dethorro;4286251 said:Adrian Grant heard the song on March 20th 1990. I highly doubt that they were already making an entire new album at that point. I think they scrapped the idea for Decade in around June 1990.
It is also possible that they kept on working on Man In Black until the end of 1990/start of 1991 when Teddy Riley came on board.
They were already making an entire new album at that point (March 20th, 1990).
The ‘Decade’ project had already been abandoned by late November/early December (1989).
Press reports that circulated at that time also confirm that.
Bryan Loren, who is the key factor here, has to clarify when they exactly started recording the ‘Men In Black’ song.
Bryan Loren said in his interviews that he was working with Michael Jackson since 1989 until the very final recording sessions that took place in October (1991).
If they started recording the ‘Men In Black’ song earlier than late November/early December (1989), then the song was meant for the ‘Decade’ album.
But if they started recording the song later than late November/early December (1989), then the song was meant for the ‘Dangerous’ album.
Given that Michael Jackson is not alive, only Bryan Loren can solve that mystery.