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Was there a planned album after 'Invincible'?

dethorro said:
Interesting.
Is the song called 'Unknown' or is the title not known?
Some songs were definitely vocally recorded in 2008.
Bits of 'The Loser', 'Hollywood Tonight' and the whole of 'Best Of Joy' were recorded in October 2008 at the Bel Air Hotel.
In 2008 is also when Michael started working with Neff-U. I believe that he might have recorded at least scratch vocals for songs like: 'H20', 'D.I.E', 'Lady Of Summer' or 'Silent Spring'.
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No, I don't know the name of the song yet. Interesting to know.

Will update soon. Don't get your hopes up.
 
travis3000;4274796 said:
One thing I can say publicly just to clear some things up. There were FIVE sets of music MJ was working on between 2006 and 2009. They were

1. The Bahrain recordings
2. The RedONE recordings
3. The Will.i.am recordings
4. Buxer/Prince recordings
5. The Classical music album

The songs I am speaking to are from the 4th category, material he worked on with Brad Buxer, Michael Prince, etc. These were songs that Michael had the most creative control over and mainly wrote himself. I have heard 7 of these songs. For being demos and not finished, these were truly awesome stuff. The sounds were out of this world and brand new. We have NEVER heard MJ like this before. If only Michael lived one more year.... we would have been in for such a treat.

I cannot comment on the RedONE stuff, as I've never heard it. I am told not much exists that is finished. The Will.i.am stuff I have also never heard. I was told that there is one song however that is nearly done and could be released with some touch ups. Other than that I don't know much.
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According to RedOne himself, nothing exists from his recording sessions with Michael Jackson that is finished.

But RedOne also revealed at the same time that he has enough material to work on for a Michael Jackson’s forthcoming album.

Apparently, this means that many of the songs (from those sessions) that they worked on together are complete enough for a future release.

RedOne described these songs as very good, energetic and uplifting, and with the exception of the last song that has only Bruno Mars’ vocals on it (because Michael Jackson was unavailable at the time to record his vocals on that last song), all the other songs have Michael Jackson’s vocals on them.

Also, as RedOne explained, the only problem for the release of these songs is not the stage of their completion (as many of them are nearly complete), but the necessary legal agreement concerning the songs’ release between him, the record label and the Estate.

They both recorded a lot of nearly complete, unfinished material and during those sessions they became so close to each other to the point where Michael Jackson was going to visit RedOne and his family in Morocco when he had some free time during his ‘This Is It’ shows.
 
mj_frenzy;4280014 said:
According to RedOne himself, nothing exists from his recording sessions with Michael Jackson that is finished.

But RedOne also revealed at the same time that he has enough material to work on for a Michael Jackson’s forthcoming album.

Apparently, this means that many of the songs (from those sessions) that they worked on together are complete enough for a future release.

RedOne described these songs as very good, energetic and uplifting, and with the exception of the last song that has only Bruno Mars’ vocals on it (because Michael Jackson was unavailable at the time to record his vocals on that last song), all the other songs have Michael Jackson’s vocals on them.

Also, as RedOne explained, the only problem for the release of these songs is not the stage of their completion (as many of them are nearly complete), but the necessary legal agreement concerning the songs’ release between him, the record label and the Estate.

They both recorded a lot of nearly complete, unfinished material and during those sessions they became so close to each other to the point where Michael Jackson was going to visit RedOne and his family in Morocco when he had some free time during his ‘This Is It’ shows.
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Redone has said many things. Pretty sure he has also said that most of the stuff they recorded is barely complete and will need guest vocalists. He changes what he says all the time.
 
dethorro;4280234 said:
But that one isn’t from 2008 though....is it?
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No it’s not, I think the person I’ve been talking to has the date incorrect honestly
 
The fact that things are progressing! Now. I am bumping this thread. Btw Travis is the *real deal*
Also look out for my post from Casey Rain whose link I shared to a very interesting article he wrote.
 
Hopefully Travis will come back and enlighten us a bit more about real *gems* are left as he definitely was the real person in the know!

Has any body heard of Casy Rain? Did you see my link to his article?
 
Yes Duran Duran your correct massive Mj fan too and he has heard unreleased songs. As I said I have put a link to his article.
 
I seem to be the only person who's supremely uninterested in "Hot Fun in the Summertime," largely because it's (from what I'm aware) only 1/3 Michael. I like D'Angelo and Mary J. Blige, but it feels less like a Michael Jackson song and a Michael Jackson feature. I'd love to see it used on one of THEIR albums.
 
I believe there is material post-Invincible sessions which hasn't yet seen the light of day. It wouldn't surprise me if the estate didn't even know about it.
 
Hope we get to hear more 2000s stuff some day.. the Will.i.am stuff in particular
 
ElectricEyes2 said:
I believe there is material post-Invincible sessions which hasn't yet seen the light of day. It wouldn't surprise me if the estate didn't even know about it.
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I think you're right about this mate, I bet the Estate doesn't know about a few songs from each era. I think of I'm So Blue and Song Groove for Bad 25, they were unknown to everybody by the sounds of it
 
Serpens Albus said:
I apologize if this is a discussion that has been talked about to death, but I would like to know if there was anything going on / planned after 'Invincible' (2001). I believe he did record new music, but I am not sure what exactly was going to happen. I've heard the title "'Resurrection'" being thrown around here and there. And when I hear about leaks or other unreleased songs, They are usually from the 'Invincible' era all the way back to 'Off the Wall'.
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Yes this true michael was supposed to release another album after invincible
 
He was definitely busy recording new songs.
The unfinished eleventh studio album by the American singer, songwriter, and dancer, Michael Jackson was recorded from 2005 to his death in 2009 with over several recording sessions after the release of his tenth and last studio album "Invincible".
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Michael Jackson's aborted eleventh album

The unfinished eleventh studio album by the American singer, songwriter, and dancer, Michael Jackson was recorded from 2005 to his death in 2009 with over several recording sessions after the release of his tenth and last studio album "Invincible". In 1999 Michael Jackson start working with...
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Back when I discovered this forum I used to read this thread (and travis3000's replies) with such fascination, it's pretty cool that we now got to hear some of the songs which were discussed in this thread. I'm looking forward to hearing more of those songs from the final years, "Adore You" and "Rocker" are bangers and "Dark Lady" is a song that I'm simply dying to hear. Even though most of the songs from that period are instrumental grooves that MJ never recorded vocals for it's still pretty interesting to be able to catch glimpses of an era that unfortunately never came to be.
 
According to Michael Prince MJ planned to release material as singles and then later compile it into a collection of songs. There were no immediate plans for an album.
 
It's very apparent that MJ had no concrete plans for a full album at any period post Invincible. All the recording periods are so arbitrary and sparodic with very little common thread or focus. There was definitely groundwork or a vague blueprint for an album there but you could not look at what was leaked from 2003 onwards and think that he had an album, theme or sound in mind.
 
Obviously, Michael didn't think Invincible was going to be his last album. But sadly, things happened between him and Sony, and then the allegations in 2003, and the trial in 2005, meant that Invincible ended up being his last album. Had things been normal, Michael probably would have released another album in 2005 or 2006.
 
After 'Invincible' being herald a flop ( not in my opinion), I really doubt he would have released another album unless he knew crazy success was guaranteed. He was known at the 'king of pop', with that title and all his past accomplishments, the pressure to release another album and for it to be a huge global success would be too much for anyone. He also hated touring, so that would have added to him not wanting to do another one.
 
threatened2020 said:
After 'Invincible' being herald a flop ( not in my opinion), I really doubt he would have released another album unless he knew crazy success was guaranteed. He was known at the 'king of pop', with that title and all his past accomplishments, the pressure to release another album and for it to be a huge global success would be too much for anyone. He also hated touring, so that would have added to him not wanting to do another one.
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Totally this. Remember when he announced the This is it concerts , the shows were sold out in 1 hour. He already had pressure for it to be a success. Also, he had three kids to take care of so I don't think he would be able to release a new album. It would be too much for him.

I read somewhere that he had great interest in directing and producing documentaries based on subjects dear to him...
 
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