Michael could sell another 10mil album again but the days of 20mil+ are over for Michael and practically every other artist out there today.

Michael gets a hard time for not selling like he used to but what people forget is, NOBODY is selling those figures anymore due to one word: downloads.

DarlingDiana said:

Nobody expected 'Thriller' to bomb.That was one of the most eagerly awaited albums in pop music history.His previous solo album 'Off The Wall' sold over 8 million copies,so expectations were extremely high for the follow-up.

BT11 said:

2 million copies back then was hardly a "flop" If 'Thriller' had only sold that much,trust me,no one would have been labeling it a flop.

sosgemini said:

if MJ really wanted to make a truly "innovative" album,he wouldn't work with any American producers at all.He would go to Europe somewhere and find an underground,edgy producer who is not known here in America.There's nothing innovative or unique about will.i.am and his production "skills".He's doing the same predictable,sample-based hip-hop crap that everyone else is doing.

SoulAlive said:

Off the Wall sold over 8 million, so people were speculating if he could ever have the same success again. The first ever review that came in about Thriller, before it was released were rubbished. They said the album wasn't even half as good as Off The Wall and it wasn't going to sell anywhere near the amount Off The Wall did. Michael sure showed them.

DarlingDiana said:

Okay,I see what you mean.In Quincy's biography,he says that when some folks heard the first single ("The Girl Is Mine"),they were like "is this all you got??" LOL.I think it made perfect sense to release that song as the first single,then shock everyone later with the stronger songs ("Billie Jean","Beat It").It was a shrewd strategy.
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SoulAlive said:

Michael Jackson considered it a flop.

It would be interesting to hear that will.i.am make MJ sound like fergelitious

No, This Isn't 'Punk'd': Will.I.Am Records With Michael Jackson
By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Bridget Bland

Producer swears it's not a case of mistaken identity.

NEW YORK — Maybe the ever-reclusive Michael Jackson needs to start getting out in public more often, so people can get reacquainted with what his voice sounds like. It seems like whenever he reaches out personally to work with somebody these days, no one thinks it's actually him. The latest person to get confused was none other than one of the hottest producers in the game right now, Will.I.Am.

"He called me on the phone and asked me to get down with him," Will said recently. "I didn't think it was him at first. I thought it was somebody joking around.

"He was like, 'Nobody ever believes it's me,' " Will continued, giving his best light-voiced MJ impersonation. "I was like, 'No, seriously, who is this?' He says, 'It's Michael Jackson. This is me.' I was like, 'Prove it. Say, "I'm bad!" Let me hear you.' "

Whether or not Jackson actually said, "I'm bad," will have to be left up to our collective imagination. But the two did talk over the phone a couple more times, and Will says he was on a plane to Ireland to record with Jackson a week later.

"It was Mike," the Black Eyed Peas' leading man continued. "I'm a fan of the dude. He's the smartest dude I ever met. I met James Brown, had the opportunity to work wit' him too. You get a couple of great people to help you live your life. You got your Michael Jacksons, your James Browns, Princes, Nat King Coles, just to shed light on the earth.

"Michael Jackson, he told me what rock and roll meant," he added. "He said, 'Rock and roll, you know, that means having sex. That's what they used to say back in the '50s: "You ever rock and roll?" ' Chillin' with him, you have a outlook on what Michael Jackson will be like. He still is real proud of being black. A lot of times he's repressed in the media, so you don't think that."

Will says he's not sure if any of his music will end up on Jackson's next album, but they're continuing to talk and try to figure out what they need to do to finish their tracks.

http://www.mtv.com/news/a...hael.jhtml

I wonder if micah will put anymore heal the world songs on this
project.

LightOfArt said:

LightOfArt said:

novabrkr said:

novabrkr said:

michael jackson said sex *le gasp* hahhahah

I don't think anything will sound like fergalicious, maybe something like PCD's Beep, which sorta sounded jackson-like to me. As long as they DON'T use samples in the music it might turn out okay after all.

DarlingDiana said:

sosgemini said:

Have you heard some of the stuff that Will has be doing for other artist, lately? He has a track on Game's CD called, "Compton", the track is nuts!! He as also done tracks for Snoop and a few others. When he says that we will hear stuff that has never been done before, he means stuff that we have never Michael do before, so it just might work.

phunkdaddy said:

god i REALLY hope he doesnt, i mean i like em and all but at this point its a tad over done

yeah I don't want to hear any save the children type songs. He does those really well but he's done enough of them

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Have yall heard about the song Michael recorded in Bahrain?

Kim Chandler listed on her website as a song she provided backing vocals for. http://www.kimchandler.ne...calist.htm

It's called "He Who Make The Sky Grey" and was written by Michael, Jermaine and Sheik Abdullah.

On the website it says it's called "He Who Make The Sky To Grey", but that's a typo because in an email she sent to MJNO, she said this:



There is also another new song called "Benjamin" which is apparently a new song will.i.am has written and produced for MJ. You can listen to the demo (sung by a demo singer, not Michael) on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/wa...8ltMd7hQT0

I don't know what to think of it. It sounds interesting. I would be interested to see what MJ does with the song.
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I never heard about that, I hope the track leaks

there's a typo with your youtube URL
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alphastreet said:

I fixed it, thanks for the heads up. I don't want it to leak, I want MJ to put it on the album. Any song that's ever leaked, MJ has discarded. So I hope nothing from the new album gets leaked.

OMG it's an amazing song. I hope it ends up on the album, of course it'll be 1000 times better with mj's vocals and I'm sure there will be a buildup/climax to it.
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DarlingDiana said:

HOw canI play that Kim song? It laways jumps on that visionary singles collection and all I can hear is Thriller.
I also don´t know what to think on that Benjamin song. Sounds nice, when you listen to it, But there´s nothing that would make me wanna listen to it over and over again. Mike´s voice can make miracles, but we´ll see.
[Edited 2/5/07 7:48am]

dag said:

You can't listen to the Grey Sky song. I just posted the link as proof that the song actually exists.

I wanna hear Michael Jackson and Raphael Saadiq.

I would love to hear Michael produce him damn self already. Put out a solid 9 track 40 minute fucking gem, dont worry if anyone buys it. However all this album is gonna be is an over produced, guest appearance soaked, bore. Its going to be so layered, you wont even be able to hear michael.

CinisterCee said:

YES!

SefraNSue said:

We can hear it!