By: IrishLass

IrishLass
Mon, 07 Apr 2014 12:53:42 +0000

Crap article with no real thought process! For a start, the Jackson brother's had already talked about using a hologram of Michael for a concert they were going to do back in 2010 ...The concert / tour was cancelled. Also, where were you when it was plastered ALL OVER the news a few years back, that Sony had made a deal with Michael's Estate to release a number of posthumous albums over the next number of years? Did you forget about this, or were you visiting the moon at the time? 1. These (regardless that some had been leaked...blame those people) are songs that have never been officially released - NOT rehashes, etc. 2. There is also an option to buy a Deluxe Version of the album, which contain both the mixed and the original, un-touched tracks...So what is the real problem? Furthermore, MJ always recorded lots of songs when doing an album ...Some wouldn't make it onto the album - Standard procedure - and those would be put in a vault. Sure, QJ didn't want Billy Jean put onto Thriller, but MJ insisted...The rest is history with that one...And to think Billy Jean could have still been lying in that vault along with the others...There ya go! Lastly...Look at the Elvis Presley record label /Estate always re-releasing - re-packaging – remixing the same stuff and re-packaging again, for years and I don't see articles about complaining that RCA and the Presley Estate are money-grabbing / greedy. Nobody says boo about that. As mentioned...These are not constant rehashes - The deal was made a number of years ago so shouldn't be any big surprise here - The Estate and record company earn their percentage - Standard procedure - That's the business deal end of it - That is the way it has always been done - Nothing new, shocking or sinister here. All record companies take their share - The artist takes their share and if the artist has passed on - then it goes to their Estate...and in THIS case - that should obviously include his children. Why are some suddenly complaining posthumous albums? Why are these releases suddenly sinister, shocking and causing some to whine like never before? Or... maybe its because it pertains to Michael Jackson, hey? ...Different set of rules whenever it comes to MJ? Either way, it is already number 1 on the iTunes list...That is just for the pre-orders!