Well, this is a nice little Christmas gift. Sony Music has announced that an album consisting of previously unreleased Michael Jackson material is coming out on December 14th, just in time for the festive holiday season. No word on the track listing yet, but the album, entitled “Michael”, will contain at least a few tracks recorded in 2007 in New Jersey. There’s already been a bit of a kerfuffle (I’ve always wanted to use that word) regarding whether the vocals […]
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The Idiot Box: Lisa Marie Presley Talks MJ on Oprah
Just because I’m a Michael Jackson fan doesn’t mean I subscribe to the whole “MJ was the greatest person on Earth and I love him! Squeeeeeeee!!!” posts that I see all over the internet. I don’t speculate on what kind of guy he was for one simple fact: I never met the man and I never spent time with him. I’ve worked around famous people long enough to know that public personas and private personalities can often be very, very […]
MJ’s “Vision”: Do I Need This or Not?
My buddy GG is the only person I know that can touch me when it comes to Michael Jackson fandom (oh, wait-there’s my homie Carlos Halston …my bad), so I shouldn’t be surprised that he posted the news about the new Michael Jackson DVD set on my Facebook page. I’d already read a handful of articles about it, including one on The Second Disc that wondered what would be on it, and came to the conclusion that I didn’t need another MJ video collection, as big a fan as I […]
Ne-Yo’s New Video & Album Concept: “One in a Million”?
Seems like the folks at Def Jam are having a little trouble with Ne-Yo’s fourth album, “Libra Scale”. I would imagine it’s a little difficult to market what’s being termed a sci-fi novel/comic book story on disc (or download?). There’s a whole story attached to it-pretty frickin’ ambitious. Like Ne-Yo meets Pink Floyd? Thankfully, he hasn’t decided to go prog on us, music-wise. Anyhow, the album has gotten bumped several times and now has a November 22nd release date (which […]
Michael Jackson’s “The Experience” Trailer: Just How “Bad” is This Game?
So I went onto Michael Jackson’s website after noticing on Facebook that the trailer for his new video game premiered. Not that I would’ve bought the “Michael Jackson Experience” game, anyway. I’m not exactly the type of guy that plays dance games (although I played Dance Dance Revolution once…but it was during the holidays and I was with my family!). I’m sure my downstairs neighbors are quite thankful for that. I dunno…the game doesn’t look all that exciting to me. It’s […]
Another Crazy VH-1 List: The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time
My first thought upon hearing that VH-1 was compiling a list of the 100 Greatest Artists of all time was: how does one even begin to compile such a list? It’s not easy to quantify exactly what makes a great artist. Is it raw talent? Is it an eye for reinvention? Is it work that revolutionizes the artist’s milieu? The thought of taking the time to compile one of these lists myself makes my head explode. Nevertheless, on 9/6, the […]
“Champagne Life”: Is Ne-Yo the New King of Pop?
Did Michael Jackson’s ghost creep up into the body of Shaffer Smith? That’s what I’m wondering after seeing the video for “Champagne Life”, one of two singles already released from Ne-Yo’s upcoming fourth LP, “Libra Scale”. Not to say Ne-Yo hasn’t channeled the King of Pop many times before. There’s a reason MJ was calling Ne-Yo to assist with his ill-fated comeback. However, this song seems to recall Michael more than any song Ne-Yo has put out before. Whether that’s […]
This Week in MJ News: A New Album??
Still wondering if those unreleased Michael Jackson songs featuring the likes of will.i.am, Akon, and Ne-Yo will see the light of day? Well, wonder no more. It was just announced that the first posthumous album of never-before-heard MJ material will be hitting stores in November. Apparently, Michael left over 100 unreleased songs in his vault. I actually think that number’s kinda low. Based on the stuff that’s been floating around the internet (even before his death) and the amount of […]
Chart Chat 6/30/10: Eminem’s Comeback Mission Accomplished
Eminem’s “Recovery” scores the biggest first week sales of 2010. So says this week’s Billboard chart. Slim Shady bows with over 741,000 units sold, incredibly marking an increase of over 100,000 units on the first weeks sales of his last album, 2009’s “Relapse”. If you were to compile the year’s top selling albums, “Relapse” would be at #8 after just 6 days in stores. This is interesting on any number of levels. First of all, it’s incredibly rare for an […]