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The Discussion of MJ's Unreleased Tracks

zinniabooklover said:
For the Jackson estate, the transaction is a way to bring in more of Jackson’s work. “We want to control everything Michael’s done,” John Branca, Jackson’s longtime lawyer and the co-executor of his estate, said in an interview.

What happens to the two unreleased songs by Porcaro and Jackson is unclear. Branca said the estate is focused on its upcoming Jackson biopic and has no immediate plans to release them."
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I assume that they must be on the soundtrack of the biopic. I recall Teddy Riley said “they” are trying to get people like him and Michael Prince to work on “something”.

My best guess is that the estate actually put in some effort in collecting the tracks they don’t have for once.

I wonder if they have contacted bea Swedien to buy the tapes Bruce had at his house.

It’d be cool if there is a deluxe version of the soundtrack with unreleased songs/demos:

I imagine a tracklist like this:

1. Chicago 1945
2. im dreamin (ft. Will.i.am) (he was in T40)
3. Just remember (demo)
4. Dark Lady (demo)
5. Make or break
6. Boy No (demo)
7. Dancing for love (demo) (RedOne)
8. Buffalo bill
9. Joy
10. Dream away
 
I'm excited to see how the Estate is gonna handle Chicago 1945 now that they have full creative control on it, the song isn't bad but as ironic as it is to Steve I always thought the song could benefit from a remix. The vocals are fine but the instrumental is very dull imo.

If they give it to a top producer like Teddy Riley or Neff-U (even Timbaland would be great imo) while including the Bad era demo of C1945 it'd be the best of both worlds - contemporize the song the way the Estate wants, but also let us hear it the way MJ intended to be heard. I'm sure Steve wouldn't feel too bothered that way.
 
ChanceToDance said:
I'm excited to see how the Estate is gonna handle Chicago 1945 now that they have full creative control on it, the song isn't bad but as ironic as it is to Steve I always thought the song could benefit from a remix. The vocals are fine but the instrumental is very dull imo.
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Absolutely agree with everything you mentioned here. The vocals and lyrics are very good. The instrumental is dull like you said. I’d love to hear a proper contemporized version a la Xscape.
 
Inthestudiowithmj said:
Absolutely agree with everything you mentioned here. The vocals and lyrics are very good. The instrumental is dull like you said. I’d love to hear a proper contemporized version a la Xscape.
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Just adding to this: neff-u could be a good pick. Best of Joy (the toy) instrumentally is incredibly bland imo, but the remix he did was top notch. Totally elevated the track.

If C45 could get the same treatment, it could be a really good MJ track.
 
Inthestudiowithmj said:
Just adding to this: neff-u could be a good pick. Best of Joy (the toy) instrumentally is incredibly bland imo, but the remix he did was top notch. Totally elevated the track.

If C45 could get the same treatment, it could be a really good MJ track.
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Now that I think of it, Brody Brown (Bruno mars producer) would be a good pick because the sound of “24k magic” album would make a very interesting updated version of C45
 
SmoothGangsta said:
Not really gonna judge Steve's version when he made it a point to mention it wasn't done.

I think it's a shame he won't get to finish it the way he wanted, personally.
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Yeah I think the original melody has the most potential. I think editing a few things would make for the best version.

I wouldn't want to hear a Chicago style redo of, well, Chicago 1945. Now that I know.
 
Fuzball said:
Porcaro digitized the original tapes, and a few years ago he began working on the tracks, calling in new collaborators — including some who had played on “Thriller,” like the keyboardist Greg Phillinganes and the horn arranger Jerry Hey.
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This is f**king awesome. I wonder if either of these two are present on the leaked versions.
 
Inthestudiowithmj said:
even with live horns, I’m not too sure the instrumental could’ve been saved. Personally I would actually prefer a xscape-esque contemperation.

Dream away, I love as is, absolutely phenomenal song instrumentally, vocally & lyrically.
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Honestly I would change the drums. Jeff Porcaro's drums just clash too strongly imo. It seems disrespectful for some reason but that's a subtle change. It needs a smoother more Human Nature/80s sound.
 
Dream away doesnt sound special to me, I hear all this praise for it and I just don’t get it
 
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