In honor of Michael Jackson, Questlove started <a href="http://twitter.com/questlove" target="_blank">tweeting </a>his DJ&nbsp;set of his favorite MJ&nbsp;songs, which got me thinking about my favorites. "Off the Wall" is mine. Leave yours in the comments or tweet it <a href="http://twitter.com/ndmusic" target="_blank">@ndmusic</a>. R.I.P. King of Pop. <object height="344" width="425"> <param value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bO821DPNJZ4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0" name="movie"> <param value="true" name="allowFullScreen"> <param value="always" name="allowscriptaccess"><embed height="344" width="425" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bO821DPNJZ4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0"></object>

In honor of Michael Jackson, Questlove started tweeting his DJ set of his favorite MJ songs, which got me thinking about my favorites. "Off the Wall" is mine. Leave yours in the comments or tweet it @ndmusic. R.I.P. King of Pop.

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