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Jackson associates say new material is real
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 11 November 2010
One of the producers involved in the new Michael Jackson album, and a former manager of the late king of pop, have both said they are 100% certain it is Jacko’s vocals that appear on his new single ‘Breaking News’.
As previously reported, some members of the Jackson family have raised doubts as to whether every song on the upcoming posthumous Jacko album ‘Michael’, including the first-to-be-aired track ‘Breaking News’, really contain vocals recorded by the late singer. The album brings together various songs the pop king had been working on in the years before his death, most finished off by producers and past collaborators since his passing.
It was nephews of Michael Jackson who first expressed doubts about the authenticity of ‘Breaking News’ via Twitter last weekend, while one of his brothers, Jackie, also expressed albeit more vague concerns about the new album. He also claimed John McClain, the record industry veteran who is a co-executor of the Michael Jackson estate, shared his concerns.
But Sony-owned label Epic, which is releasing the new Jackson album, insists that all vocals that will appear on the long player, including those in ‘Breaking News’, are 100% genuine. And producer Teddy Riley, a frequent collaborator with Jacko who has been involved in the making of the new album, says he is just as certain.
Speaking to the Associated Press, Riley said: “When I heard these songs, my heart cried hearing Michael again in good spirits. The vocals sounded very polished, very on key and processed. I have no doubts that these are Michael’s vocals”. He added that most of the Jackson family had been supportive of his work on ‘Michael’, concluding that: “I did what Michael would expect of me with the tools I had to work with. This is his legacy, let it live”.
Meanwhile Frank Dileo, a former manager of Jackson who had started working with the singer again before his untimely death, says he spoke to Jacko while he was working with producers Eddie Cascio and James Porte back in 2007 on the sessions that have been used in ‘Breaking News’.
He told reporters: “I spoke to Michael by telephone at the Cascios’ home studio several times while he was recording with them, and he was excited and enthused by the music and the experience. While listening to the tracks, especially the ones not heard by the general public, you can hear that he was having a great time!”
