There is a prevalent theory among many people (but also among fans) that Michael Jackson wanted to sabotage his ‘Invincible’ album, and he eventually succeeded in that.
As you know, Michael Jackson was beginning to have very serious problems with Sony Music during the sessions of the making of that album.
So, he believed that if he created and released a really good album, that thing would (contrary to his desire) benefit Sony Music greatly by bringing to the record company a lot of money via the album’s chart and commercial success.
According to this theory, he kept the truly good songs for himself by not including them on the 'Invincible' album, with a view to releasing them later through a new album but with a different record company (not with Sony Music).
Among these songs (that he kept for himself) were ‘We've Had Enough’, ‘Shout’, ‘Fall Again’, ‘Xscape’, ‘Blue Gangsta’, ‘Seeing Voices’, ‘Beautiful Girl’, and also some other finished but unheard ones (which have been described by few privileged people who heard them as masterpieces).
Especially, the fact that he did not include on the 'Invincible' album the ‘Xscape’ song (a song that he was so proud of it) and the removal of ‘Shout’ in favour of ‘You Are My Life’ gives even more credence to this theory.
This theory seems to be not far from truth due to several other reasons, for example:
Unlike his previous adult studio albums, Michael Jackson filled the ‘Invincible’ album with many substandard ballads.
He did not perform songs from that album during his on stage appearances in the following period (apart from ‘You Rock My World’ at MSG in 2001).
Also, according to reliable accounts, he was reworking the really good outtakes (from the 'Invincible' album) with some producers in the following 1-2 years (after the release of the ‘Invincible’ album) because he wanted to include them along with some other brand new songs in a new studio album slated for release in 2003.
Discuss.
As you know, Michael Jackson was beginning to have very serious problems with Sony Music during the sessions of the making of that album.
So, he believed that if he created and released a really good album, that thing would (contrary to his desire) benefit Sony Music greatly by bringing to the record company a lot of money via the album’s chart and commercial success.
According to this theory, he kept the truly good songs for himself by not including them on the 'Invincible' album, with a view to releasing them later through a new album but with a different record company (not with Sony Music).
Among these songs (that he kept for himself) were ‘We've Had Enough’, ‘Shout’, ‘Fall Again’, ‘Xscape’, ‘Blue Gangsta’, ‘Seeing Voices’, ‘Beautiful Girl’, and also some other finished but unheard ones (which have been described by few privileged people who heard them as masterpieces).
Especially, the fact that he did not include on the 'Invincible' album the ‘Xscape’ song (a song that he was so proud of it) and the removal of ‘Shout’ in favour of ‘You Are My Life’ gives even more credence to this theory.
This theory seems to be not far from truth due to several other reasons, for example:
Unlike his previous adult studio albums, Michael Jackson filled the ‘Invincible’ album with many substandard ballads.
He did not perform songs from that album during his on stage appearances in the following period (apart from ‘You Rock My World’ at MSG in 2001).
Also, according to reliable accounts, he was reworking the really good outtakes (from the 'Invincible' album) with some producers in the following 1-2 years (after the release of the ‘Invincible’ album) because he wanted to include them along with some other brand new songs in a new studio album slated for release in 2003.
Discuss.