Album "XSCAPE"

Zitat von The new way of Ugly

mir fehlt bei diesem titel irgendwie diese "magie" die ich bei hold my hand noch spürte , trotz wenig mike und mit porenta. erreicht mich leider garnicht

Ich find LNFSG in der Version super. Mehr konnte man da glaube ich kaum "rausholen".
Aber streckenweise hat HMH schon eine besondere Magie, schade ist nicht nur/mehr MJ zu hören. Alleine der Michael-Part "nothing can come between us if you jussssssssss...." ist anbetungswürdig. Diese Vocals sind imo wie eine Kurzzusammenfassung der MJ Magie, die man nur als Fan mitbekommt.

Die erwähnte Stelle auf jeden Fall. Das Akon Gequake müsste nicht sein.

Wünscht doch alle nochmals bei SWR3 LNFSG. Dann spielen sie's vielleicht heute nochmal, jetzt...

http://www.swr3.de/mehr/mailin…216928/1tvs3r2/index.html

SWR3 spielt JETZT die Solo Version

http://www.billboard.com/artic…things-about-xscape-album

Billboard's new cover story focuses on the King of Pop himself, Michael Jackson,
going behind the scenes with the super-producers who sifted through
nearly two-decades of MJ's studio outtakes in an attempt to produce what
they hope will be a posthumous hit record, "Xscape" (out
May 13). Antonio "L.A." Reid, Timbaland, Rodney Jerkins and J-Roc --
the "Xscape" team -- take Billboard into the making of the album,
available in an expanded edition that includes a new Justin Timberlake-MJ duet "Love Never Felt So Good."

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Check back Monday (May 5) to get the full story. Until then, here are five things we learned about the journey to Michael Jackson's "Xscape."

THERE WAS NO SHORTAGE OF MATERIAL.
Producers selected 24 possibilities for "Xscape." They in turn narrowed
the field to 20, which were edited down to about 14. Eight will be on
the album, though several more were prepared Ihr Schweine (a deluxe edition will also
feature the original tracks). The choices are not exactly surprises,
though the omissions may be. The tracks that Jackson cut with Queen's
Freddie Mercury in 1983 are not on "Xscape," although both Brian May and
Roger Taylor of Queen spoke about working on them last year. And though
a version of "Slave to the Rhythm" featuring Justin Bieber leaked last
August (supported by a series of Bieber tweets), you won't hear it on
"Xscape."

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HARDCORE FANS WILL LIKELY RECOGNIZE THE TRACKS…
But that doesn't mean the producers had heard them before. Timbaland
and Stargate's Mikkel Eriksen both began by listening to the source
material that Reid presented, and both quickly decided to forgo the
instrumental tracks and work with only Jackson's vocals and a few stray
noises picked up by the microphone. "You can hear his foot in the booth
when he's singing, and his fingers snapping," says Jerkins.

MJ WAS RELENTLESS IN THE STUDIO. During
the original sessions for "Slave to the Rhythm" in 1989, Jackson
recorded the vocal 24 times. "And it was not once and fix the bad note,"
says Reid, who worked on the base track with Babyface. "No, he sang the
song from top to bottom 24 times without a bathroom break, without a
water break, without a 'Give me a moment.' He would sing the song and
say, 'OK, give me another track, I can do it better,' and he'd do it
again. 'I can nail this. Give me another track,' and he'd do it again."

L.A. REID TRIED TO SIGN JACKSON TO ISLAND DEF JAM.
"He said, 'I don't want another hit, I don't want to just make another
record. I want to do something great. If it can't be great, if it can't
be groundbreaking, if it can't be massive, if you're not as committed as
I am, then we shouldn't do it. But if you commit to me I promise I'll
commit to you." It wasn't to be. Jackson instead signed a short-lived
deal with Sheik Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the prince of Bahrain.

MJ REALLY WANTED TO WORK WITH STARGATE. Jackson
was looking to collaborate with the Norwegian production duo Stargate —
Mikkel Eriksen and Tor Hermansen — known for their hits with Rihanna
and Perry. The singer was a fan of their songs for Ne-Yo, and he met
with them at the Midtown Manhattan Chinese restaurant Mr. K's to discuss
future projects. "Just the two of us, and managers, and Blanket was
there as well," says Eriksen. "Down in the basement."

Return to Billboard.com on Monday morning for the FULL cover story.