so Will.I.am has made his thoughts public about the planned new album
By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY
AP Music Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — A new Michael Jackson album is expected by the end of the year, culled from unreleased material in his vaults. But Jackson collaborator and Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am is vehemently opposed to the idea.
“I don’t think that should ever come out. That’s bad,” he said. “He was a perfectionist and he wouldn’t have wanted it that way. How you gonna release Michael Jackson when Michael Jackson ain’t here to bless it?”
Will.i.am collaborated with Jackson on the rerelease of “Thriller” in 2008 with remixed versions of some of the album’s classic songs. He said Jackson was very particular about all aspects of his musical productions, from his vocals to arrangements to instrumentation.
“Now that he is not part of the process, what are they doing? Why would you put a record out like that? Because he was a friend of mine, I just think that’s disrespectful,” he said. “What’s wrong with what he already contributed to the world?”
The Jackson estate did not respond to a request for comment.
When asked about the high demand for any new Jackson music, will.i.am replied: “So what? You don’t disrespect someone when they’re gone. … How much can you suck from his energy? … Freaking parasites!”
Not much is known about what will be on the album, but Michael’s brother Jackie has said he and brother Marlon were working on the record with John McClain, Jackson’s former manager and executor of his estate
I agree with you as well, Moon. I’m not hard core on any of the Sony boycott groups, because I think its impossible to boycott them completely, but I can do my best, which is why I don’t think i can buy them album. Its just a personal thing, I would feel to guilty in doing so because once I educated myself on Sony and how they are linked to his death, it just wouldn’t feel right. Maybe I can try and get the music somewhere else, I dont know. But you and will are right, Michael didn’t fine tune these songs, and so they are perfect like he would of wanted them.