It seems to me that
The Truth Untold isn't going to reveal anything we don't already know. Keep in mind that D.S. didn't interview Eddie Cascio or James Porte or John Branca for this book; odds are, he's only going to restate information we already knew or assessed (i.e., Rodney Jerkins exited the
MICHAEL album because of the Cascio tracks). The only reason I'm planning to buy the book is because it's going to outline Michael's last three years in the studio, with the help of Brad Buxer, Michael Prince and some others.
As far as the Cascio situation goes? I'm not anticipating anything.
That is true. But at the time they didn't know the songs are fake (my opinion and only logic explanation). They were fooled by the Cascios.
That doesn't make sense. How could they be fooled by the Cascios? I highly doubt Branca and McClain paid unknown amounts to Eddie for exclusive rights to the songs and shipped them off to various producers without listening to them once.
All it takes is a few minutes of one's time to figure out that the lead vocal isn't Michael. Ne-Yo, Chucky Klapow, Rodney Jerkins, Cory Rooney and Will.i.am could.
Also I wouldn't call The Way You Love Me (2010 version) a remix, since MJ did work on the song with Neff-U and planned to re-visit it for his future album. So inclusion of that song on the album is not a bad decision in my opinion.
I know I shouldn't be so low to continue responding to these kinds of comments, but it's getting to the point where I shouldn't call any song a remix out of concern that you'll start an argument and attempt to prove why it isn't. If we want to call the songs remixes, let us. If you want to call them contemporizations or reworkings or reimaginings or whatever, go right ahead. But for the love of God, stop trying to argue this subject. It's annoying.
I don't believe they genuinely believed those songs were Michael.
McClain didn't; he held up the production process for a short period of time protesting them. In the end he essentially forfeited and worked on his own tracks, refusing to be involved with the Cascio tracks.
I'm not so sure Branca did either. The most logical explanation I've come up with is that he was simply blinded by the aspect of having twelve finished post-trial songs (an era that is severely lacking in usable material) and didn't think it through properly. Or he really does believe the songs are real.