. It features catchy pop hooks and choruses while also introducing underground sounds to a mainstream audience. Twelve of the album's fourteen songs were written or co-written by Jackson, discussing topics like racism, poverty, romance, self-improvement, and the welfare of children and the world.Īn experimental work, Dangerous is considered an artistic change for Jackson, with his music focusing on more socially conscious material, and including a broader range of sounds and styles. Elements of industrial, funk, hip hop, electronic, gospel, classical and rock are also featured. The album incorporates R&B, pop and new jack swing, a new genre in vogue at the time. Featured appearances include Heavy D, Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, Slash and Wreckx-n-Effect. Co-produced by Jackson, Bill Bottrell, Teddy Riley, and Bruce Swedien, the album was Jackson's first since Forever, Michael (1975) to not be produced by longtime collaborator Quincy Jones. It was released by Epic Records on November 26, 1991. Dangerous is the eighth studio album by American singer Michael Jackson.

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