Upscaled and restored by DJ_OXyGeNe_8 (used warm colors) "2 Bad" (originally titled "Too Bad") is a song written and produced by American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson, released as the twelfth track on the second disc of the HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I album. Shaquille O'Neal is featured in a rap verse. The song contains funk, rock, and hip-hop sounds while the lyrics express anger and confidence in his ability to recover from people who have conspired against him in the past. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119194/ "2 Bad" was one of the earliest songs started for HIStory, being one of the ideas worked on by Bruce Swedien and René Moore in February 1994 before Jackson even arrived on the project. It started similarly to "Jam", as a groove based on samples and drum loops. Producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis later did additional production on the song, adding keyboard bass parts Michael Jackson's Ghosts is a 1996 short film starring Michael Jackson, directed by Stan Winston, and written by Stephen King and Mick Garris. It is based on a story by Garris, Jackson and King. Ghosts tells the story of an eccentric man with supernatural powers being forced out of a small town by its judgmental mayor. Jackson plays five roles, and performs dance routines set to the songs "2 Bad", "Is It Scary" and "Ghosts", taken from his albums HIStory (1995) and Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix (1997). The AV Club described Ghosts as an allegory for Jackson's life and pop culture status. Ghosts was filmed and released in 1996 and released along with select prints of the horror film Thinner, and was first screened in the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. It was released as promo a year later internationally on LaserDisc, VHS and Video CD Director : Stan Winston Cinematographer : Russell Carpenter Editor : Marcus Manton