A year on from Michael Jackson's death, it's not too surprising that a new bootleg album based around his songs has appeared online. But NYC DJ/producer Richard Medina set the bar high for himself by attempting to mash the king of pop's vocals with the instrumentals of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti. As he concedes on mjfela.com, where you can download the 10-track album for free, Kuti made "ever changing records, the complete antitheses of modern beat-machine music – not exactly prime candidates for blending". But although Jackson's mawkish Earth Song sounds even more awful against a Kuti backdrop, and some tracks have too much going on, the album has its highlights. Billie Jean is extremely well suited to the spiralling grooves of Shakara, while the squalling horns of Who're You add a terrific vibrancy to Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough. It makes for an intriguing listen.

Chris Salmon
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 24 June 2010 22.30 BST