 Some of these songs were finished, and became part of Madonna's 1998 album "Ray of Light".Prior to this, Michael had worked with Madonna producer Stephen Bray, preparing tracks for an album called "In the Beginning", a collection of songs written by Madonna and Bray before Madonna became a household name.Madonna took a liking to Michael, as he was from her home state of Michigan, and took to calling him "Detroit Mike", a nickname that he still is known by today.