I know from the unreleased songs that have leaked and the unreleased songs that have not been heard publicly like the songs of Durham Prince and Buxer that they have enough for one more album but will they do it? Bad 25 under performed at retail and we all know what happened with the last album. I really hope an album comes out.
I'm sure there will be something this year. Five years remaining in the Sony contract + five more projects remaining on the Sony contract = one new project per year. MP's various tweets heavily imply that such project is an album, so I'm sure they'll try something. I've been told that the estate is putting together a great album to regain trust in the fans and to make up for the
Michael fiasco (which is a daunty task, although I personally was overly satisfied with Bad 25).
With all that's been going on (Trial, Wade, Paris) do you think they'd release anything in the middle of all of this? Or do you think they'll wait until it calms down a bit?
I thought that too. I figure that the new project will drop later this year, as all the others have. I really don't think the Wade case will amount to much considering its completely BS accusations and stories, but that conversation is for another thread.
There's a bunch of song left for release. Xscape is ok but not strong enough for a single release. Red One has some tracks as well as others. I think a lot of producers have not handed over the material yet. I believe MJ made them sign no conformance papers. Meaning don't hand them over to anyone or talk about them to anyone. My guess is there are a few hundred songs out there that are capable of some sort of release. All this bullshit is going to take years I would guess. The one thing we have going for us is Sony signed a contract they have to release new material. I bet after this contract is over the estate will use there own label after that. Maybe Sony will distribute but it will be a new set of rules for sure. I sure could use new music. With all the controversy I think right now would be a great time to release new music. The longer they wait the more chance of more negative publicity equall shit sales. Do it now pls. My gut tells me next June will be they next release tho.
Escape is okay? I figure it to be one of the best tracks from the Invincible sessions, if not one of the best he's ever done. I think a single release of the song right now would be a great idea. Kind of a shout out to the naysayers.
RedOne has four songs with enough vocals to be released. And yes, there are several people who haven't given the estate any of their material because they don't believe Branca and McClain are fit enough to represent Michael's future. Most of these songs were recorded on Michael's time without any money from a record label, and assuming I know the law right, the producers have the right to withhold any material they want. That's why a large majority of the songs the estate has now were paid for by Sony or were given to them by people like Buxer or Neff-U.
And as I've already stated, there has to be at least one release a year, or risk oversaturating the market with MJ products by releasing two in one year.
What happened to the Q&A with Michael Durham Prince.....?
My theory is that Michael Prince actually admitted, "Yeah, we're doing a project, but can you wait until the announcement of it to release this Q&A?"
Of course I know I'm wrong, but wouldn't it be something?