They're just incomplete concepts. Akon said he's never going to release them.
www.theguardian.com
But he just said they put together 4-5 songs/records, and about a million of ideas (meaning a lot more than just 4-5 ideas/songs). So how did you draw your conclusion?
""Akon said that Hold My Hand was one of the few unreleased Jackson tracks "that was actually fully complete". "The rest aren't," he said. "They're just ideas, concepts, and harmonies that the world will probably never see ... We've done plenty of records outside of this, but they were just incomplete ... I might just burn [them] after this interview.""They're just incomplete concepts. Akon said he's never going to release them.
Akon refuses to release unfinished Michael Jackson tracks
R&B star behind Hold My Hand says the rest of his Jackson collaborations were incomplete when the singer died
The songs could be the concepts he was talking about, just that they're the most further along compared to the short ideas they had.
Akon was either been referring to the songs that MJ was making at the time in general, since everyone knows there isn't a lot from that era because MJ didn't feel like doing a lot of recording, especially after the HMH leak. Or he was referring to WBSS and HMH which are, in fact, the few songs that they completed.
But you are ignoring the fact that he 7 months ago said "4-5 songs/records". Reviewing what he is saying, I lean way more towards there actually being 2-3 more songs left, than only HMH and WBSS. Not even a glass half full half empty scenario in this case IMO
I rewatched the interview and I still don't see how Akon implies there are more songs that could be released, all he said is that MJ had millions of ideas of which Akon had to make him focus on one (which ended up turning into those 4 songs). Just because there's a track it doesn't necessarily mean it has full/partial vocals, they could be instrumentals with some harmonies or with no vocals at all, which matches with what Akon said on the article I posted.
Agree to disagree I guess.
Only Akon knows why. Maybe the estate doesn't want them to be released.
Where did he clarify this about those 4-5 records he said he had 7 months ago?
Not really that great of an argument to be honest. Not releasing the rest he has does not automatically equal non-releasable material. Could be 10 other reasonable reasons
people are coping very hard on this thread rn
Yeah, not really sure where this is coming from. It's been pretty well understood that they worked on stuff but Hold My Hand was the only one that they ended up finishing enough to be released.
It comes from Akon. He said 4-5 songs. It's pretty clear.
Yeah, Ghost Of Another Lover is not an example of a song that's complete enough to be released.
I don't believe that's the case. I think the best example is "Stop Playin' Games". This is the most probable state of the songs. Demoes with a session singer. We know for a fact that Michael never got to record most of the post-Invincible era songs. Maybe one of them is in the same state as She Don't Love Me with just the chorus recorded.
He said they've done other records outside of HMH, but it's all incomplete to the point he wants to do nothing with them. The only thing new about the interview is that he gave a specific number.
Akon is like will.i.am, who lets the vocals rot in his vault.
Is it? All verses seem gibberish to me. For me it is good enough but there is still a lot of work to turn it into a single
Yeah I said it's not an example of a releasable song.
They are not gonna do that my guy. Akon ain't even in vogue no more.
My bad, I should read more carefully
Example.
Xscape, Stop Playin', Hold My Hand.
Details.
