The first of what will undoubtedly be an endless stream of albums of new Michael Jackson material will be released this November, according to a rep for the Jackson estate.
The collection, featuring 10 unreleased songs are reportedly only a sampling of over 100 completed, never-before-heard songs that remained on hard drives after the death of the King of Pop. Much of the material was said to have been recorded during the peak of Jackson's popularity in the mid-eighties.
Jackson's manager Frank DiLeo told Rolling Stone that he estimates that Jackson's vaults contain more than 100 completed and unreleased songs, including collaborations with Akon, Will.i.am and Ne-Yo.
"There are a couple of songs we recorded for the Bad album that we had to cut that are just sensational," DiLeo said.
The story's not hard to believe, given the icon's notoriously brutal work ethic. "Every time that [Jackson] recorded, he over-recorded. He would record anywhere from 20 to 30 songs for each album," former Sony Music CEO Tommy Mottola told RS last year. Any of them could have been as big a hit as the ones that came out."
According to Rolling Stone, one of the most noteworthy tracks was a Thriller outtake titled "Don't Be Messin' Around." Jackson was also said to have recorded up to five tracks with Will.i.am., which the label is undoubtedly clamoring to get released.
Rodney Jerkins, who co-produced Jackson's 2001 album Invincible, revealed to VladTV that he's currently working on the collection.
