"He kept his vocals and I kept the music," he said. Throughout his career Michael Jackson created music that has become synonymous with Halloween. But the Black Eyed Peas leader said that without Jackson's permission, they will never be released. Will.I.Am recorded at least three songs with Jackson: Dreaming, Still the King and a James Brown tribute called I Will Miss You. he was very particular about how he wanted his vocals, the reverb he used. Maybe if I never worked with him I wouldn't have this perspective.
"Michael Jackson songs are finished when Michael says they're finished. "Whoever put it out and is profiting off of it, I want to see how cold they are," he told Entertainment Weekly. This weekend Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.I.Am, one of the producers often associated with Jackson's late material, called the compilation "disrespectful". " going to be the biggest thing ever."īut not everyone is so enthusiastic about the forthcoming Michael Jackson album. "Michael reached out to me to do this song before he passed," Fiddy said on Twitter. Meanwhile, Lenny Kravitz appears on a song called (I Can't Make It) Another Day, while 50 Cent contributes to Monster. Although Hold My Hand sounded half-baked in 2008, Akon insists the track has improved: "In its final state, it has become an incredible, beautiful, anthemic song," he said. His Auto-Tune duet with Jackson, Hold My Hand, leaked in 2008, but Jackson's estate claims the singer left a handwritten note asking for this to be the album's first official single: it will be released later today. "I'm so proud to have had the chance to work with Michael, one of my all time idols," Akon said. Now, Jackson's label has announced the tracklist for the first posthumous album of original material by the world's biggest pop star, who could have worked with almost any artist under the sun – and it's Akon, 50 Cent and Lenny Kravitz who apparently got the calls. On top of this, Prince asked for his symbol to be removed from the Michael album cover, and Ubisoft revealed new details about their Michael Jackson game. Epic released Breaking News, a "teaser" from the new album, in an attempt to hush critics but the talk of soundalikes continued, forcing the estate into damage control. Then came rumours about "fake" tracks, from the singer's family. First came the album title, cover art and release date. Recently, every day seems to bring either a new piece of information – or a new murmur of dissatisfaction – about the new Jackson compilation. However, not everyone is happy that the album is seeing the light of day, with Will.I.Am branding the project "disrespectful". All three have been announced as special guests on Michael, the late singer's forthcoming, controversial LP of unreleased music. Somebody’s Watching Me (Single Version)ġ4.The legacy of Michael Jackson is in the safe hands of 50 Cent, Lenny Kravitz and Akon. Jackson will forever be associated with the classic b-movie horror aesthetic thanks to the Vincent Price cackles and werewolf howls of ‘Thriller’, and its legendary John Landis video wherein Jacko flits between zombie, vampire and werewolf scenes like a cinematic premonition of the current Tory cabinet.Īnd yes, much can be made of the psychological roots of his fascination with the stuff of childhood nightmares to justify a collection like ‘Scream’, but the most cursory glance down the track-list reveals that some pretty narrow and incongruous threads have been drawn to bring this Frankenstein’s Compilation to awkward life.ġ.
American Recording Legend, Michael Jackson’s Studio Album surfaces the internet titled ‘Scream’.