bigd74 said:

^^^^ and it isn't on Xscape! Damn Cool story though. Really want to hear it

It IS on Xcsape but the song is renamed "Chicago. The Deluxe version had two versions, the orginal'and the New Timbaland version wich i dont like because if the weird sound effects and its nothing like a rock song anymore.

They probally redubbed it CHicago because the first three songs contain the word love.

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motownlover said:

Derek1984 said:

So why Timbaland and not Will.I.Am - who actually did work with MJ? Are we ever going to hear those tracks.

Will.i.am refused to work on the "Michael album because Mj didnt give their work his blessing/ is partially unfinished. I guess for that reason, i think Will.i.am could cash in big time if he wishes but i respect him for not sharing those songs. Shows that he has dignity and stand by his word, and he has great respect for Michael. Mike didnt have many people around him who had that kind of respect.

I really dislike Timbaland working on this stuff. In 2006 he said stuff like he had the magic up till bad, and he could still have it if he worked with Timbaland. And he would do a song but not a video with mike. While now he has a chance to work on songs he said he wanted to complete his own legacy. Its all about Timbo, he didnt keep the essence in Chicago( she was loving me)

Only thing that saves that mix is indeed the voice

Number 27 in the uk charts

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radi...rt/singles

motownlover said:

Derek1984 said:

So why Timbaland and not Will.I.Am - who actually did work with MJ? Are we ever going to hear those tracks.

Will.i.am refused to work on the "Michael album because Mj didnt give their work his blessing/ is partially unfinished. I guess for that reason, i think Will.i.am could cash in big time if he wishes but i respect him for not sharing those songs. Shows that he has dignity and stand by his word, and he has great respect for Michael. Mike didnt have many people around him who had that kind of respect.

I really dislike Timbaland working on this stuff. In 2006 he said stuff like he had the magic up till bad, and he could still have it if he worked with Timbaland. And he would do a song but not a video with mike. While now he has a chance to work on songs he said he wanted to complete his own legacy. Its all about Timbo, he didnt keep the essence in Chicago( she was loving me)

Only thing that saves that mix is indeed the voice

Same :/ I really love LNFSG but with JUST MJ's vocals. I dont like the fact that JT and Timbo was apart of this. Timbo is FULL of himself

Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake's Duet Off To More Than 'Good' Retail, Radio Start
By Gary Trust and Keith Caulfield | May 05, 2014

The lead track from 'Xscape,' the late King of Pop's album due May 13, is headed to this week's Hot 100 thanks to a strong first few days of sales, airplay and streaming.

Michael Jackson and Justin Timberlake's sleek new duet, "Love Never Felt So Good," will enter the Billboard Hot 100 chart this week following its first few days of availability.

The song appears on "Xscape," an album of eight tracks of Jackson's vocals set to new music from Timbaland and J-Roc, Rodney Jerkins, Stargate and John McClain (a former A&M Records executive and co-executor of the Jackson estate). The set arrives May 13.

"Good" premiered on Clear Channel Media and Entertainment's "iHeartRadio Music Awards," broadcast on NBC on May 1, and was then made available for digital purchase. (Instead of Timberlake, Usher danced to the song on the broadcast.)

Fueling its Hot 100 start? Solid initial sales and airplay, which should send the song, available as a solo Jackson recording and in a duet version with Timberlake, onto this week's Hot 100 in the list's lower half. Streaming activity since its premiere will also contribute to its debut rank. While "Good" is not yet available across on-demand subscription services, it's has racked 960,000 views on YouTube so far, split between its official audio clip on Vevo (which was released May 1) and user-generated YouTube clips.

Highlights of the Hot 100 will post on Billboard.com on Wednesday (May 7), while the chart will post in its entirety the following day.

"Good" will mark Jackson's 49th Hot 100 entry and second since his 2009 death. "Hold My Hand," with Akon, reached No. 39 in January 2011. That collaboration was released from the posthumous "Michael " album, which debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 3 and has sold 540,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Jackson boasts 13 Hot 100 No. 1s, the most among solo males in the chart's 55-year history. Only the Beatles (20) and Mariah Carey (18) have totaled more No. 1s, with Rihanna also having notched 13 leaders.
STRONG SALES

Industry forecasters suggest that "Good" may have sold more than 60,000 downloads in the week ending Sunday, May 4. That sum would've been generated from only three full days of sales, as the song reached retailers late on Thursday (May 1), after its premiere earlier that evening.

Certainly, "Good" is buoyed by the availability of the duet version with Timberlake, which accounts for the bulk of the song's overall sales. (Both the Jackson solo version and the duet are combined for sales tracking and charting purposes.)

If "Good" debuts with more than 60,000 downloads sold, that would outpace the opening of "Hold My Hand." That song sold 19,000 in a similar opening time frame, and served as the first radio-promoted single from "Michael." It was released on a Friday (Nov. 19, 2010), so it had less than three full days of sales in its first week (ending Nov. 21). "Hold" then sold 44,000 in its first full week of availability (ending Nov. 28).
RADIO ROLLOUT

Meanwhile, "Good" has also garnered a strong response at radio and appears on track for a debut on the 50-position Radio Songs chart. As of this posting, the cut has drawn 31 million all-format radio audience impressions since its first plays on Friday. On this week's airplay charts (highlights of which will post on Billboard.com later today, while the full charts, along with all others, will update on Thursday), it makes multiple debuts, starting on Adult R&B (No. 19), Adult Contemporary (No. 23), R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay (No. 28) and Adult Top 40 (No. 40).

As part of Clear Channel's promotional synergy after the premiere of the song on the "iHeartRadio Music Awards," "Good" received hourly plays the following day on a multitude of the company's pop, adult and R&B/hip-hop stations, greatly contributing to its airplay so far.

Still, the station that has played "Good" the most is CBS Radio-owned AC KYXY San Diego (and, thus, did not contribute to Clear Channel's concentrated play). The station has given the duet 37 plays (though Sunday). "We loved the song the instant we previewed it," says KYXY program director Charlie Quinn. "It felt familiar and right in line with audience expectations for a Michael song."

As for its long-term fortunes, Quinn is optimistic. "Timberlake and the production value definitely elevate it beyond a novelty."

"Two icons coming together for a great groove," is how Alex Tear, Clear Channel vp of programming/Miami, top 40 national brand coordinator and PD of Mainstream Top 40 reporter WHYI, describes the track. The station has played "Good" 13 times through May 4. "Hearing and watching the debut [of 'Good' during the 'iHeartRadio Music Awards'] certainly played a role in inspiring listeners' passion and for them to request it. News traveled fast across the generations, lighting up social media and text requests all weekend."

Tear concurs that the song could sustain widespread interest following its splashy start.

"It's smooth and will certainly have a pop-culture impact. It's a great way to begin rolling into summer."

Additional reporting by William Gruger.

Tim's production on Chicago is gross and disrespectful to the vocal. Why did it even need to be "contemporized?"

Loving You is way too short but also fantastic. What a vocal!

I know opinions will always be mixed, but I like the tracks thus far. At least they fit together and don't sound like a random jumble of songs, like the last album did. And those who don't like the remixes can enjoy the original versions. I'm looking forward to hearing the originals of these songs, and if the ones we've already heard will differ at all from the leaks.

Here is the link for loving you. This is a smash. Im smiling from ear to ear yall..

You can listen to 30sec snippets on this site to hear the full song sign up for the 30 day trial

https://music.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/album/58eb23bf8062475283b1f636ed80dc3c/Michael_Jackson/Loving_You

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purple05 said:

Here is the link for loving you. This is a smash. Im smiling from ear to ear yall..

You can listen to 30sec snippets on this site to hear the full song sign up for the 30 day trial

https://music.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/album/58eb23bf8062475283b1f636ed80dc3c/Michael_Jackson/Loving_You

You can also hear 90-second snippets of the new songs here - http://www.sonyentertainm...el-jackson.

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I was looking at other forums and 16 year old piss their pants for Timbo s work and keep repeating about how curent it is bla bla. How is a real bass guitar and drums not curent?

"Remember that many of you were afraid of how Timbaland would deliver this project?

I told ya guys, Tim is the best man for this project. And by the looks of it, you guys are starting to appreciate Tim too!!"

Glittery facepalm at message above

Loving you isnt that much tampered with as Chicago, nice tune

Justin Timberlake version sounds modernised. I think that version sucks. LNFSG sounds like it was recorded this way, but they added drums , strings and bass. original demo is just vocals, piano and fingersnaps

SchlomoThaHomo said:

Tim's production on Chicago is gross and disrespectful to the vocal. Why did it even need to be "contemporized?"

Loving You is way too short but also fantastic. What a vocal!

Not only that I think it is disrespectful to his legacy. He know dag on well that production sounds nothing like something MJ would create.

I just want the original songs.

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Justin Timberlake was added on this 1983 song original because Sony and the estate don't believe Michael Jackson (because of the superficial image over the past quarter century) can not sell this record by name alone.....

Scorp said:

Justin Timberlake was added on this 1983 song original because Sony and the estate don't believe Michael Jackson (because of the superficial image over the past quarter century) can not sell this record by name alone.....

Derek1984 said:

Scorp said:

Justin Timberlake was added on this 1983 song original because Sony and the estate don't believe Michael Jackson (because of the superficial image over the past quarter century) can not sell this record by name alone.....

Do they have much of a choice? Afterall, these were demo's to songs not good enough to make an album.

LNFSG really was a demo, with Chicago in original form i dont think it was a song that was not worth to be on Invincible. I mean , Earthsong and They dont care about us where from 1990 original, and where reworked for HIStory. Not too bad to be on Dangerous imo. Cant let her get away, She drives me wild, Gone too soon are weaker then those songs. But perhaps they didnt match the material MJ was going for

Derek1984 said:

Scorp said:

Justin Timberlake was added on this 1983 song original because Sony and the estate don't believe Michael Jackson (because of the superficial image over the past quarter century) can not sell this record by name alone.....

Do they have much of a choice? Afterall, these were demo's to songs not good enough to make an album.

exactly, we're talkin about an album featuring demo recordings, not finished work

the musical standards as a whole beyond MJ has regressed immensely

MJ was so prolific during the initial stage of his adult solo career, he was making such excellent music...in 1983, LOVE NEVER FELT SO GOOD didn't make the cut because MJ didn't feel it was on par

in 2014, it does........

I agree mike is rolling in his grave at the moment. But not all songs where just demo's. When i think Demo i think "in the back , or LNFSG original with just the piano and fingersnaps. Xscape was pretty much finished and i remember reading messages from his team being pissed of for the song leaking on the internet.

he would never be glad to have us see this is it rehearsal, or finsished songs for us to hear, not even those hand written song titles would have his aproval. But on the other hand, i think he was so insecure the last years of his life that nothing could be good enough and meet his standards.

Even if he had a new Billie jean it would not have seen the day of light in his life time. Thats what my feeling is telling me and i respect Will.i.am for that.

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motownlover said:

I agree mike is rolling in his grave at the moment. But not all songs where just demo's. When i think Demo i think "in the back , or LNFSG original with just the piano and fingersnaps. Xscape was pretty much finished and i remember reading messages from his team being pissed of for the song leaking on the internet.

he would never be glad to have us see this is it rehearsal, or finsished songs for us to hear, not even those hand written song titles would not have his aproval. But on the other hand, i think he was so insecure the last years of his life that nothing could be good enough and meet his standards.

Even if he had a new Billie jean it would not have seen the day of light in his life time. Thats what my feeling is telling me and i respect Will.i.am for that.

The songs that i heard this far have exceeded my expectations too.

Even i shaked my head when "Cant get her weight off of me was nog included instead of LNFSG.

But they finished it up real pretty.

I think i will like the "Orginal version of Chicago. And my opinion if its an improvement or not wil vary per song

Cinnamon234 said:

I love everything I've heard so far but "Loving You" is so damn good. What a great track.

Does anyone else think Loving You sounds just a tiny bit sped up compared to MJ's natural singing voice?