Michael's New Album

Good ol' Mikey J. Deceased for two years and he's still makin' money. Now don't get me wrong, this is not a dig against the King of Pop. Far from it. This is more aimed to the money grubbers at Sony, who now own Michael's music.

"Anything for money, lie for you, die for you, even sell my soul to the devil." -From Michael Jackson's song "Money"

For those of you that don't know (or don't care), Sony bought the rights to Michael's music. Last year, with Epic Records, they released an album compiled of music Michael had worked on before he passed on in July 2009. The album was entitled "Michael" (guess they couldn't think of anything better...) and sold millions upon millions of copies, as you would expect. The album however was incredibly controversial, as there was much debate over whether or not the tracks were Michael's legit voice. I'm no expert, but hey, I know MJ's voice. And I can say that everything sounds legit. I also really liked this album.

But why was it released? We want to remember MJ for who he was. Probably the greatest performer there ever will be. So it bugs me when there is so much dispute over an album of his. Most of it is due to Sony though. I mean, would MJ have wanted these tracks released if he was still alive? They were scratched for a reason, and all though the album is good, it in no way lives up to his other works.

Well today is the 17th (as my clock's date display tells me), and if my math is correct in five days a new album will be released by Michael. On November 21, "Immortal" will hit the stores. This is a remix/compilation album of Michael's previous work, revision-ised and remixified for the Cirque Du Soleil spectacular "Immortal World Tour" by Kevin Antunes. The album will be released standardly along with a 2 disc deluxe edition. Everything sounds epic when you add deluxe edition to it. They could release "2012: Deluxe Edition" on DVD and...yeah, it'd still suck.

Being as this is a remix album and a compilation album for the concerts, I'm really excited for this to be released. I've heard snippets of the remixes and they sound spectacular. See, this I can be a little more forgiving of from Sony because it's a tribute to Michael. Not a controversy starting money grubbing scheme (although "Michael" was enjoyable).

So if you're an MJ fan, hop over to the link below and listen to the "Immortal Megamix". You'll be impressed and be hoping that Santa stuffs your stocking with this CD this Christmas.

The Immortal Megamix