EXTRACT: The making of Dangerous

By late 1990, Michael had been working on his new album for 18 months, but he still wasn’t satisfied with the sound of some of the material. To complement the best of what he had recorded so far, he was looking for something more contemporary and modern, something with ‘fire’ and a ‘driving snare’. As engineer Bruce Swedien put it, Michael’s desire was to “present something very street that the young people will be able to identify with.” Michael identified young producer Teddy Riley as the man