A JACKSON JINGLE: While Michael Jackson shopped Friday in Beverly Hills, he told onlookers he wasn't giving his children anything for Christmas -- at their request. Apparently his son Prince Michael came up with the idea to donate toys and clothes to shelters around the country, after seeing reports about people struggling with the tough economy. ... Jackson also said people will be ''really surprised'' by the change in direction in his new album, due out early next year. And upon seeing a girl run out of a store with a ''Thriller'' CD, he said that album and items related to it still are what fans most want autographed.



Well he keeps talking about this new album.. I hope it does materialise, it could be the highlight of 2009

his new album,due out early next year

yeah right

SoulAlive said:

Okayyyyy. Not happening.

Cinnamon234 said:

He should do a blog on his official site and let fans know what's really going on,and be HONEST for a change!

hey guys...I went into the studio with Timbaland today.We worked on two songs and I'm really excited about one of them called "Under Normal Circumstances",which I might use as the title of the album too.I'm expecting to have the album all finished by late 2010,so be patient with me.I love you all...

a little honesty would be refreshing,dontcha think?

SoulAlive said:

I almost missed that part.


Honesty from MJ. Imagine that.

JackieBlue said:

let's face it,that's probably when it will be released anyway,lol

FunkyBrotha said:

really surprised by the change of direction.

well how can he surprise us? if he goes hip hop / crunk kinda bs he doenst surprise us. a surprise would be adding musicians to your album.

i WISH that he would create something soulfull , that is something i hope he does.

FunkyBrotha said:

Michael ain't said nothin', they're just getting quotes from insiders
They're always coming up with a date. Think about the previous albums

Well I hope it does come out, the clock is ticking and soon people won't even care or know it's out, exactly what happened with Invincible. People knew YRMW but they did not know the album was out and so many who liked him were so surprised when I was listening to it in class.

alphastreet said:

The Invincible promotion fiasco.....

sony is racist and devilish....japan took it well

alphastreet said:

Sony fucked up because they didn't do their job


yeah I said it They didn't promote YRMW, they didn't go with Michael's first single choice, they didn't promote Butterflies which would've gone #1 if they actually released a physical single, they released Cry as a single, and they stopped whatever promotion they were doing 4 months after the release

and Michael's actions didn't help either


OT: hey alphastreet, some MJ impersonator went off on me and Timmy and called us bullies!

bboy87 said:

but you're an impersonator too aren't you?

I agree they didn't do a good job and the project could have been so much better, but then again he has had better songs though I really liked Invincible, but he was totally not into the music himself. Janet's Discipline is a good example, she still managed to tour and do her own thing telling the label to fuck off. Yeah I know Sony told mj not to promote the new stuff but he could have performed unreleased tracks at the fan parties instead of playing god and giving people an i love you more just for traveling to see his face.... I used to get excited over it, but it's sickening behavior. He needs to leave it to religious leaders and political leaders, and just do music. HE didn't learn anything before

I say all this and yet I fucking love him and strive to have all that talent and strength he has. But if I'm going to spend money to see him, it better be for music. And I was NOT feeling the idea of marching down Yonge Street with a Screw Sony sign, fucking pathetic! There are bigger things in the world that concern me more than this though I love the album.

alphastreet said:

HOW DARE YOU!

I'm the president of the "Anti MJ impersonator brigade" and I take my job very seriously!



j/k but foreal, hell to the no I'm not a MJ impersonator. I despise them

True, he could've done some shows, but not at the fan parties (I'm not fond of those either)

I could have sworn you did breakdancing or something though, maybe i mixed it up with that

I used to be an impersonator, but would give it my own feminine spin and do different moves too, not exactly the same and that slowly evolved into trying to find my own style which I'm still doing. I love music and he's definitely the if not one of my biggest inspiration of all time when it comes to music and leather jackets which i love anyway

I laugh and cringe at it all now but at least my teenage dreams came true, and hey who in the industry hasn't copied him and janet? I probably would have too if I was in it.
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bboy87 said:

*DEAD*

You and those damn gifs.

alphastreet said:

I breakdance but I'm not a MJ impersonator

Did you see the ones in that special "The Jacksons Are Coming" ?

I threw up in mouth a little bit when I saw their performances

The MJ impersonators are weird.

Timmy84 said:

And one was pissed off at you!

bboy87 said:

Yeah I felt like I had gotten a Golden Globe. I made an impersonator pissed off.

I wasn't a weird impersonator...okay maybe for a bit but not freaky. I didn't even have to wear tacky makeup cause I naturally have dark hair, pale skin and big eyes lolll I just wore stylish clothes like with studs and buckles and whatever that was in and made it look similar to bad and dangerous styles....


I think I'm too much of an asshole to be an mj fanatic these days. I'm still nuts about him but I don't want to be around people where I can't joke a little bit. I mean my friend gave me an mj compilation for my b'day, and the case happened to be cracked where his nose was and I was like "omg you broke his nose again" hahahah come on that's funny! I would hate a defensive fan questioning me too
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alphastreet said:

YRMW was suddenly released to the stores, Sony released it before its scheduled date because the song was leaked to the radios, so fans and most people didn’t know that the song was already in the stores, and I heard that the song wasn’t his first choice as the first single, he wanted “Unbreakable” to be the first single…….I just didn't like the whole era , it was a mess , and you can see Mj didn't even feel the "YRMW" video.....

I've heard many fans say that about unbreakable but I remember seeing on mjifc as early as may or june 2001 that the first single would be you rock my world so I wasn't surprised that it was the first single

By the time 'Invincible' was released,you can tell that Sony and Michael were having major problems,which is why they didn't promote the album properly.I think Sony was pissed at Michael for several reasons...

*spending $30 million just to record the album

*taking his time with it,which delayed the release date several times (wasn't it originally supposed to be released in 1999?)


When Michael did that big concert at Madison Square Garden (with all the guest artists),he was pissed when Sony didn't even bother to buy TV spots to advertise 'Invincible'.

Nahh I don´t believe him.

His heart is so big I bet he had presents for his kids!