All of this stuff would have been better than the stuff we got, I don’t understand how they thought that the songs we have now were better. Also is it just me or does the estate act like Michael lost everything and they don’t have like anything to release?
Not sure but try to keep this a discussion about scrapped songs for Xscape, Michael, TUC, Bad 25, etc
Don't quote me on that, but I remember reading somewhere that the reworked version of Cheater was.
Oh yeah I feel like that could be likely cause I heard he reworked it during the Invincible Sessions.
Yes, hence why I mentioned the reworked version from 2001 with Fats.
There been any confirmation of this beyond fan rumour? I've seen it talked about for years but never actually seen any sources.
That Cheater was reworked?
That it was reworked in any meaningful way and features Fats, yeah.
I remember reading it somewhere from somebody in the production, can't remember if it was an engineer or Rodney himself.
It's Rodney. It's on his website and everything. Chicago 1945 is the one who's up in the air.
Link?
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There's actually no evidence that Cheater 2001 ft Fats exists. Rodney never recalled working on the track (he did mention MJ playing him Slave to the Rhythm, but said they never worked on it), and there is no filing with the US Copyright Office for a different version of Cheater. I also find it suspicious that there are a lot of fake snippets of this supposed track circulating online. Until I see definitive proof, it's most likely just a rumor and doesn't exist.
Even Fats didn't know where his raps would end up.
Not really, supposedly “In The Back” was still worked on after HIStory during the early Invincible sessions, but not sure anything else was brought up.
Korgnex said in this forum that it's not from the Thriller era, but he also said in the YT description that it's not from the Bad era, so that leaves us with the Dangerous era.
So the whole song is a mixture of the Bad Era and Dangerous version? The only reason I think that is because he said in the YT description that it has some parts of the released version. Also where did he say that it’s not from the Thriller Era?
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Oh yeah that is true, I heard the Bad 25 version still has some Thriller vocals, just the difference was he re-recorded some, and has either the same or more refined instrumental.
